Khaisilk sold Chinese silk as 'Made in Vietnam' — one dual-labelled scarf ended it

Khaisilk was Vietnam's most prominent silk brand, a fixture of Hanoi's old quarter and a gift shop for visiting dignitaries. In October 2017 a customer named Dang Nhu Quynh posted on Facebook that his brother had ordered 60 scarves at VND644,000 ($28) each from the Hang Gai street store. One scarf carried both a 'Made in China' label and a 'Made in Vietnam' label. Others showed signs that a Chinese tag had been cut off.

The brand's founder, Hoang Khai, confessed that 50% of Khaisilk's silk scarves had been sourced from China and sold as Vietnamese products. The admission destroyed the brand's core claim — that its products represented Vietnamese silk craftsmanship. The Ministry of Industry and Trade ordered a police investigation, and customs, tax and market-surveillance officers were assembled to inspect Khaisilk's full product line.

The Hanoi store closed immediately; two Ho Chi Minh City shops followed. A brand that had taken decades to build was dismantled in a week by a single scarf with two labels. The scandal became a national conversation about origin fraud and the fragility of 'Made in Vietnam' as a trust signal.