Decree 195: 02 categories of e-publications in Vietnam

According to Article 19 of Decree No. 195/2013/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, e-publications are divided into 2 (two) categories, including:

1. Those converted into the electronic form from publications lawfully published in other forms;

2. Those created in the electronic form under publication decisions issued by general directors (directors) of publishing houses or permits for publishing non-commercial documents issued by state management agencies of publication activities, and not yet published in any other forms.

Besides, this Article also stipulates requirements on the contents and technical conditions of e-publications as follows:

- Requirements on the contents and technical conditions of e-publications converted into the electronic form from publications lawfully published in other forms:

+ The contents do not violate the provisions of Clause 1, Article 10 of the Publication Law or the publications are neither suspended nor banned from circulation nor withdrawn and destroyed;

+ The contents are exactly the same as those of the original publications lawfully published in Vietnam;

+ Having a digital format in accordance with the Minister of Information and Communications’ regulations on formats of text message, sound and image files;

+ Having a lawful digital signature of the head of the organization or the individual conducting the distribution.

- Requirements on the contents and technical conditions of e-publications created in the electronic form under publication decisions issued by general directors (directors) of publishing houses or permits for publishing non-commercial documents issued by state management agencies of publication activities, and not yet published in any other forms:

+ The contents do not violate the provisions in Clause 1, Article 10 of the Publication Law;

+ Having a digital format in accordance with the Minister of Information and Communications’ regulations and having the lawful digital signature of the general director (director) of the publishing house or the head of the agency or organization that is granted a permit for publishing non-commercial documents.

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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