During the year, the agency collected nearly VND500 billion (US$21.61 million) for the state budget, confiscated goods and products worth over VND170 billion (US$7.34 million) and destroyed smuggled and faked goods worth over VND120 billion (US$5.18 million). Tran Huu Linh, director general of the Vietnam Directorate of Market Surveillance, said at a meeting on January 13, that in 2019, the authorities were able to deal with major cases of smuggling and selling of counterfeit products, a fact that was not possible in the past. These included two shopping malls selling fake products in Mong Cai city, Quang Ninh province; stores and production facilities of fake and low quality products of major world brands such as Dior, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, or cases of forging Vietnamese origin in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and other provinces/cities; 3,108 wine bottles smuggled in Quang Binh province.