They include 3,571 packs of cigarettes, 225 mobile phones, 3,383 cosmetic products, 39,593 toys, and 2,995 pieces of apparel, many of them fake Louis Vuitton, Chanel, and other branded products.

The fakes are sold mostly at Binh Tay and An Dong markets.

The department has also discovered and reported 70 instances of price-related violations. They include 55 cases where the prices were not listed and 15 others where it was not done according to regulations.

The offenders were fined a total of VND200 million (US$9,600).