Instead of choosing traditional gifts for teachers for Vietnamese Teachers’ Day, November 20, many well-to-do people spend millions of VND on presents.

 A pen worth millions of dong

Famous brands become favourite

According to a salesman at Parkson shopping mall, some of this year’s best-selling goods included clothes, footwear, handbags and cosmetics belonging with high-quality brand names.

My, a shopper at Vincom Trade Centre, didn't hesitate to pay paid VND7 million (USD333.2) for a Hermes handbag to give to her grade-2nd-daughter’s head teacher.

“Vietnamese Teachers’ Day is a special occasion, so I wanted to choose a valuable gift for the teacher,” she shared.

Lavish gifts

Some of the gifts that people opted to buy are high-end products such as swallow’s nests or ginseng, which can run as high as between VND5 million and VND6 million (USD238-USD285.6) per box.

Custom pens, some worth millions of dong, were also at the top of the list.

  A Pisces crystal paperweight

Unique gifts

Other parents tended towards the unique, with presents such as Pisces crystal and gold-plated paperweights. These can cost anywhere from VND2 million-VND5 million (USD95.2-USD238) each.