Between August 10 and September 28, inspections targeted smuggled and untraceable goods, particularly mooncakes, confectionery, baking ingredients and children's toys.
According to the Hanoi Market Surveillance Sub-department, goods worth about VND 1.09 billion were also seized or otherwise dealt with during the campaign.
Food safety violations accounted for 111 cases, involving 55,925 products worth VND 455.8 million (USD 17,500), including mooncakes, smuggled confectionery and untraceable baking ingredients.
Inspectors also handled 61 violations involving children's toys, seizing 21,561 products worth VND 621.8 million.
The goods included plastic toys, building sets, model cars, stuffed animals and dolls that were smuggled, counterfeit or of unclear origin.
Authorities said Hanoi's Mid-Autumn Festival market remained generally stable, with adequate supplies, particularly of mooncakes, and no serious food safety violations or incidents reported.
However, growing online sales of homemade mooncakes have made it harder for authorities to trace their origins and inspect production conditions.
Growing demand for mooncake ingredients and fillings has also raised food safety concerns, with some businesses failing to meet rules on origin, labelling and storage.
Hanoi authorities said inspections would continue, with greater attention to new forms of online trading, product traceability and consumer protection.
