Press Law 2016 of Vietnam: Prohibited acts

Specifically, according to Article 9 of the Press Law 2016 of Vietnam, prohibited acts in press include:

- Posting and release of information against the Socialist Republic of Vietnam with the contents:

+ Distort, defame and deny the people's government;

+ Fabricate and cause panic among people;

+ Cause psychological warfare.

- Post and and release information with the content which:

+ Causes division among classes of people, among the people with the people's government, the people's armed forces, political organizations, political - social organizations;

+ Causes hatred, discrimination, divisions, ethnic separatism, infringement of equal rights of ethnic communities in Vietnam;

+ Causes the division between religious people and non-religious people, between the followers of different religions, division of religious believers with the people's government, political organizations, political – social organizations and insults the religious beliefs;

+ Undermines the implementation of policies on international solidarity.

- Posts and releases information inciting war against the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

- Distorts history; denies revolutionary achievements; offends the nation and national heroes.

- Discloses information included in the list of state secrets, privacy and confidentiality of individuals as prescribed by law.

- Provides information advocating the bad practices, superstition; provide information about the mysteries causing puzzle in society, adversely affecting the order and social safety and health of the community.

- Incites violence; propagandizes the depraved lifestyle; meticulously describes lewd acts, criminal behavior; provides information which does not match the habits and customs of Vietnam.

- Provides false information, distorts, slanders or hurts the prestige of organizations, agencies, honor and dignity of individuals; attributes guilt upon no judgment from the Court;

- Provides information which affects the normal physical and spiritual development of children.

- Prints, releases, transmits and broadcasts the journalistic products, works or contents of information in the journalistic works suspended from release, revocation, confiscation, banned from circulation, removed, destroyed or the contents of information which the press agency has corrected.

- Obstructs the printing, distribution, transmission and broadcasting of journalistic products, information products with legal journalistic characteristics to the public.

- Threatens or intimidates life, hurts the honor and dignity of journalists, reporters; destroys, seizes vehicles, documents and obstructs journalists, reporters from professional activities in accordance with regulations of law.

- Posts on the products the information with journalistic characteristics specified in Clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 Article 9 of the Press Law 2016 of Vietnam.

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