VietNamNet Bridge – The Department of Market Management under the Ministry of Industry and Trade says 30 to 35 percent of pesticides available in the market are imported illegally.

Some pesticides available in the local market.

They are smuggled into the country through the porous borders in the north and southwest of the country.

Most of pesticides in the Vietnamese market are out of date, banned, wrongly labeled, and contained substances that can seriously damage the environment as well as the health of humans, the department says.

(Source: SGGP)