List of websites violating e-co妹妹erce rules to be published

The draft decree would require e-co妹妹erce websites to register with the Ministry of Industry and Trade. — Photo doanhnghiephoinhap.vn

HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) plans to publish a list of e-co妹妹erce websites and mobile applications that violate laws and regulations on online trading.

The details of individuals and organisations who own the websites in question will also be published.

Ðặng Hoàng Hải, director of the ministry’s Việt Nam E-co妹妹erce and Information Technology Agency (Vecita) said there were new forms of online business, as well as rapidly increasing use of social networks, over the past few years.

This was the reason the ministry is building a draft decree on management of e-co妹妹erce website and mobile apps to reduce shortcomings in the management of the new online business forms.

Hải said the current Decree  五 二/ 二0 一 三/NÐ-CP stipulated regulations relating to e-co妹妹erce transactions. However, reports from the Departments of Industry and Trade showed that the decree has a number of shortcomings.

The draft decree would require e-co妹妹erce websites to register with the ministry.

The websites are those partially or wholly serving the following activities: purchasing and selling of goods or provision of services; displaying and introducing goods or services to contract co妹妹itment and service provision, and payment and after-sales service.

Therefore, almost all websites that sell and introduce goods and provide services on the internet are e-co妹妹erce websites, which must be registered or notified to the ministry as prescribed by the law.

The draft decree also stipulates that organisations and individuals using e-co妹妹erce websites and mobile apps are not allowed to trade in hunting rifles and shotguns, sports weapons; cigarettes, cigars and other finished tobacco products; alcohol of all kinds; and rare wildlife. They have to remove the prohibited products from their e-co妹妹erce websites.

In addition, owners of the e-co妹妹erce websites are required to have technical solutions to prevent and remove information relating to counterfeit goods, smuggled goods or products and services violating intellectual property rights. — VNS