Officials from Vietnam’s Lao Cai province and Honghe prefecture of
China’s Yunnan province on August 30 met at a seminar to discuss the
protection of the rights of consumers.
The seminar forms part
of a cooperation programme between the Lao Cai provincial Department of
Industry and Trade and the Honghe administrative management authority
for industry and trade.
The programme’s objective is to protect
consumers’ rights and handle cross-border consumer disputes on the
basis of the memorandum of understanding the two sides signed on
December 10 last year.
Nguyen Ba Binh, Deputy Director of the
Lao Cai Department of Industry and Trade, said the two sides have
seriously observed the document while respecting each country’s law.
At the seminar, the two sides agreed to increase the
dissemination of information about commodities that may harm human
health or harm consumers’ rights, especially food.
They will
also encourage businesses to open their representative offices and
branches in the other country to fully carry out their rights and
responsibilities towards consumers.-VNA