Hanoi bans gifts to leaders on New Year
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The Hanoi People’s Committee has issued a ban against gift-giving and the use of foreign wine to celebrate the upcoming lunar New Years at state offices.
The Committee’s chairman Nguyen The Thao instructed state offices, unions and businesses in the city to economize and banned ban lavish New Year greetings, gifts to leaders or expensive wine for celebrations at state offices.
He called for boosting productivity to assure adequate supply of essential goods like fuels, foods and fruits and price stabilization in the Lunar New Year, falling in February next year.
The leader also requested an intensifying check for fake goods in the city.
