Acts of publishing the publication without a cooperation contract​ in Vietnam can be fined up to 20 million

Acts of publishing the publication without a cooperation contract​ in Vietnam can be fined up to 20 million (Illustrative image)

According to Article 27 of Decree 119/2020/ND-CP, the penalties for violations in publishing cooperation in Vietnam are stipulated as follows:

- A fine from VND 3,000,000 to VND 5,000,000 for the action below:

+ Issue the publishing decision before signing a publishing cooperation contract;

+ The cooperation contract does not fully express the content of cooperation as prescribed

+ Failure to retain a certified copy of the valid identity card or citizen's identity or passport of the individual who is a cooperative partner or failure to keep a certified copy of proof of the legal status of the corporate that is a cooperative partner.

+ A fine from VND 5,000,000 to VND 10,000,000 for the cooperation in preliminarily editing the manuscript, but the cooperative partner is not eligible, for each publication title.

- A fine from VND 10,000,000 to VND 15,000,000 for the action below:

+ Cooperating in publishing or reprinting the work or document but there is no legal document proving the consent of the copyright owner for each publication title;

+ Releasing the cooperative publication before there is a distribution decision for each publication title.

- A fine from VND 15,000,000 to VND 20,000,000 for the action below:

+ Cooperating in publishing the publication without a cooperation contract for each publication title;

+ Failure to comply with the manuscript content approved by the general director (director) of the publisher to print or release on the electronic means for each publication title;

+ Cooperating in preliminarily editing the manuscript of the work or document for which the preliminary edit is not allowed, for each publication title.

- A fine from VND 20,000,000 to VND 30,000,000 for failure to modify, suspend the release, revoke or destroy the publications upon written request of the director (general director) of the house. publishing or a competent authority, for each publication name;

Details can be found in Decree 119/2020/ND-CP, which comes into force in Vietnam from December 1, 2020.

Le Vy

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