Responsibilities of the Ministry of Information and Communications in activities of foreign press in Vietnam

According to Article 23 of Decree No. 88/2012/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, the Ministry of Information and Communications shall have the following responsibilities in information and press activities of the foreign press, foreign representative agencies and organizations in Vietnam:

- Managing and licensing information and press activities of the foreign representative agencies and organizations including:

+ Publishing and circulating foreign information publications;

+ Press conference in Vietnam;

+ Posting news, articles and statements on Vietnamese mass media

+ Displaying pictures and other forms of information outside the headquarters of foreign representative agencies and organizations in Hanoi.

- Guiding the implementation of the provisions on information and press activities of foreign representative agencies and organizations under the competence of the Ministry of Information and Communications.

- 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 information and Communications.

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

Le Vy

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