Binh Thuan provincial authorities have fined 23 Chinese businessmen for illegal collection of dragonfruits in the locality. Ca Mau provincial authorities have stopped the  illegal crab collection by Chinese traders.

VietNamNet Bridge – Why can Chinese low quality and toxic products penetrate the Vietnamese market? Because Vietnam still does not have effective barriers to prevent the products.

Chinese toxic products have been flooding the Vietnamese market for the last many years. However, the problem has become more serious, more alarming, because they are undermining the national economy and harming Vietnamese people.

Chinese meat and seafood of different kinds, from frogs, shrimp to cuttlefish and eels, have been imported in large quantities to Vietnam through illegal channels.

Vietnamese farmers have learnt lessons from doing business with Chinese.

Poor farmers living in rural areas have been afflicted because of the “hy-spy” game played by Chinese merchants. After collecting ornamental trees in masses, they quietly disappeared, leaving farmers with unsold trees and losses.