Nationwide, there are 14 legal fireworks selling points, in which the first selling point in Hanoi is located at Z117 factory, Xuan Ky village, Dong Xuan commune (Soc Son district), as of the morning of February 8.
Colonel Vu Minh Hung, Head of the Division of Explosive Materials Management Support Tools and Firecrackers, Police Department of Administration of Social Order (Ministry of Public Security), said that there are currently only Cong Chemical Company 21 of the Ministry of Defense is responsible for producing and selling fireworks; Any other establishment selling or displaying fireworks products is against the law.
10 legal fireworks trading and selling shops, including three establishments located in Phu Tho province (where the Z121 factory produces fireworks of all kinds); Other stores are located in Hung Yen, Yen Bai, Ha Tinh, Vinh Long, Ha Nam and Hai Phong provinces …
In Hanoi, the first legal fireworks business was opened from February 7. Ho Chi Minh City has no selling point for this artillery.
At the product introduction stores of Chemical Company 21, the price list is publicly listed with 6 types of fireworks (no explosion) such as silver water spray (outdoor, indoor); hand held fire flower nebulizer; fire flower tree; petals rotate; silver waterfall; price from 13,000 to 450,000 VND.
Those who come to buy fireworks must declare their names, addresses, phone numbers and identity cards or identification cards; The delivery note must be signed by the seller, the buyer, the dispatcher and the shop manager.
Mr. Le Bao Hinh, shop employee on Lac Trung street (Hanoi), said that after more than a day of longing, the store sold 100 sets of products; Each set includes 4 types of fireworks such as indoor, outdoor silver waterfall; Fire flower plants and portable tubes (price 400,000 VND per set).
As a rule, there are 6 legal categories, but the firework and swivel fireworks, the Z121 factory does not produce so the shops only display samples.
Currently, there are no detailed instructions from the Ministry of Public Security on how many types of fireworks that do not cause explosions are allowed to be produced. However, Colonel Vu Minh Hung said that, according to the registration of 21 Chemical Company, only 6 common types are listed for prices. “Most of these fireworks are produced by the Company ‘s factory under the Ministry of Defense, no products are imported from abroad”, Colonel Hung said and affirmed, in addition to the above 6 products, the Other fireworks for sale on the market are illegal.
According to Mr. Hung, “in the new year when there are specific instructions, the types of fireworks to serve people will be plentiful, many types, more shops sell and display products”.
As observed in Hanoi, in addition to the legal fireworks sale point in Soc Son district, many grocery stores, selling birthday cakes in the inner districts also sell some kinds of fireworks that do not make explosions, mainly fireworks. stick, stick with a chopstick or with a thumb from 30 to 40 cm long, cost from 20,000 to 60,000 VND per set.
On social networks and some websites, many types of illegal fireworks are also publicly sold for a price ranging from a few tens of thousands to millions of dong.
“With illegal fireworks shops, both buyers and sellers have committed violations and when the authorities detect that they will sanction administrative penalties”, Colonel Vu Minh Hung said.
The Ministry of Public Security has directed units to review and mobilize business establishments and trade in fireworks (without causing explosions) to return them to the local authorities.
List of stores selling legal fireworks
According to the regulations from 10/1/2021, people aged 18 years and over are allowed to burn fireworks that do not emit explosions during birthdays or holidays, weddings, openings.
The new regulation states that people must buy fireworks at military shops where they are allowed to buy and sell fireworks. However, not at any time, people can buy unexploded fireworks to burn, even if they are not lit on the street or in crowded places. If burning on the wrong birthday, not on holidays …) will be punished as illegally burning fireworks.
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