What documents are included in the application for a photography exhibition in Vietnam?
What documents are included in the application for a photography exhibition in Vietnam? Which agencies shall international organizations, that want to organize a photography exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City, apply for?
Hello Lawnet. I am working for a foreign organization specializing in the field of art, especially photography. We are looking to organize a photography exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City. What documents are included in the application for a photography exhibition in Vietnam? Which agencies shall we apply for? Thank you!
What documents are included in the application for a photography exhibition in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Clause 3, Article 11 of the Decree 72/2016/ND-CP stipulating on application for a photography exhibition in Vietnam as follows:
3. An entity in demand of organizing a photography exhibition shall, by hand or by post, submit 01 set of application dossiers for a license to organize photography exhibition to a competent state authority referred to in Clause 4 of this Article. The application consist of:
a) The application form for a license to organize photography exhibition in Vietnam, using form No. 01 stated in the Annex herein;
b) The list of photographic works expressed in Vietnamese (including ordinal numbers and names of photographic works, and names of photographers, materials, sizes, quantity);
c) Photographic works shown in the photography exhibition, enclosed with photographic notes. Such photographic works must be printed in paper with the smallest paper size of 13 x 18 cm or recorded in CDs;
d) If a photography exhibition is organized at a location which is not an exhibition hall, a written consent made by the owner of the location for exhibition is required;
dd) With regard to a photographic work which contains a nude or semi-nude image of an identified person, a written agreement made between the photographer and that person on photographic contents, time and scope of announcement of that photographic work is required.
Above are documents that you shall put in the application for a photography exhibition in Vietnam.
Which agencies shall international organizations, that want to organize a photography exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City, apply for?
Pursuant to Clause 4, Article 11 of the Decree 72/2016/ND-CP stipulating licensing authorities as follows:
4. Licensing authorities
a) Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism shall grant licenses to photography exhibitions representing for one or several countries, those with nation-wide scale or organized by ministries, boards or regulatory bodies affiliated to the central government, those organized in 02 provinces or cities, or more, and those organized by international or foreign organizations representing their countries or with the cooperation of several countries;
b) Provincial people’s committees shall issue licenses to organize photography exhibitions other than those prescribed in point a of this Clause.
As regulations above, your foreign organization shall submit the application to Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to be licensed to organize the exhibition.
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