INAPPROPRIATE GIFTS MUST BE RETURNED TO THE MANAGING GIFTS DEPARTMENT IN CASE UNABLE TO REJECT
On July 01, 2019, the Government issues the Decree No. 59/2019/ND-CP on detailing a number of Article and measurement to implementation of the Anti-corruption Law.
This Decree detail a number of Clause and Article of the Anti-corruption Law No. 36/2018/QH14: Clause 1 Article 15, Article 17, Article 22, Article 23, Clause 4 Article 25, Clause 4 Article 71, Article 80, Article 81, Article 94. Among these is specific of the regulation on giving gifts and receiving gifts of agencies, organizations, units, persons with position and power as follow:
- The office holding agencies, organizations, units or individuals can only use public finance or property as gifts for charity, foreign affairs and provision of benefits as prescribed by law;
- The office holding agencies, organizations, units or individuals must not by all means receive the gifts from the agencies, organizations, units or individuals involved in their work or under their management;
- The agencies, organizations or units must reject the inappropriate gifts; if unable to reject, the gifts must be handed over to the department in charge of managing gifts of that agencies or units for further handling as prescribed by law.
In addition, this Decree also regulate on handling interest conflict; on inspectorate of public companies, credit institutions, and social organization established by or have their charters approved by the Prime Minister, Minister of Home Affairs or Chairmen of the provincial People’s Committees which mobilizing the fund of charity from citizen.
