12 responsibilities of publishing houses, organizations and individuals engaged in the publishing of e-publications in Vietnam

According to Article 22 of Decree No. 195/2013/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, 12 responsibilities of publishing houses and agencies, organizations and individuals engaged in the publishing or distribution of e-publications include:

- To ensure the contents of electronic publications to be released in accordance with the contents of electronic publications legally deposited;

- To implement technical measures to prevent interference in the content of publications or to remove illegal publications at the request of competent state agencies;

- To stop the release of publications at the request of the State management agencies on publishing activities;

- To examine and monitor associated publications;

- To ensure that techniques and technologies used for publishing and distributing e-publications conform with this Decree and other laws on information technology and telecommunications;

- To ensure the integrity of contents and forms of e-publications;

- To comply with competent state management agencies’ requests for suspension of the publishing or distribution of e-publications or removal, or prevention of users from accessing, part or the whole of contents of publications showing signs of violation of law;

- Not to publish or distribute e-publications together with technical or technological applications causing information unsafe or insecurity to electronic devices;

- Not to add information that falsifies the contents of e-publications or add information not required by e-publication users, except those prescribed by law or permitted by state management agencies in charge of publication activities;

- Not to illegally intervene so as to falsify the contents and forms of e-publications or commit illegal acts;

- To report and explain about the publishing, distribution or import of e-publications and contents of e-publications at the request of competent agencies;

- To take responsibility before law the publishing, distribution and import of e-publications and contents of e-publication.

View more details at Decree No. 195/2013/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from March 01, 2014.

Ty Na

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