The Ministry of Education and Training strictly prohibits departments and schools from giving Tet gifts to superiors.

The Ministry of Education and Training has just sent a document to the Departments of Education and Training, universities and academies about organizing the Lunar New Year of Giap Thin in 2024.

Bộ GD&ĐT nghiêm cấm các sở, trường học biếu tặng quà Tết cho cấp trên

Accordingly, the Ministry requires units not to organize visits and New Year greetings to superiors and leaders at all levels; strictly prohibit giving or presenting New Year gifts to leaders at all levels in any form.

Units only attend pagodas and festivals when assigned, do not participate in superstitious activities, and do not use state budget, means, or public assets contrary to regulations.

"Cadres and party members, especially leaders of Party committees and organizations, must truly set an example in celebrating Spring and Tet in a healthy, safe and economical way," said the Ministry of Education and Training.

In addition, the Ministry of Education and Training also requested units to strictly implement measures to ensure a joyful, healthy, safe and economical Lunar New Year 2024; promote the responsibility of leaders, and be ready to respond to all situations.

At the same time, units will strengthen propaganda and education for students to practice civilized lifestyles, maintain social order and safety, traffic safety, strictly implement regulations on the management and use of fireworks; improve skills in preventing accidents and injuries, preventing social evils and ensuring safety, especially safety in cyberspace.

The assignment of duty and protection of agencies and schools during Tet holidays must also be strictly implemented; ensuring the plan and tasks for the 2023-2024 school year after Tet holidays; closely coordinating with functional agencies, ensuring absolute safety of facilities, equipment, and fire and explosion prevention and control.

The Ministry of Education and Training also requires units to proactively have plans to care for the material and spiritual lives of cadres, civil servants and public employees; pay attention to families in difficult circumstances, remote areas, border areas, islands, ethnic minority areas and mountainous areas.

Festival activities, spring celebrations, traditional anniversaries, year-end conferences, New Year meetings, tree planting festivals... need to be practical, safe, economical, and appropriate.

Schools need to proactively contact and coordinate with passenger transport businesses to organize the sale of train and bus tickets at schools for students returning home for Tet; carefully organize Tet celebrations for students in difficult circumstances who cannot return home to celebrate Tet with their families.

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