Procedures for issuing written permission for organizing performance arts in Vietnam

According to Article 10 of the Decree No. 144/2020/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, conditions and procedures for organizing performance arts are prescribed as follows:

1. Conditions for organizing performance arts:

- Be public service providers specialized in delivering art performances; associations specialized in performance arts; organizations and individuals applying for delivering art performances as per the law;

- Satisfy requirements regarding security, social order and safety, environment, medical and fire prevention as per the law;

- Obtain written permission for organizing art performances of competent authorities.

2. Competent authorities to organize performance arts:

- Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam shall approve art performances within international cooperation framework of associations specialized in delivering art performances affiliated to central governments and service providers specialized in delivering art performances affiliated to central governments;

- People’s Committees of provinces shall approve art performances organized within administrative divisions under their management and not under the case mentioned above.

3. Application compositions:

- Written application for organizing art performances (using form No. 2 under Annex attached to the Decree No. 144/2020/NĐ-CP);

- Script and list of works, authors, primary persons responsible for program contents (in case of foreign works, attach Vietnamese translation bearing certified signatures of translators).

4. Procedures for issuing written permission:

- Applicants shall submit applications in person, via postal service or online to competent authorities at least 7 working days before the date on which art performances are expected to take place;

- If applications are inadequate, competent authorities shall request the applicants in writing to revise the applications within 3 working days after receiving the applications;

- In case applications are adequate as per the law, competent authorities shall appraise, issue written permission (using Form No. 3 under Annex attached to this Decree) and upload on website within 5 working days. In case of rejection, provide written response and explanation;

- In case of any change to contents of art performances which have been approved, applicants for organizing art performances shall issue written explanation and submit in person, via postal service or online to application receivers.  Within 2 working days from the date on which adequate applications are received, application receivers must consider, decide and inform the applicants in writing;

- In case of change to time and/or location of approved art performances, applicants for organizing art performances shall inform approving agencies and local governments where the art performances take place in person, via postal service or online at least 2 working days before the date on which the art performances are expected to take place.

Note: Associations specialized in delivering art performances affiliated to central governments and service providers specialized in delivering art performances affiliated to central governments shall send announcement according to Clause 4 Article 9 of the Decree No. 144/2020/NĐ-CP to People’s Committees of provinces where art performances take place after receiving written permission for art performances within international cooperation framework of Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam.

View more details at the Decree No. 144/2020/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from February 01, 2021.

Thuy Tram

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