How do overseas news resident missions of Vietnam provide external information?

Specifically, according to Decree No. 72/2015/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, overseas representative offices of Vietnamese news and media agencies (hereinafter referred to as news representative offices) shall provide information about host countries brought into Vietnam for Government-controlled news agencies. News resident missions shall perform the following duties:

- Cooperate with relevant Ministries, agencies in advertising and promoting Vietnam's image, people, history and culture; information about socio-economic situations, guidelines and strategies of the Communist Party, policies and laws of Vietnam.

- Cooperatively or solitarily execute programs for international cooperation in media and communication activities.

Vietnamese news and media agencies shall direct their resident missions to provide information and participate in activities assisting in external communication duties upon the request of the Ministry of Information and Communication; send a periodic and ad-hoc review reports on external communication activities performed by their own resident missions to the Ministry of Information and Communication.

Besides, Decree No. 72/2015/NĐ-CP stipulates that when there are events held abroad, Vietnam’s overseas representative offices, Vietnam resident missions of news and media agencies, and Centers of Vietnamese Culture in foreign countries, shall be responsible for collaborating with and assisting Ministries, Ministry-level agencies, Government agencies, provincial People's Committees in organizing events in host countries.

View more details at Decree No. 72/2015/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from October 22, 2015.

Thu Ba

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