What are training and nurturing sportsmen, sportswomen, athletes and coaches in exercise and sports activities in Vietnam?

1. What are training and nurturing sportsmen, sportswomen, athletes and coaches in exercise and sports activities in Vietnam?

In Article 10 of Decree 112/2007/ND-CP on training and nurturing sportsmen, sportswomen, athletes and coaches in exercise and sports activities as follows:

1. The Exercise and Sports Committee must cooperate with Ministries and relevant management authorities in:

a) Formulating the strategy, planning and plan for the training and nurturing of sportsmen, sportswomen or athletes in which further attention should be paid to those who can compete in Olympic sports; setting the goal of striving to keep pace with the world level and making major investment in the development of several sports;

b) Studying and applying scientific and technological advances into the training and coaching program;

c) Building and completing policies on the training, nurturing and preference for coaches, athletes, sportsmen or sportswomen for submission to the Prime Minister.

2. The Ministry of Education and Training, the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Public Security together with relevant Ministries and management authorities, the People’s Committee of centrally-affiliated cities and provinces, shall be responsible to train and nurture coaches, athletes, sportsmen or sportswomen of their Ministries, management authorities and local governments under instructions provided by the Exercise and Sports Committee.

The training and coaching of athletes, sportsmen or sportswomen; improvement of skills and expertise for coaches and referees; enhancement of professional knowledge for the management staff of high-performance sports, physicians, doctors, technicians and caretakers shall be annually funded by the State budget as prescribed in the Law on the State budget.

3. Organization or individual participating in the training of athletes, sportsmen or sportswomen shall be granted the preferential policies on tax, credit and land under current laws.

2. What is ownership of a high-performance and professional sports league or contest in Vietnam?

In Article 12 of Decree 112/2007/ND-CP stipulating ownership of a high-performance and professional sports league or contest as follows:

1. National sports federation, professional sports club, organization or individual that organizes the contest or league of high-performance and professional sports shall have the following rights:

a) Create the contest or league of high-performance and professional sports in the fixed form of audio and video recordings;

b) Directly or indirectly copy the contest or league of high-performance and professional sports that has been turned into the fixed form of audio and video recordings;

c) Broadcast or relay the contest or league of high-performance and professional sports to the public in any other forms;

d) Distribute an original or duplicate of the contest or league of high-performance and professional sports in the form of sale, lease or by any technical devices which can be accessible to the public.

2. The owner of the contest or league of high-performance and professional sports is entitled to transfer the ownership as agreed between two contracting parties. Procedures for the ownership transfer and assignment agreement shall comply with regulations on the intellectual property set out in the civil law.

3. Cases in which the use of the contest or league of high-performance and professional sports does not require permission from and payment to the owner are composed of:

a) Extract less than 10% of total duration of each contest or game to serve as the communicative information;

b) Make a copy at their discretion to serve the purpose of scientific researches or lectures.

3. What are regulations on sports business households in Vietnam? 

Article 14 of Decree 112/2007/ND-CP stipulates sports business households as follows:

1. The legal owner of a sports business household as stipulated in Article 56 of the Law on Exercise and Sports must be Vietnamese citizen or a group or a family household. They are obliged to register their business at only one legal location, recruit less than 10 employees, keep no stamp and put all of their property up as collateral to secure their obligations incurred during sports business activities.

2. Right to establish a business household, procedures for the business registration and any adjustment to the business registration for a business household shall comply with the law on enterprises.

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