Nghe An prohibits renting out communal halls and village cultural houses to introduce products and sell goods.
(Baonghean.vn) - Nghe An Provincial People's Committee requires localities in the area to absolutely not allow businesses and individuals to rent or borrow the halls of the People's Committees of wards, communes and towns; cultural houses of blocks, hamlets and villages, and stadiums to organize product introductions, sales, and organize seminars combined with sales.
On October 2, the leader of the Department of Industry and Trade said that the People's Committee of Nghe An province has just issued a document on strengthening State management in consumer rights protection activities to relevant departments, branches and People's Committees of districts, cities and towns.
This move came after the Department of Industry and Trade reported that recently, a number of organizations and individuals have taken advantage of the guise of "giving gifts of gratitude" to organize conferences and seminars to introduce products to sell products of unknown origin, of uncertain quality, with false advertising and exaggeration of product uses, causing outrage among the people and local authorities.
To strengthen State management in consumer rights protection activities, the Provincial People's Committee requests the Department of Industry and Trade to coordinate with functional forces and local authorities to grasp, receive information, and inspect conference and seminar activities that take advantage of promotional forms and "give gifts of gratitude" with signs of violations. Take the lead and coordinate with local authorities to organize propaganda on consumer rights protection.
The Department of Information and Communications is responsible for presiding over and coordinating with relevant agencies to direct news agencies and newspapers to develop television specials and propaganda columns to warn people about tricks and scams in the forms of "giving gifts of gratitude", "buying goods and getting refunds, buying goods and getting gifts"; advertising activities that exaggerate the effects of functional products at conferences and seminars... so that people know and raise awareness and vigilance in purchasing goods.
The Provincial People's Committee requested the Department of Health to strengthen coordination with local authorities and functional forces to monitor functional food advertising activities at conferences and seminars in the area. Strictly handle cases of law violations.
The provincial police are assigned to direct district and commune police to strengthen inspection, information gathering, monitoring, supervision, prevention and timely handling of organizations and individuals conducting illegal business activities and showing signs of fraud and property appropriation. Strictly handle the above cases showing signs of fraud, causing insecurity and disorder according to the provisions of law. Notify the hotline number of the commune-level police chief to the blocks, villages, hamlets and villages so that people can make complaints and denunciations when detecting activities with signs of violations in the area.
The Provincial People's Committee also requested the Market Management Department to direct the Market Management Teams to coordinate with relevant units to strengthen inspection and control of trading activities, counterfeit goods, goods of unknown origin, and poor quality goods in the management area. Notify the hotline phone numbers of the Market Management Teams to the blocks, villages, hamlets, and communes so that people can complain and denounce when detecting activities with signs of violations in the area.
For the People's Committees of districts, cities, towns, the Provincial People's Committee requires to step up propaganda and dissemination of legal regulations related to the above activities so that people can understand, proactively prevent, avoid and not buy products of unknown origin, poor quality goods, functional products, household products with false advertising, and exaggerated uses.
Direct functional departments, offices, People's Committees of communes, wards and towns to arrange forces to receive information, conduct inspections, checks, resolve complaints, denunciations and handle violations of the law on consumer rights protection according to their authority; At the same time, coordinate with functional forces to strengthen inspection and supervision of commercial activities, promotion and introduction of products at restaurants, hotels, hall rental locations... showing signs of violations; strengthen supervision of conference and seminar activities introducing products as functional foods, colostrum products advertised as having the ability to cure diseases... Timely handle organizations and individuals violating regulations.
Directing commune-level authorities to notify blocks, hamlets, and villages to absolutely not allow businesses and individuals to rent or borrow the halls of the People's Committees of wards, communes, and towns; cultural houses of blocks, hamlets, and villages; and stadiums to organize product introductions, sales, and seminars combined with sales. Sales organization of businesses, production and business units must be carried out at business locations according to regulations...
Previously, Nghe An Newspaper had a series of articles reflecting on the fact that many people, mainly the elderly in rural areas such as Tan Ky, Yen Thanh, Thanh Chuong... were continuously tricked into buying goods at high prices, through programs of "giving gifts in gratitude", "promotional seminars", and tricks of impersonating "successful former students coming to show gratitude to teachers".