In addition to licensed multi-level marketing activities that have been basically managed by Decree 18/2023/ND-CP on the management of multi-level marketing activities, illegal and disguised multi-level marketing models are becoming increasingly complex, causing instability in the business environment and damage to consumers. Along with the request for localities to strengthen the dissemination and propaganda of laws to the people, the Ministry of Industry and Trade is continuing to implement more drastic measures to effectively regulate these activities.
There are currently 15 licensed multi-level marketing businesses in the province, with a total of more than 21,000 participants. From 2022 to now, every year, the Department of Industry and Trade has taken turns coordinating with sectors such as the police, market management and localities to organize conferences to disseminate legal knowledge and identify signs of multi-level marketing. In particular, the department has stepped up propaganda in "hot" areas with the appearance of conferences and seminars that take advantage of introducing promotional products to sell high-priced, unknown-origin goods.
According to the Department of Industry and Trade, from 2022 to now, the unit has coordinated to organize conferences to disseminate and propagate the law to 5,000 officials, civil servants and local people. The functional agencies have also compiled and distributed tens of thousands of leaflets and propaganda documents on multi-level business activities. Along with that, the functional units have coordinated with the media agencies to open many specialized pages and columns to propagate the law on multi-level business activities, helping people to improve their understanding and vigilance against illegal multi-level business tricks.
In particular, at these conferences, the reporters analyzed and pointed out many tricks, and at the same time warned officials, civil servants, and people about a number of business models with signs of multi-level marketing that are being monitored by the authorities. Typically, Thanh Hoa Provincial Police gave a number of examples of multi-level marketing, multi-level marketing forms, fraud through virtual currency exchanges, websites, technology applications, and even the sale of functional foods. In particular, the unit also warned about the model of Heygen Company with the formation of 10 levels of "huge" rewards and "attractive" team management profits to attract participants. Meanwhile, according to the National Competition Commission (Ministry of Industry and Trade), Heygen Company is not on the list of registered operations under the multi-level model. Currently, the authorities are suspecting that a number of organizations and individuals are taking advantage of people's lack of knowledge to mobilize capital and invest in the form of multi-level marketing to defraud and appropriate property.
However, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, although the Department of Industry and Trade of provinces and cities has actively coordinated with police agencies to combat and prevent crimes related to multi-level marketing models, these types of businesses still exist and operate increasingly sophisticatedly, with many new forms of transformation, especially those on the internet environment such as virtual currency, forex, financial investment... causing serious consequences and negative public opinion in the community. Therefore, in order to continue to improve the effectiveness of managing multi-level marketing activities, improve the effectiveness of fighting and preventing crimes related to multi-level marketing activities, on October 29, the Minister of Industry and Trade issued Document No. 8645/BCT-CT requesting units under the Ministry and the Department of Industry and Trade of provinces and centrally run cities to continue to deploy tasks to continue to strengthen the management of multi-level marketing activities.
Accordingly, the Minister of Industry and Trade assigned the National Competition Commission to review, propose amendments and complete legal regulations on the management of multi-level business activities, in the direction of meeting the requirements of strict management of security and order for multi-level business activities (especially for new licensing cases); continue to implement the work of monitoring law enforcement in the management of multi-level business activities for the Departments of Industry and Trade; coordinate with public security agencies in the fight against crimes in multi-level business activities.
In particular, the Ministry also requested relevant units under the Ministry such as the General Department of Market Management; the Legal Department; the Department of E-commerce and Digital Economy and the Department of Industry and Trade of localities to continue to strengthen propaganda activities and disseminate legal knowledge to raise people's awareness of multi-level sales activities; review, advise on completion, propose amendments and supplements to legal documents on management of multi-level business activities; and at the same time, step up inspection, examination and handling of violations of the law in this activity.
Article and photos: Tung Lam
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