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Duc Ha

Duc Ha

BBC World Service journalist reporting from Bangkok, covering Southeast Asia including Vietnam and wildlife conservation stories

Jul 31, 2026

2:17
Uh, but before d- we dive in, can you also paint the picture how common those fake products are in Vietnam?
Duc Ha
Duc HaGUEST
2:24
So there's no official number, uh, about the scale of this market in Vietnam, as they are informal and shadow economy.
Duc Ha
Duc HaGUEST
2:32
But, um, the past two months I've seen, uh, lots of seize.
Duc Ha
Duc HaGUEST
2:36
I've seen a lot of, of seller being arrested or under prosecution, which I never seen before, and they estimate the seized product worth tens of million dollars.
Duc Ha
Duc HaGUEST
2:47
Uh, if I had to describe, I would say you can easily find the luxury fake in every corner of Vietnam.
Duc Ha
Duc HaGUEST
2:56
Um, back in the day when I was in the university, I, I used the fake Nike to go to school, and I, um, survived my, uh, hometown winter by using the North Face knockoff.
Duc Ha
Duc HaGUEST
3:10
Ain't no way my parent would pay half of their salary to buy me the real one.
4:35
So if those fake products have been around for quite some time, why this aggressive clampdown now by the Vietnamese government? Can you just explain, I guess, you know, political this- political reason behind that?
2:17
Uh, but before d- we dive in, can you also paint the picture how common those fake products are in Vietnam?
Duc Ha
Duc HaGUEST
2:24
So there's no official number, uh, about the scale of this market in Vietnam, as they are informal and shadow economy.
Duc Ha
Duc HaGUEST
2:32
But, um, the past two months I seen, uh, lots of seize.
Duc Ha
Duc HaGUEST
2:36
I seen a lot of, uh, seller being arrested or under prosecution, which I never seen before, and they estimate the seized product worth tens of million dollars.
Duc Ha
Duc HaGUEST
2:47
Uh, if I had to describe, I would say you can easily find the luxury fake in every corner of Vietnam.
Duc Ha
Duc HaGUEST
2:56
Um, back in the day when I was in the university, I, I used the fake Nike to go to school, and I, um, survived my, uh, hometown winter by using The North Face knockoff.
Duc Ha
Duc HaGUEST
3:10
Ain't no way my parent would pay half of their salary to buy me the real one.
4:35
So if those fake products have been around for quite some time, why this aggressive clampdown now by the Vietnamese government? Can you just explain, I guess, you know, political this- political reason behind that?

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