Authorities have hauled up one more TV shopping company based in Ho Chi Minh City for broadcasting without the requisite clearances and ordered it to stop airing, the third to be busted this year.
The southern branch of the Administration of Broadcasting and Electronic Information found Best Buy, a shopping program broadcast by Lua Chon Hoan Hao Co Ltd on Ho Chi Minh City Television (HTV), had failed to furnish certain documents for getting a broadcast license.
It did not have customs declarations for 10 cosmetic products or clearances by the Vietnam Drug Administration, it said.
The city Department of Health had not approved the contents of its ads either, it said.
HTV has been ordered to stop airing the ads.
Two other shopping channels were forced to stop airing earlier this year.
In March the HCMC market management unit found Happy Shopping selling copycats and products of unknown origin, and showing false and misleading infomercials.
In July authorities busted Viet An Trade Company for selling copycats of copyrighted brands.
Viet An produced Viet Home Shopping which was aired on several channels since November 2008.