Appraisal of e-publication publishing or distribution schemes and registration of the publishing and distribution of e-publications in Vietnam

Specifically, according to Article 18 of Decree No. 195/2013/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, the appraisal of e-publication publishing or distribution schemes is as follows:

- Publishing houses shall send e-publication publishing schemes and organizations and individuals shall send e-publication distribution schemes to the Ministry of Information and Communications;

- E-publication publishing or distribution schemes must explicitly express the satisfaction of the conditions prescribed in Article 17 of this Decree;

- Within 15 days after receiving a scheme, the Ministry of Information and Communications shall consider and give its written appraisal opinions.

The registration of the publishing and distribution of e-publications is as follows:

- Within 60 days after receiving the written approval of the Ministry of Information and Communications, the publishing house or organization or individual shall implement its/his/her scheme according to the appraisal opinions of the Ministry of Information and Communications and send a dossier of registration for e-publication publishing or distribution to the Ministry of Information and Communications. A dossier comprises a written registration for e-publication publishing or distribution and a copy of the Ministry of Information and Communications’ written approval of the scheme;

- Within 20 days after receiving a dossier of registration for e-publication publishing or distribution, the Ministry of Information and Communications shall examine the implementation of the scheme and grant a written registration of e-publication publishing or distribution; in case of refusal to grant the written registration, it shall issue a written reply clearly stating the reason;

- Publishing houses may publish e-publications and organizations and individuals may distribute e-publications only after obtaining the Ministry of Information and Communications’ registration certification.

The Minister of Information and Communications shall provide forms of the e-publication publishing and distribution scheme, written registration application and registration certification prescribed above.

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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