The Drug Administration of Vietnam (DAV), operating under the Ministry of Health, has issued an official administrative sanction decision targeting the Hanoi Branch of Kotrans Company Limited. The enterprise is subject to a combined financial penalty and illegal profit disgorgement totaling over 597.2 million VND. In addition to the monetary fines, the company faces strict remedial enforcement, including the mandatory recall and physical destruction of cosmetic lines that failed to comply with statutory legal standards.
The documented technical infractions, structural components of the fine, and the list of affected products include:
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Labeling and Product Information File Infractions: According to the regulatory review, Kotrans Company Limited committed three distinct groups of administrative violations under the Government’s Decree No. 119/2017/ND-CP and Decree No. 117/2020/ND-CP:
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Distribution of products missing mandatory label contents: This violation applies directly to the VT RETI-A REEDLE SHOT 700 line (Notification Receipt No. 284606/25/CBMP-QLD). The commercial value of the non-compliant goods already sold on the market was audited at 96,532,800 VND.
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Distribution of products with deceptive or untruthful labels: This infraction impacted 3 specific items: Torriden CELLMAZING PorePerfecting Ampoule (Notification Receipt No. 272676/25/CBMP-QLD), VT CICA COLLAGEN MASK (Notification Receipt No. 261209/24/CBMP-QLD), and UNOVE DEEP DAMAGE REPAIR SHAMPOO SWEET BREEZE (Notification Receipt No. 278006/25/CBMP-QLD). The collective market value of these falsified goods already commercialized reached 353,171,831 VND.
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Distribution of products with incomplete Product Information Files (PIF): The documentation failure was recorded across 4 product lines: COSRX The Retinol 0.5 Oil, SKINFOOD Yuja C Dark Spot Clear Cream, SKINFOOD Black Cherry Retinol 0.1 Eye Cream, and Paparecipe Collagen Peptide Serum.
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Breakdown of Monetary Sanctions: The Drug Administration imposed a fixed administrative fine of 147.5 million VND against the corporation. Parallel to this, regulators compelled Kotrans to forfeit an additional amount of over 449 million VND, an exact financial equivalent to the total calculated value of the illicit cosmetics previously distributed to consumers.
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Mandatory Remedial Actions and Execution Deadlines: Kotrans Company Limited is legally ordered to recall and destroy the 4 specific cosmetic lines flagged for maintaining deficient Product Information Files (PIF) under current pharmaceutical laws. The corporate management is strictly required to clear all administrative fines and financial disgorgements at the State Treasury within a mandatory 10-day window following the official receipt of the regulatory decree.