Decree 195: Vietnam’s regulations on grant of publication printing permits

According to Article 13 of Decree No. 195/2013/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, conditions and dossiers for grant of publication printing permits are specified as follows:

1. To be granted a publication printing permit (covering the stages of layout, printing and post-printing processing of publications), a printing establishment must fully meet the following conditions:

- The head of the printing establishment must be Vietnamese citizens residing in Vietnam; having profession of publication printing management and meeting other criteria as prescribed by law;

- Having production ground and equipment to perform one or more stages of print-out, printing and processing and post-printing of publication;

- Ensuring conditions for security, order, environmental hygiene as prescribed by the law;

- Being consistent with the planning of publication printing establishment network development;

- Its owner is a Vietnamese organization or individual.

2. Papers and documents proving the satisfaction of the conditions on heads of printing establishments and production space and equipment in the dossier of application for a publication printing permit are specified as follows:

- Regarding the head of the publication printing establishment: He/she must be the at-law representative indicated in the business registration certificate, enterprise registration certificate, investment certificate, or establishment decision issued by a competent agency; his/her diploma granted by a professional printing training institution must be a certified copy of a college or higher degree in printing or a certificate of training in publication printing management granted by the Ministry of Information and Communications;

- Regarding documents on production space: These documents must be originals or certified copies of land use rights certificates or contracts or other papers proving the allocation or rent of land or rent of production space or workshops;

- Regarding documents on equipment: These documents must be copies of papers on ownership or lease-purchase of equipment. In case equipment is unavailable, a list of to-be-invested equipment is required.

Note: Within 6 months after being granted a publication printing permit, the printing establishment shall complete the purchase or lease-purchase equipment according to the list of to-be-invested equipment and send copies of purchase or lease-purchase documents to the licensing agency.

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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