US officials talk about product safety

Hanoi (VNA) - Acting Chairwoman Nancy Nord of the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) told Vietnamese businesses to thoroughly study new US consumer product safety requirements before receiving orders to export goods to the market.

At a seminar on the issue held in Hanoi on Sept. 12, Nord said that her
country's President George Bush on August 14 signed an amendment to consumer
product safety acts.

Businesses exporting their products to the US must get CPSC
certification to ensure their product quality. Otherwise, they will be fined
and their products will be destroyed.

Laurie Hopkins from CPSC, who is in charge of the Vietnamese market, said
that Vietnamese businesses should strictly abide by product safety
regulations during the manufacturing process.

According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade , Vietnam earned almost
5.7 billion USD from exports to the US in the first half of the year, a
20.7 percent year-on-year rise. Its major export items to the US include
textiles and apparels, furniture, footwear, farm and seafood products,
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