Editing photos distorting Vietnam’s history shall be fined up to VND 10 million

09:22, 25/06/2017

This is a new regulation of Decree No. 28/2017/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government amending a number of articles of Decree No. 158/2013/NĐ-CP on penalties for administrative violations against regulations on culture, sports, tourism, and advertisement.

According to Decree No. 28/2017/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, a fine of from 5,000,000 VND to 10,000,000 VND shall be imposed for one of the violations below:

- Edit photos falsifying the content of the image for the purpose of distorting history, negating the revolutionary achievements;

- Offend great men, national heroes, leaders, cultural celebrity;

- Slander, harm the reputation of the agency, organization, honor and dignity of individuals.

Moreover, Decree No. 28/2017/NĐ-CP also amends violations against regulations on prohibitions when holding cultural activities or providing public cultural services, which are selling and distributing paintings, photographs, and other materials containing pornographic, violent contents, spreading debauchery, not appropriate to Vietnam’s fine traditions or containing contents that are supposed to be suspended, banned, revoked, confiscated, or destroyed under a regulatory body's decision.

View more details at Decree No. 28/2017/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government effective from May 05, 2017, amending a number of articles of Decree No. 158/2013/NĐ-CP.

- Ngoc Duyen -

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