Hanoi, July 28 -- Vietnam is stepping up inspections and enforcement of intellectual property (IP) regulations across manufacturing, business operations and exports, particularly in supply chains closely linked to the US, as the country seeks to safeguard its export reputation and maintain market access. Preventing counterfeit goods from entering export supply chains Acting on information provided by the US Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Agency for Domestic Market Surveillance and Development under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, in coordination with the Ministry of Public Security's Cybersecurity and High-Tech Crime Prevention Department, recently uncovered a factory producing nearly 50,000 pairs of counterfeit shoes wit...