The business licenses of several petrol stations have been suspended and revoked following discover of fraud or substandard petrol trading.
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| Over 500 cases of petrol fraud were found |
During the first quarter, the market management force under the Ministry of Industry and Trade revoked 14 business licenses and handled 501 violations of petrol trading regulations. The market management force seized over 29,000 litres and 3,320 litres of adulterated A92 and diesel respectively at just one petrol station in Bac Giang Province.
On April 4, after inspecting 33 of 300 petrol stations in Binh Duong Province, local authorities announced the suspension of 13 fraudulent stations.
Uyen Hung Petrol Station in Tan Uyen District was found to be operating a rigged petrol pump that over charged customers. Inspectors also discovered similar fraud at Hung Thinh Oil and Gas Trading in Di An Town.
Nguyen Thanh Hien, Head of Bình Duong Department for Standards, Measures and Quality said, "Most of the pumps have been tampered to raise the amount of petrol from between 2-5%. Those petrol stations have swindled at least VND500 (USD0.024) per litre from their customers."
