Summary of prohibited acts in cinematographic activities from January 1, 2023 in Vietnam

Summary of prohibited acts in cinematographic activities from January 1, 2023 in Vietnam (Internet image)

The Law on Cinematography 2022 will take effect from January 1, 2023, which stipulates the prohibited contents and acts in cinematographic activities in Vietnam as follows:

1. Prohibited contents a in cinematographic activities in Vietnam

Prohibition against contents that:

- Violate the Constitution and laws; incite opposition to or sabotage the implementation of the Constitution and laws;

- Disseminate contents that oppose the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; sabotage the great national unity bloc; damage the interests of Vietnam, its people, and cultural values; insult the National Flag, Communist Party of Vietnam Flag, National Emblem, and National Anthem;

- Disseminate or incite invasive wars, cause hatred and discrimination among ethnic groups and the people of different countries; disseminate reactionary ideology and social crimes; sabotage social culture and ethics;

- Distort the national history, deny revolutionary achievements; insult the nation, notables, and national heroes; inappropriately express or infringe the national sovereignty; slander and insult the reputation of agencies, organizations, and the honor and dignity of individuals;

- Disseminate and support terrorism and extremism;

- Incite and insult religions and belief; disseminate and promote illegal belief and religious activities

- Disclose state secrets, personal secrets of an individual, and other secrets as prescribed by law;

- Incite violence, criminal acts via by detailing measures, images, sounds, dialogues, scenes of beating, torture, murder in a brutal manner, and acts of insulting human dignity, unless such contents are used to criticize, denounce, or condemn crimes and uphold justice, honor traditional and cultural values;

- Show details of lewd, depraved, incestuous images, sounds, and dialogues;

- Violate legal rights and benefits of children and minors

- Violate principles of gender equality, gender stereotypes, and gender discrimination.

2. Prohibited acts in cinematographic activities in Vietnam

Prohibition against acts of:

- Distributing or disseminating films in cinemas, on television, and public screening venues without the Film Rating License of competent state agencies of cinematography or the Broadcast Decision of press agencies with television operation permits;

- Disseminating films on the internet without classifying such films or displaying the results of film ratings as prescribed by the Law on Cinematography 2022;

- Changing or falsifying contents of films and film rating results regarding films with Film Rating Licenses or Broadcast Decisions;

- Producing, distributing, and disseminating films and submitting films for legal deposit and archive without compliance with this Law, the Law on Intellectual Property of Vietnam, and relevant laws;

- Distributing and disseminating films subject to revocation of Film Rating Licenses or Broadcast Decisions;

- Making copies of films without the consent of their owners, unless otherwise prescribed by the Law on Intellectual Property of Vietnam;

- Not notifying competent state agencies when disseminating films in public screening venues;

- Appraising and issuing Film Rating Licenses contrary to the law.

(Based on Article 9 of the Law on Cinematography 2022)

Nhu Mai

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