Chapter 6
ARCHIVAL MANAGEMENT
Article 38. Responsibility for archival management
1. The Government shall perform the uniform state management of archives.
2. The Ministry of Home Affairs shall take responsibility before the Government for performing the state management of archives and managing materials of the Archival set of the Vietnamese State.
3. The Party's competent agency shall manage materials of the Archival set of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
4. Ministries, Ministerial-level agencies, Government-attached agencies and central agencies of socio-political organizations shall, within the scope of their tasks and powers, manage archives.
5. People's Committees of all levels shall, within the ambit of their tasks and powers, perform the state management of archives in their localities.
Article 39. Funds for archival work
1. Funds for archival work of state agencies, political organizations and socio-political organizations shall be allocated in annual state budget estimates and be used for:
a/ Building and improving storage places;
b/ Procuring equipment and means for preservation and use of archival materials;
c/ Collecting and buying precious and rare archival materials;
d/ Correcting materials;
dd/ Taking technical measures to preserve archival materials;
e/ Improving and making backup to insure for archival material ;
g/ Announcing, introducing, displaying and exhibiting archival materials;
h/ Studying and applying archival science and transferring archival technology:
i/ Other activities to service for modernization of archival work.
2. The State encourages domestic and foreign organizations and individuals to donate and finance the protection and promotion of values of archival materials.
Article 40. International cooperation on archives
1. International cooperation on archives shall be carried out on the basis of respect for independence and sovereignty, equality and mutual benefit.
2. Content of international cooperation on archives includes:
a/ Conclusion, accession to and implementation of treaties on archives: accession to international organizations on archives;
b/ Implementation of international cooperation programs and projects;
c/ Exchange of specialists and training and retraining of archivist with foreign parties and international organizations:
d/ Organization of scientific conferences and seminars and international exhibitions; collection of archival materials; compilation and publishing of archival publications:
dd/ Improvement and restoration of archival materials;
e/ Research and application of archival science and transfer of archival technology;
g/ Exchange of lists of archival materials, duplicates of archival materials and archival operation materials.