Vietnam: Amending and supplementing information and reporting responsibilities in printing

To be specific:

According to Decree No. 25/2018/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, printing establishments and photocopying establishments operating in the form of enterprises or public sector entities shall make annual reports or irregular reports at the request of printing authorities. Thus, Decree No. 25/2018/NĐ-CP replaces the provision of “six-month reports” of Decree No. 60/2014/NĐ-CP with “annual reports”.

Moreover, Decree No. 25/2018/NĐ-CP specified methods, exchange, provide information and report forms in printing activities as follows:

* Regulated entities of reporting and recipients:

- Pre-press, press, and postpress establishments affiliated to ministries and central bodies shall send reports in writing using the form prescribed by Ministry of Information and Communications; other pre-press, press and postpress establishments shall send reports in writing using the form prescribed by the People’s Committee of province; photocopying establishments being enterprises must send reports in writing using the form prescribed by the People’s Committee of district (or equivalent); photocopying establishments being households must send reports upon requests of competent authorities;

- Annually, each People’s Committee of province shall release statistics on printing, photocopying and state management of printing and photocopying in the province, and then send a report using the form prescribed by the Ministry of Information and Communications;

* Data: Data of the report is collected from January 1 to December 31 of the reporting year;

* Deadline for report: Entities prescribed in Point a of this Clause (other than photocopying establishments being households) must send a report no later than January 10 of the year succeeding the reporting year; each People’s Committee of province must send a report no later than January 15 of the year succeeding the reporting year;

* Report forms and methods of reporting: 

- The report shall be made in form of hard copy which bears seal and signature of the head, in case of organization, or signature of individual; the report shall be sent by post, fax, in person, or via email; if the report is sent via email, it must be in the format of Word or Excel enclosed with Pdf file, which is scanned from the hard copy for comparison and ensuring the accuracy.

- If an electronic report system is available, electronic reports are required.

View more details at Decree No. 25/2018/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from May 01, 2018.

-Thao Uyen-

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