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Vietnam: 02 special cases upon using personal archival documents

11:41, 08/01/2013

On January 03, 2013, the Government of Vietnam issued Decree No. 01/2013/ND-CP providing in details a number of articles of the Law on Archives.

02 trường hợp đặc biệt khi sử dụng tài liệu lưu trữ liên quan đến cá nhân, Nghị định 01/2013/NĐ-CP

Specifically, according to Decree No. 01/2013/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, personal archival documents which are currently preserved at historical archival units and fall in one of the following cases are not used widely 40 years after the year of the concerned person’s death:

1. The use of personal archival documents affects the benefits of the country, people.

2. Personal archival documents which are donated or deposited at historical archival units are used without permission of the concerned persons or their lawful representatives.

Besides, the archival documents specified above may be used in a restricted manner after being permitted by the following competent authorities:

- The Minister of Home Affairs shall decide permission for documents preserved at central historical archival units.

- Chairpersons of provincial People's Committees shall decide permission for documents preserved at provincial historical archival units.

- The concerned persons or their lawful representatives shall permit use of personal archival documents deposited at historical archival units.

View more details at Decree No. 01/2013/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from March 01, 2013.

Ty Na

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