04 rights and obligations of the person who is issued archival practice certificate in Vietnam

According to Decree No. 01/2013/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, 04 rights and obligations of the person who is issued archival practice certificate are specified as follows:

1. Being entitled to conduct archival practice nationwide in accordance with law.

2. Practicing within the scope of the issued archival practice certificate.

3. Not being permitted to arbitrarily erase, correct, and let other persons to rent or borrow the archival practice certificate.

4. Producing the certificate and abiding by requirements on inspection and examination as requested by competent agencies.

Besides, Decree No. 01/2013/ND-CP also specifies the responsibilities for management of archival practice certificates as follows:

1. The Ministry of Home Affairs shall guide and inspect the issuance and management of archival practice certificates; manage, make statistics and review the situation of issuance of archival practice certificates nationwide.

2. Provincial Departments of Home Affairs shall:

- Examine and inspect archival practice activities within their localities;

- Withdraw archival practice certificates of violators in accordance with regulations; handle under their competence or propose competent agencies to handle violations in practicing archival service;

- Monthly provide information about the issuance, re-issuance and withdrawal of archival practice certificates on the websites of their provinces or centrally-run cities;

- Settle complaints and denunciations about the issuance, use and management of archival practice certificates;

- Store original dossiers; register the issuance, re-issuance and withdrawal of archival practice certificates in a dossier register book or database for archives of their localities;

- Annually or irregularly report on the issuance, re-issuance and withdrawal of archival practice certificates to agencies assisting the Ministry of Home Affairs in the state management of archives.

View more details at Decree No. 01/2013/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from March 01, 2013.

Ty Na

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