On Wednesday, around 12,000 fake, counterfeit, prohibited and poor-quality items were destroyed on the instruction of the Da Nang Council for the Destruction of Illegal Goods.  This was the 2^nd  time this year that such a destruction has been carried out in the city.

The fake and prohibited items about to be destroyed

The goods, worth around 1 billion VND in total, included over 3,500 items of unclear origin, 5,780 fake and counterfeit products, and 1,827 poor-quality items.  The majority of the items were fashionable clothes, sports shoes, watches, glasses, bags, purses, phone accessories and helmets. 

In addition, a large quantity of products which might have caused health hazards to their users were also destroyed.  Included were boneless chicken legs of unclear origin, fake cosmetics, and counterfeit wines, beers and candies.