Chapter 1.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Scope of adjustment and subject of application
This Decree provides for the information and press activities of foreign press, foreign representative agencies and organizations in Vietnam and the responsibility of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Information and Communications, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the People's Committees of centrally-affiliated provinces and cities in the state management of information and press activities of foreign press, foreign agency and organizations in Vietnam.
Article 2. Explanation of terms
In this Decree, the following terms shall be construed as follows:
1. Foreign press is a news agency, radio, TV, printing newspaper, electronic newspaper and other types of foreign press.
2. Permanent foreign press agency is a representative agency of the foreign press in Vietnam, hereinafter referred to as permanent agency.
3. Foreign reporters are reporters and editors working for foreign press.
4. Permanent foreign reporter is a foreign reporter appointed by the foreign press to work at the permanent agency under the regime of permanent reporter in Vietnam, hereinafter referred to as permanent reporter.
5. Non-permanent foreign reporter is foreign reporter coming into Vietnam for short-term information and press activities, and not entitled to enjoy the permanent reporter regime, hereinafter referred to as non-resident reporter.
6. Press assistant is Vietnamese citizen working under official contract for permanent agency in Vietnam to support permanent reporter and permanent agency in the information and press activities in Vietnam.
7. Collaborator is a Vietnamese citizen or foreigner legally residing and working in Vietnam permanent and recruited by a permanent agency to support a number of specific information and press activities of the permanent reporter and agency in a given time.
8. Foreign representative agency is a foreign diplomatic mission, consular agency, representative agency of inter-governmental international organization and other other foreign authorized agencies performing consular functions in Vietnam.
9. Foreign organization is the representative agency of non-governmental organization and other foreign organizations in Vietnam.
10. Information and press activities of foreign press in Vietnam is the activities gathering information, documents, photographs, audio and visual recordings, , photographs, film recording, contacting, interviewing, visiting localities, facilities and other activities in order to serve news and article writing, and producing supplements, special issues of periodicals and reportage on Vietnam of foreign press, except for the types of film subjects to the Law on cinema.
11. Foreign printed matters are newsletters, press releases, supplements, documents, flyers, brochures, maps, calendars, pictures, photographs, audio tapes, audio discs, video tapes and video discs and other printed matters published and circulated by foreign representative agencies and organizations in Vietnam.
12. Press conference is meeting activity organized by foreign agencies, organizations, delegations, individuals in Vietnam with the invitation of representatives of Vietnamese press agencies and citizen for participation to inform, announce and explain an issue relating to the duties and interests of those agencies, organizations, delegations and individuals.
Article 3. Principles of press and information of foreign press, foreign representative agencies and organizations in Vietnam
1. All information and press activities of the foreign press, foreign representative agencies and organizations in Vietnam shall only be carried out after the approval of the competent authority provided for in Decree and must comply with the current regulations of Vietnamese law.
2. The violation of the provisions of this Decree shall be handled in accordance with the current provisions of Vietnamese law.
Tìm kiếm
Nghị định 88/2012/NĐ-CP (Bản Word)
Nghị định 88/2012/NĐ-CP (Bản Pdf)