Chapter II
EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES
Article 6. Foreign information
Foreign information includes official information about Vietnam, information about promotion of Vietnam’s image and around-the-world information to Vietnam.
Article 7. Supply of official information about Vietnam
1. Official information about is pieces of information about the guidelines and policies of the Communist Party and state laws, information about Vietnam’s situations in terms of various sectors and information about Vietnam’s history as well as other information.
2. Official information about Vietnam shall be proactively provided by Ministries, Ministry-level agencies, Government agencies and provincial People's Committees according to their functions, responsibilities and powers for international communities and Vietnamese.
3. Official information about Vietnam provided in the following forms:
a) Official speeches at international and domestic events, forums and press releases.
b) Official speeches of state agencies.
c) Diplomatic activities of state agencies.
d) Diplomatic activities, speeches, events, information posted on websites and other activities performed by Vietnam’s representative offices.
dd) Media programs or products of state-owned press agencies such as Vietnam News Agency, Vietnam Television and Voice of Vietnam.
e) Information posted on the electronic information portal of the Government, the electronic information page for diplomatic issues and the electronic information portal of Ministries, Ministry-level agencies, Government agencies and provincial People's Committees.
g) State agencies' publications written in Vietnamese and other foreign language.
4. Supply of official information about Vietnam in any form must comply with applicable laws.
Article 8. Supply of information about promotion of Vietnam’s image
1. Information about promotion of Vietnam’s image refers to pieces of information about the nation, people, history and culture of Vietnam.
2. Information about promotion of Vietnam’s image shall be delivered to international communities and Vietnamese expatriates by agencies, organizations or individuals.
3. Information about promotion of Vietnam’s image shall be provided in the following forms:
a) Vietnamese and foreign language publications.
b) Events organized in Vietnam and overseas countries.
c) Media products of mass media agencies.
d) Events organized by the Vietnam Cultural Center abroad.
dd) Products of foreign news and media agencies.
e) International relation and cooperation activities of agencies, organizations and individuals.
4. Supply of information about promotion of Vietnam’s image in any form must comply with Vietnam’s legal regulations and laws of the host country.
Article 9. Supply of around-the-world information to Vietnam
1. Around-the-world information provided to Vietnam refers to pieces of information about worldwide events that take place in a variety of fields, information about Vietnam's relation with different nations and other information meant to reinforce the political, social, cultural and national defence and security relation between Vietnam and different countries; serves the purpose of the national economic growth; promotes the international integration progress of Vietnam.
2. Around-the-world information shall be collected, processed and provided for competent authorities, media agencies and Vietnamese people by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministries, Ministry-level agencies, Vietnam’s overseas representative offices, news and media agencies affiliated to the Government (Vietnam News Agency, Vietnam Television and Voice of Vietnam) within their relevant functions, duties and powers in accordance with legal regulations.
3. Around-the-world information shall be provided by agencies or organizations stated in Clause 2 of this Article in the following forms:
a) Through spokespersons.
b) Through electronic information portals and electronic information pages.
c) At periodic press releases and meetings.
d) Through means of mass media.
4. Supply of around-the-world information to Vietnam shall be carried out in accordance with applicable laws relating to forms stated in Clause 3 of this Article.
Article 10. Supply of explanatory or clarifying information
1. Explanatory and clarifying information refers to documents, materials, dossiers and arguments used for explaining and clarifying misstated information about Vietnam on a wide range of sectors.
2. Ministries, Ministry-level agencies, Government agencies, provincial People’s Committees and involved entities, upon receiving misstated information, materials and reports causing harm to the prestige and image of Vietnam from domestic and foreign organizations or individuals, shall be responsible for proactively providing documents, materials, dossiers and arguments for explanation and clarification purposes; develop necessary communication approaches to protection and improvement of the prestige and image of Vietnam.
3. The Ministry of Information and Communication, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, relevant Ministries, and entities within their appropriate functions, duties and powers prescribed by laws, shall be responsible for analyzing overseas public opinions in order to find out misstated information about Vietnam, notify relevant Ministries and agencies to proactively provide explanatory and clarifying information as well as send such information to the Ministry of Information and Communication for acknowledgement and reporting to the Prime Minister.
Article 11. Electronic diplomatic information page
1. The electronic diplomatic information page shall be responsible for providing official information and promotional information about Vietnam through the internet network.
2. The Ministry of Information and Communication shall preside over, collaborate with relevant Ministries and agencies in taking charge of managing and operating the electronic diplomatic information page; ensure adequate updated information in order to meet requirements set out in external communication tasks.
