Rights and obligations of film archive establishments in Vietnam

Kim Linh

10:53, 08/01/2010

The Law on Cinematography 2006 of Vietnam was issued on June 29, 2006, of which one of the basic contents is the regulation on rights and obligations of film archive establishments.

Specifically, according to Article 47 of the Law on Cinematography 2006 and Article 2 of the Law Amending and Supplementing the Law on Cinematography 2009 of Vietnam, film archive establishments shall have the following rights and obligations:

- To ensure the safety of films and their original materials and preserve them in accordance with technical requirements.

- To organize the exploitation of archive films, provide copies or record or extract materials for film production establishments having films stored in accordance with law.

- To cooperate with domestic and foreign organizations and individuals in preserving, storing, restoring and exploiting films.

- To buy cinematographic works of domestic and international values in service of research, training and study.

Apart from the above rights and obligations, the film archive agency managed by the Ministry of Culture. Sports and Tourism may provide film archive services for cinematographic establishments; sell, rent, disseminate archive films with dissemination permits under the agreement with film owners; copy and reproduce deposited films for sale, rental or dissemination when so approved by with approval of competent cinematography state management agencies.

The management and use of income from the above activities shall comply with regulations of the Ministry of Culture and Information and the Ministry of Finance.

View more: The Law on Cinematography 2006 of Vietnam takes effect on January 01, 2007.

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