The Prime Minister issued an urgent directive on the biggest fraud case in the history of the cashew industry
According to information from the Government Electronic Newspaper, the Official Letter sent to the Ministers of Industry and Trade, Agriculture and Rural Development, Public Security, Transport and the Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam, stated:
Recently, a number of online newspapers have reported that many cashew exporters are at risk of losing hundreds of millions of dollars. Regarding this, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has the following advisory opinions:
Assign the Ministers of Industry and Trade, Agriculture and Rural Development, Public Security, Transport and the Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam according to their functions and tasks to urgently coordinate with Vietnam Cashew Association and relevant agencies and units to examine and clarify the causes to take measures to handle and support according to their competence to ensure the legitimate rights and interests of people and businesses, in accordance with regulations of the Government. domestic and international laws, promptly report to the Prime Minister any difficulties or problems beyond their competence.
Cosco is one of the shipping lines that transport the shipping containers cheat. Illustration
Previously, according to information from the Vietnam Cashew Association (VINACAS), many domestic cashew nut businesses were in danger of losing nearly 100 containers worth hundreds of millions of dollars to Europe. Businesses are concerned that this may be the case cheat when these businesses all signed a contract through Kim Hanh Viet Brokerage Company to export cashew kernels to Italy.
The incident stemmed from concerns when the goods had arrived in Italy, but up to this point, businesses all had a common situation of constantly changing SWIFT numbers – bank identification numbers.
At the bank of Turkey, after the bank received the set of documents, the buyer was informed that the buyer was not their customer and that the bank had returned the documents but did not specify the form of payment, no provide the bill of lading number to the Vietnamese bank.
The dossier was sent to the bank in Italy, the local bank informed that the copies were not the originals. Currently, Vietnamese enterprises do not know where the original documents are. Meanwhile, anyone with the original set of documents can go to the carrier to pick up the goods.
The Vietnam Cashew Association is calling for the support and intervention of competent authorities and shipping lines, asking shipping lines to apply “Urgent” measures – temporarily holding shipments at ports. and will arrive at the port.
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