Chapter IX
STATE MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES FOR POSTAL ACTIVITIES
Article 43. State management responsibilities for postal activities
1. The Government performs the unified state management of postal activities nationwide.
2. The Ministry of Information and Communications is answerable to the Government for performing the state management of postal activities.
3. Ministries and ministerial-level agencies shall, within the ambit of their tasks and powers, perform the state management of postal activities as assigned by the Government.
4. Provincial-level People's Committees shall perform the state management of postal activities as decentralized by the Government.
Article 44. Responsibilities of the Ministry of Information and Communications
1. To submit to the Government for promulgation specific regulations on investment conditions and forms, commercial provision of postal services; conditions, competence and procedures for the grant, supplementation and re-grant of postal licenses and written certifications of operation notification; payment of compensations for damage in the provision and use of postal services; postage stamps; and handling of administrative violations in postal activities.
2. To submit to the Prime Minister for promulgation or decision the list of public postal services, the mechanism for support of public postal services, postal networks serving party and state agencies, the management of postage rates,
a schedule for the incremental reduction and time of termination of exclusive postal services.
3. To specify the national postal code; postmarks; undeliverable postal articles; forwarding and return of postal articles; cases in which a postal license or written certification of operation notification is not required; statistical reports on postal activities; complaints about the provision and use of postal services; and quality of postal services.
4. To decide on the list of public postal services and their postage rates after consulting the Ministry of Finance.
5. To coordinate with the Ministry of Finance in providing for the import and export of postal articles; handling postal articles without recipient: providing for and organizing postage exemption or reduction; and drawing up a list of postal services subject to postage rate registration.
6. To coordinate with the Ministry of Industry and Trade in guiding sales promotion and settling competition-related cases in the provision of postal services.
7. To coordinate with the Ministry of Construction in providing for the installation of public post boxes or consolidated letter boxes in urban centers, densely populated areas, high-rise apartment buildings and office buildings.
8. To coordinate with the Ministry of Public Security in prescribing principles and conditions for the termination or suspension of transmission and delivery of postal articles, inspection and handling of postal articles and requests for information on the use of postal services; and providing for postal networks used for security purposes.
9. To coordinate with the Ministry of National Defense in providing for postal networks used for national defense purposes.
10. To coordinate with concerned ministries and branches in guiding the handling of smuggled or banned merchandise sent by post.
11. To coordinate with provincial-level People's Committees in guiding the elaboration of master plans on local public postal networks and order of and procedures for approving these master plans.
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