Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam: Goods banned from import

According to Article 6 of Circular No. 28/2014/TT-BVHTTDL of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam, any goods that contain the following information shall be banned from import:

- Inciting people to come out against the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and sabotaging the united bloc of the whole people;

- Propaganda to incite violence, war of expansion; cause hatred among the peoples; spread reactionary ideas, culture, obscene and dissolute lifestyles, criminal acts, debaucheries, superstitions against practices and customs, harming ecological environmental health;

- Information that discloses secrecy of the Communist Party and State, secrecy of military, security, economy, foreign policy, privacy of individuals and other secrets as defined by the law;

- Distorting historical truth; denying revolution achievements; hurting the people, great people and national heroes, heroines; slandering and hurting reputation of agencies, organizations and dignity of individuals;

- Information that is not appropriate for ethical, cultural and traditional values of the people.

Moreover, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam also bans any cultural product that is defined as being banned or suspended from circulation, subject to revocation, confiscation, destruction or violating the law on copyrights from import.

View more details at Circular No. 28/2014/TT-BVHTTDL of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam, effective from March 01, 2015.

Thu Ba

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