Article 12. Diplomatic information database
1. The diplomatic information database refers to the data system digitalized and integrated with the data system of Ministries, Ministry-level agencies and provincial People's Committees to serve the external communication purpose.
2. The diplomatic information database is the source of official information about Vietnam provided to domestic and foreign mass media agencies as a tool to assist the work of looking up, discovering and researching Vietnam.
3. The Ministry of Information and Communication shall preside over, collaborate with Ministries, Ministry-level agencies, Government agencies and provincial People's Committees, and related agencies, in setting up, managing and utilizing the diplomatic information database.
4. Ministries, Ministry-level agencies, Government agencies and provincial People's Committees, overseas representative offices of Vietnam, news and media agencies of Vietnam in setting up, managing and utilizing the diplomatic information database.
Article 13. Publications for foreign communication purposes
1. Publications for foreign communication purposes refer to products written in Vietnamese and foreign languages to provide official information about Vietnam and promotional information about Vietnam’s image to international communities and Vietnamese expatriates.
2. The Ministry of Information and Communication shall preside over, collaborate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministries, Ministry-level agencies, Government agencies and provincial People's Committees, and related agencies, in establishing the plan to publish and release publications for external communication purposes in certain particular sectors.
Article 14. Events held abroad
1. Overseas events include Vietnam’s Day and other events held by Ministries, Ministry-level agencies, Government agencies and provincial People’s Committee to serve the purpose of promoting the nation, people, history and culture of Vietnam, improving the friendship and relationship with other countries, and strengthening investment attraction, tourism, commercial exchange and cooperation broadening.
2. The Prime Minister shall make a decision on holding of Vietnam's Day event in overseas countries.
3. Vietnam’s overseas representative offices, Vietnam resident missions of news and media agencies, and Centers of Vietnamese Culture in foreign countries, shall be responsible for collaborating with and assisting Ministries, Ministry-level agencies, Government agencies, provincial People's Committees in organizing events in host countries.
4. The agency charged with organizing events in overseas countries shall be responsible for collaborating with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Information and Communication and related agencies in preparing and implementing the action plan.
5. Ministries, Ministry-level agencies, Government agencies and provincial People's Committees shall be responsible for reporting on the result of such events in accordance with regulations, and concurrently send the report to the Ministry of Information and Communication for aggregation and reporting purposes.
Article 15. Assistance for and cooperation with foreign news and media agencies, companies and correspondents for the purpose of promoting Vietnam’s image in overseas countries
1. Foreign news and media agencies, companies and correspondents shall be assisted and provided with favorite conditions in writing news, articles and producing programs as well as launching publications to promote Vietnam's image on means of mass media in overseas countries.
2. The Ministry of Information and Communication shall preside over, collaborate with relevant agencies in setting up rules and regulations under which assistance and cooperation are carried out as prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article.
3. Press and media activities of foreign news and media agencies, companies in Vietnam must comply with regulations laid down in the Decree no. 88/2012/ND-CP dated October 23, 2012 on providing provisions on press and media activities of foreign press agencies, representative offices and organizations in Vietnam and other relevant legislative documents.
Article 16. Vietnam's representative offices in overseas countries
1. Vietnam’s representative offices in overseas countries shall take responsibility to provide information about host countries, bilateral relations and other information brought into Vietnam for competent authorities under the provisions of Article 5, 6, 7 and 9 of the Law on overseas Representative Offices of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
2. Vietnam’s overseas representative offices shall take responsibility to provide information about Vietnam in order to advertise and promote Vietnam’s image through the electronic information page of each representative office, press releases and interviews as well as others. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall direct and guide Vietnam’s overseas representative offices through abovementioned tasks.
3. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall direct Vietnam’s overseas representative offices to build electronic information pages in English and native language; update information about Vietnam by using the diplomatic information database.
Article 17. Overseas representative offices of Vietnamese news and media agencies
1. Overseas representative offices of Vietnamese news and media agencies (hereinafter referred to as news representative office) shall provide information about host countries brought into Vietnam for Government-controlled news agencies.
2. News resident missions shall perform the following duties:
a) Cooperate with relevant Ministries, agencies in advertising and promoting Vietnam's image, people, history and culture; information about socio-economic situations, guidelines and strategies of the Communist Party, policies and laws of Vietnam.
b) Cooperatively or solitarily execute programs for international cooperation in media and communication activities.
3. Vietnamese news and media agencies shall direct their resident missions to provide information and participate in activities assisting in external communication duties upon the request of the Ministry of Information and Communication; send a periodic and ad-hoc review reports on external communication activities performed by their own resident missions to the Ministry of Information and Communication.
Tìm kiếm
Nghị định 72/2015/NĐ-CP (Bản Word)
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