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Retailers vexed by pirated CDs in Vietnam

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - Employees at a music store in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, examine pirated compact discs (CDs), a major headache for such retailers. The owner of the shop said pirated music CDs and videos are mass produced in China, smuggled into Vietnam and sold at one-fourth regular prices. Vietnamese authorities have begun considering legal measures to regulate pirated CDs, but are unlikely to be able to stem their spread, at least for now in the absence of adequate laws in the country protecting intellectual property rights.