List of state secrets in the field of education and training in Vietnam 2023

List of state secrets in the field of education and training in Vietnam 2023 (Internet image)

Regarding this issue, LawNet would like to answer as follows:

On May 19, 2023, the Prime Minister issued Decision 531/QD-TTg promulgating the List of State Secrets in the field of education and training.

The following documents and information in the field of education and training will be on the list of state secrets according to the provisions of the State Secrets Protection Law 2018.

List of state secrets in the field of education and training in Vietnam 2023

Specifically, Decision 531/QD-TTg stipulates the list of state secrets in the field of education and training as follows:

- State secrets at the highest level include:

+ Official exam questions, pre-test questions, answers to official exam questions, the answers to the preparatory exam questions of the high school graduation exams, the national competition for excellent students, and the international and regional Olympic team selection exams have not been made public.

+ Information about people belonging to the People's Army, People's Public Security, and ciphers sent for training at home and abroad should be protected at the request of the sending party.

- Confidential state secrets include:

+ Text with content to reflect, comment, and assess the actual state of thought and life of teachers, education administrators, pupils, and students that have negative impacts on politics, security, foreign affairs, social order, and safety.

+ Information on the location of the exam and printing of the exam paper; information about the personnel of the Board/Board that issues the exam questions and makes copies of the exam questions; The plan for transporting, preserving, storing, and protecting exam questions from high school graduation exams, national excellent student selection exams, and international and regional Olympic team selection exams has not been made public.

What is state secret?

State secret means undisclosed information carrying important contents which is specified by the head of a competent body or organization according to regulations of this Law and the divulgence or loss of which may bring harm to national interest.

State secrets may be contained in documents, objects, locations, speeches, activities or other forms.

(Clause 1, Article 2 of the State Secrets Protection Law 2018)

Prohibited acts in the protection of state secrets in Vietnam

Individuals and organizations in Vietnam are strictly prohibited from performing the following acts in protecting state secrets:

- Divulgence, appropriation, selling and buying of state secrets; falsification and damage of state secret containers.

- Illegal collection, exchange, provision and transfer of state secrets; illegal copying, photographing, retention, transport, delivery, receipt, recall and destruction of state secret containers.

- Illegally taking state secret containers out of their storage.

- Exploitation or abuse of activities of state secrets protection or use of state secrets to conduct or conceal violations against regulations of laws, to commit violations of legitimate rights and interest or to obstruct operation of regulatory bodies, organizations or individuals.

- Creation or retention of a document containing state secrets in a computer or another device that has been or is being connected to the Internet, computer network or telecommunications network, excluding cases of state secrets retention regulated by cryptography laws.

- Uploading state secrets onto communications or telecommunications media against regulations of cryptography laws.

- Using a computer or another device that has been used to create, retain or exchange a state secret for another purpose before such state secret is removed.

- Use of a device capable of receiving and/or transmitting signals, recording or filming during a conference, seminar or meeting containing state secrets in any shape or form without permission from a competent person.

- Upload and distribution of state secrets on mass media, the Internet, computer network or telecommunications network.

(Article 5 of the State Secrets Protection Law 2018)

Decision 531/QD-TTg takes effect from the date of signing and promulgates and replaces Decision 809/QD-TTg dated June 10, 2020.

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