Update: Two Vietnamese fashion-shop owners charged over counterfeit designer goods

Update, 22 October 2026: Hưng Yên provincial police said on 21 October that they had charged a third fashion-shop owner, Lê Tuấn Đức, born in 1999, who owns the Đức Bun shop in Thái Thụy commune. This charge is under Article 226(2) of the Penal Code. According to the reports, commune police and Market Management Team No. 7 inspected the shop on 20 August and held 2,116 items showing signs of counterfeit marks of 12 brands, including Nike, Adidas, Gucci, Dior, Hermès, Louis Vuitton and Moncler, valued at VND 769,870,000. Investigators say he made illicit profits of more than VND 1 billion between April 2024 and August 2026, which is their finding at the charging stage. He has not been convicted, and no arrest has been reported. [5], [6]

On 14 October, the investigation police of Hưng Yên province opened a criminal case against Nguyễn Văn Dương, born in 2000, who owns the Dương Dolce fashion shop in Hưng Hà commune. He is charged with infringing industrial property rights under Article 226(1) of the Penal Code. Commune police and Market Management Team No. 6 had inspected the shop on 21 September and found 270 pairs of slippers bearing counterfeit Hermès marks, 125 sets of adidas clothing, 12 pairs of Dior shoes and 8 pairs of Gucci shoes, worth VND 222.6 million at the shop’s own prices. The market management team passed the file to the police on 28 September. [1], [2]

In a separate case, Thái Nguyên provincial police said on 16 October that they had charged Nguyễn Văn Duy, also born in 2000, with the same offence. He owns the Duy Bom shop in Phú Bình commune, which commune police and Market Management Team No. 3 inspected on 1 October. They found 974 items of clothing bearing Adidas, Louis Vuitton and Dior marks, and an appraisal found all of them to be counterfeit. Báo Văn hóa puts their value at VND 331.55 million. He has been barred from leaving his place of residence and from leaving the country. [3], [4]

Neither man has been convicted. A prosecution decision is an early stage of Vietnamese criminal proceedings, and the Hưng Yên police say they are still building their case. [1]

Both cases started with a joint inspection of a single shop by commune police and a market management team. Inspections like these are often settled with administrative fines. Here the cases moved to criminal charges against the shop owners themselves, which is a stronger signal to other retailers selling the same goods.

Sources

1. Thương hiệu và Công luận. Hưng Yên: Khởi tố chủ cửa hàng thời trang bán hàng giả mạo nhãn hiệu trị giá hơn 222 triệu đồng. Published 2026-10-17 14:09 Vietnam time. Vietnamese. Byline: Thành Nam. Accessed 18 October 2026. Working English title translation: Hưng Yên: Fashion shop owner prosecuted for selling trademark-counterfeit goods worth over VND 222 million (working translation).
2. aFamily (from Đời sống Pháp luật). Công an bất ngờ kiểm tra cửa hàng Dương Dolce, khởi tố Nguyễn Văn Dương SN 2000. Published 2026-10-17 12:30 Vietnam time. Vietnamese. Byline: Chi Chi. Accessed 18 October 2026. Working English title translation: Police make surprise inspection of Dương Dolce shop, prosecute Nguyễn Văn Dương, born 2000 (working translation).
3. Soha (from the Ministry of Public Security portal). Công an bất ngờ kiểm tra cửa hàng lúc 10h30, khởi tố Nguyễn Văn Duy SN 2000. Published 2026-10-16 16:53 Vietnam time. Vietnamese. Byline: Chi Chi. Accessed 18 October 2026. Working English title translation: Police make surprise inspection of shop at 10.30, prosecute Nguyễn Văn Duy, born 2000 (working translation).
4. Báo Văn hóa (via Baomoi). Khởi tố đối tượng bán lượng lớn hàng giả mạo nhãn hiệu ở Thái Nguyên. Published 2026-10-15 21:45 Vietnam time. Vietnamese. Byline: Báo Văn hóa. Accessed 18 October 2026. Working English title translation: Person selling a large quantity of trademark-counterfeit goods prosecuted in Thái Nguyên (working translation).
5. Soha (from Đời sống Pháp luật). Công an kiểm tra cửa hàng thời trang, khởi tố ông chủ Lê Tuấn Đức SN 1999. Published 2026-10-21 22:28 Vietnam time. Vietnamese. Byline: Duy Anh. Accessed 22 October 2026. Working English title translation: Police inspect fashion shop, charge owner Lê Tuấn Đức, born 1999 (working translation).
6. Báo Công luận. Thanh niên ở Hưng Yên thu lợi hơn 1 tỷ đồng nhờ bán đồ thời trang giả mác Gucci, Dior, Lacoste. Published 2026-10-22 05:53 Vietnam time. Vietnamese. Byline: Tu Vũ. Accessed 22 October 2026. Working English title translation: Young man in Hưng Yên made over VND 1 billion selling fashion goods with fake Gucci, Dior and Lacoste labels (working translation).