Responsibilities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in activities of foreign press in Vietnam

According to Article 22 of Decree No. 88/2012/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall have the following responsibilities in information and press activities of the foreign press, foreign representative agencies and organizations in Vietnam:

- Managing and licensing the foreign information and press activities including:

+ Licensing foreign reporters who come to perform information and press activities in Vietnam;

+ Licensing the foreign press to open permanent office in Vietnam and use foreign reporters, press assistants and collaborators;

+ Managing information and press activities of foreign reporters and permanent offices in Vietnam.

+ Coordinating with the ministries, ministerial-level agencies, agencies directly under the Government and People's Committees of centrally-affiliated provinces and cities to settle the professional and technical requirements; import and export of professional and technical requirements; entry, exit, residence and traveling requirements; press assistant provision to the permanent offices and other requirements to serve  information and press activities of foreign press in Vietnam.

- Coordinating with the Ministry of Information and Communications, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to resolve the requirements on information and press activities of foreign representative agencies and organizations in Vietnam.

- Guiding the implementation of the provisions on information and press activities of the foreign press under the competence of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

- Assuming the prime responsibility and coordinating with the ministries, ministerial-level agencies, the agencies directly under the Government and People's Committees of centrally-affiliated provinces and cities to regularly and annually review and make report on the implementation of the provisions on information and press activities of foreign press under the competence of the Ministry of foreign Affairs.

View details at Decree No. 88/2012/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from December 20, 2012.

Le Vy

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