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2 clusters · 7 sources · 9 days · First seen 12 days ago · Last updated 4 days ago

Categories: CRIME

Vietnam counterfeit luxury goods crackdown

Entities: Công ty TNHH Phú Quốc Factory · Phú Quốc Factory · An Giang Province Police · Phú Quốc · Phạm Thị Kim Xuyến

Overview

In late July 2026 Vietnamese police intensified actions against illicit luxury‑goods operations. On 22 July, authorities in Thanh Hóa province dismantled an online network that manufactured counterfeit perfumes bearing Chanel, Gucci and Dior marks and sold them via the Shopee platform, detaining 13 suspects from several regions and charging most with producing and selling fake goods.

A week later, on 30 July, police in An Giang province expanded the investigation to a larger scheme centred on Phú Quốc. The operation, led by Phạm Thị Kim Xuyến, imported and sold counterfeit luxury handbags and wallets from brands such as Chanel, Dior, Louis Vuitton and Gucci. More than 350 fake items worth over VND 1 billion were seized, and Xuyến voluntarily surrendered.

Further details released on 30 July reveal that Xuyến, born in 1997, invested over VND 5 billion to set up the business, registered a front company called Công ty TNHH Phú Quốc Factory, and appointed Trần Thị Thanh Nguyên as the nominal head. The investigation, which began in August 2025, has broadened to identify additional participants and is proceeding under Article 226 of the Criminal Code for industrial‑property infringement.

These coordinated actions show Vietnamese law‑enforcement targeting counterfeit luxury‑goods production and distribution across multiple provinces and sales channels, moving from online perfume fakes to a high‑value handbag trafficking network.

Claims

What the coverage asserts, and how well corroborated each claim is across sources.

[● 2 SOURCES] Pham Thi Kim Xuyen turned herself in to An Giang police on July 30.
[● 2 SOURCES] Xuyen invested more than 5 billion VND to establish a business in Phu Quoc.
[● 2 SOURCES] Xuyen hired Trần Thị Thanh Nguyên to act as front and run Phu Quoc Factory.
[● 2 SOURCES] The operation imported counterfeit Chanel, Dior, Louis Vuitton and Gucci goods from Hanoi to Phu Quoc for sale.
[● 2 SOURCES] Police seized over 350 counterfeit items valued at more than 1 billion VND.
[● 2 SOURCES] The suspects were charged under Article 226 of the Criminal Code for infringement of industrial property rights.
[● 2 SOURCES] Investigation identified Xuyen as mastermind starting in August 2025.
[● 2 SOURCES] Trần Thị Thanh Nguyên was previously prosecuted on June 2, 2026 for the same offense.

Timeline

4 days ago

[CRIME] 3 sources
Pham Thi Kim Xuyen surrenders in $1 billion fake luxury goods case in Phu Quoc
Pham Thi Kim Xuyen surrendered, admitting she funded a VND 5 billion fake‑luxury‑goods scheme in Phu Quoc; police seized 350+ counterfeit items worth over VND 1 billion and charged her and associate Trần Thị Ng
12 days ago

[CRIME] 4 sources
Vietnam's Thanh Hóa police dismantle fake perfume network on Shopee, 13 charged
Thanh Hóa police in Vietnam busted a counterfeit perfume operation selling fake Chanel, Gucci and Dior items on Shopee, charging 13 suspects with counterfeit‑goods offences and tax evasion.

Sources

cafef.vn · kienthuc.net.vn · nowjakarta.co.id · soha.vn · thanhnien.com.vn · tienphong.vn · tuoitre.vn

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