Is the permission required for to repost news or articles by news aggregator websites in Vietnam?

According to Official Dispatch 3835/BTTTT-PTTH&TTDT in 2019:

To rectify the aforesaid violations, follow the direction of the Central Propaganda Commission stated in the Notice No. 422-TB/BTGTW dated October 11, 2019 and Plan No. 336A/KH-BTTTT dated September 03, 2019 by the Ministry of Information and Communications on implementation of a number of press and publishing tasks; improve state management, promptly and strictly prevent news aggregator websites from operate in a manner similar to that of newspapers, the Ministry of Information and Communications hereby requests Departments of Information and Communications in Vietnam to urgently implement the following solutions:

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- Request news aggregator websites to include the links to the original articles at the end of their reposted articles.

- Request news aggregator websites to make written agreements with press agencies regarding permission to cite the articles of such agencies (verbal agreements are not accepted). Such agreements must be submitted to licensing authorities before November 15, 2019. After such deadline, any news aggregator website that cites news from a source without a written agreement on such citation shall be strictly handled as regulated.

=> Thus, according to the regulations, news aggregator websites in Vietnam must have a written agreement with the press agencies (oral agreements are not accepted) regarding permission to repost articles.

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