Selection of Press Agencies Participating in the Project on Propaganda about Ethnicity and Religion

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Information, propaganda about ethnicity and religion through the methods of task assignment, ordering, or bidding shall be carried out according to regulations, ensuring compliance with the conditions and related provisions in Decree 32/2019/ND-CP and other related regulations. Some specific contents related to implementing the Scheme in the fields of journalism and publishing through the methods of task assignment, ordering, executed according to the provisions of Article 17 of Circular 15/2019/TT-BTTTT are as follows:

- For publishers participating in the Scheme: Publishers must have a plan to implement information and propaganda topics through publications in accordance with the principles and operational purposes licensed;- For media agencies implementing the Scheme: The form of media implementation must conform to the licensed media operation permit;- Media agencies and publishers must be unanimously authorized by the managing agency to participate in the Scheme. For media agencies under the Government of Vietnam, it must be proposed by the General Director to participate in the Scheme or authorize a subordinate unit to participate.

Based on the proposed plan to implement the Scheme and the unanimous opinion of the managing agency, the Ministry of Information and Communications will specifically notify the selection of media agencies and publishers to execute tasks, place orders to implement the Scheme plan.

In the case of selecting media agencies and publishers to implement the Scheme plan through bidding: Ministries and central authorities having a plan to implement the Scheme organize bidding according to the provisions of Decree 32/2019/ND-CP and other relevant legal regulations.

More details can be found in: Circular 15/2019/TT-BTTTT effective from January 20, 2020.

Thu Ba

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