False medical advertising with Chinese staff uncovered in Ho Chi Minh City

Health authorities in southern Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City have discovered a local firm, with a Chinese staff, which launched fabricated ads in the field of medical examination and treatment on social media to lure patients. The Inspectorate of the municipal Department of Health on Friday announced that Fruit Advertising Company Limited, located on Ba Thang Hai Street in District 11, had been found launching untrue ads to help attract customers for medical service providers. The discovery was made on Tuesday when health inspectors coordinated with local police and other concerned agencies inspected this company’s office. After an examination, the health department found that it owns 18 advertising and consulting accounts in the field of healthcare on social media. The health department warned that false advertising relating to medical examination and treatment has become an increasingly complicated problem that has really challenged law enforcement agencies.