Chương VIII Luật Thực hành tiết kiệm, chống lãng phí 2005: Thực hành tiết kiệm, chống lãng phí trong sản xuất và tiêu dùng của nhân dân

Chapter VIII

THRIFT PRACTICE AND WASTE COMBAT IN PEOPLE'S PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION

Article 62.- Construction investment, production and business development

1. State encourages the entire population to practice thrift and combat waste in production and consumption in order to reserve capital for investment in production and business, for purchase of national construction bonds, bills of credit, bonds, stocks, for savings deposits and other forms of profitable investment not banned by law.

2. Investment projects on production and/or business development must strictly comply with land use plannings and plans, construction plannings and landscape as well as environment protection regulations promulgated by competent state bodies.

3. The State encourages economic organizations, family households to use their capital, labor, natural resources and other resources for investment in construction, production and/or business with thrift and efficiency.

Article 63.- Construction of dwelling houses, procurement of means, equipment for daily life and consumption

1. The construction of dwelling houses must strictly comply with land use plannings and plans, construction plannings and landscape as well as environment protection regulations promulgated by competent state bodies.

2. The State encourages the entire population to practice thrift in construction of dwelling houses, procurement of daily-life means and equipment; practice thrift in the use of daily-life electricity and water and in daily consumption.

Article 64.- Weddings, funerals, festivities and other cultural activities

1. The State encourages the entire population to practice thrift and combat waste in organization of weddings, funerals, festivities and other cultural activities, avoiding luxury and waste, preserving fine customs and practices and building up a civilized and healthy lifestyles.

2. The Ministry of Culture and Information shall have to promulgate a model statute on village rules and conventions on organization of weddings, funerals and other cultural activities of people, ensuring thrift practice and waste combat as a guide for localities to formulate and promulgate their own for implementation among people.

Article 65.- Organizing the implementation of regulations on thrift practice and waste combat among people

1. The People's Councils and the People's Committees at all levels shall have to launch movements for thrift practice and waste combat among people, stipulate forms of commendation, reward for families and individuals that well observe the legal provisions on thrift practice and waste combat. The Ministry of Culture and Information shall formulate cultured family standards in association with the encouragement and mobilization of people to practice thrift and combat waste, contributing to building up a civilized and healthy society.

2. Agencies and organizations shall have to mobilize and encourage their respective cadres, officials, employees and members to exemplarily implement the provisions of law on thrift practice and waste combat; to make the thrift practice and waste combat a content of assessment of their cadres, officials, employees and members.

3. The mass media shall promptly propagate, encourage and commend good persons and good deeds in thrift practice and waste combat, creating the social opinions of condemming and critizing waste.