3,000 branded items found at HCMC mall without bills

By Thi Ha November 20, 2022 | 05:36 pm PT

Counterfeit slippers found by market officials at An Dong Plaza Ho Chi Minh City in November 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Cam Nhung

Market authorities last week found more than 3,000 fashion items with unclear origins at a HCMC market, many of them carrying brand names like Gucci and Hermes.

An Dong Plaza in District 5 had handbags, shoes, slippers, and clothes but vendors could not provide purchase bills for them, according to the city Department of Market Surveillance.

During the week officials also found 1,213 watches without clear origins worth over VND92 million ($3,700), many of them Rolex and Chanel.

Officials seized the goods for further investigation.