General regulations on Vietnamese museums ranking

According to Article 31 of Decree No. 98/2010/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, museum ranking competence, procedures and dossiers are prescribed as follows:

1. Competence: 

The Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism may grant the grade-I status to national museums, specialized museums of ministries, sectors and central political organizations and socio-political organizations and specialized museums of units of ministries, sectors and central political organizations and socio-political organizations, provincial-level museums, and non-public museums at the proposal of heads of museums and written opinions of ministers, heads of sectors or central political organizations or socio-political organizations or chairpersons of provincial-level People's Committees;

Ministers, heads of sectors and central political organizations and socio-political organizations and chairpersons of provincial-level People's Committees may grant the grade-II or grade-Ill status to museums at the proposal of heads of museums and written approval of the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

2. Procedures:

- Procedures for ranking grade-I museums:

Heads of museums, ministers or heads of sectors, or central political organizations or socio-­political organizations or chairpersons of provincial-level People's Committees shall submit written requests and museum ranking dossiers to the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Within 30 days after receiving a written request and museum ranking dossier, the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism shall evaluate the dossier and rank the museum.

- Procedures for ranking grade II and grade-Ill museums:

For specialized museums of ministries, sectors, or central political or socio-political organizations, heads of museums shall submit a written request and a museum ranking dossier to ministers or heads of these sectors or organizations.

For specialized museums of units of ministries, sectors, or central political or socio­-political organizations, heads of museums shall submit a written request and a museum ranking dossier to heads of agencies or organizations directly managing the museums. For provincial-level museums and non-public museums, heads of museums shall submit a written request and a museum ranking dossier to directors of provincial-level Culture, Sports and Tourism Departments.

Within 30 days after receiving written requests and museum ranking dossiers, heads of agencies or organizations directly managing specialized museums of units of ministries, sectors, or central political or socio political organizations shall consider dossiers and send written requests and museum ranking dossiers to ministers or heads of these sectors or organizations; directors of provincial-level Culture. Sports and Tourism Departments shall consider and send written requests and museum ranking dossiers to chairpersons of provincial-level People's Committees.

Within 30 days after receiving written requests and museum ranking dossiers, ministers or heads of sectors or central political or socio­-political organizations or chairpersons of provincial-level People's Committees shall evaluate the ranking of museums.

Within 30 days after having evaluation results, ministers or heads of sectors or central political or socio-political organizations or chairpersons of provincial-level People's Committees shall send written requests and museum ranking dossiers to the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Within 30 days after receiving a written request and a museum ranking dossier, the Minister of Culture. Sports and Tourism shall consider the dossier and give approval.

Within 30 days after obtaining the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism's written approval, a minister or (he head of a sector or a central political or socio-political organization or chairperson of a provincial-level People's Committee shall issue a museum ranking decision.

3. A museum ranking dossier comprises:

- A written request for museum ranking, made by the museum head;

- A written request made by a minister or the head of a sector or political or socio-political organization or chairperson of a provincial-level People's Committee;

- A report on the museum slams based on the ranking criteria defined in Article 30 of this Decree and relevant documents.

View more details at Decree No. 98/2010/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from November 06, 2010.

Nguyen Phu

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