Vietnam: Rules for creation and use of ISBNs

10:05, 25/03/2016

On March 01, 2016, the Ministry of Information and Communications of Vietnam issued the Circular No. 05/2016/TT-BTTTT on management and use of International Standard Books Number.

Nguyên tắc tạo lập và sử dụng mã số ISBN ,Thông tư 05/2016/TT-BTTTT

According to Article 5 of the Circular No. 05/2016/TT-BTTTT of the Ministry of Information and Communications of Vietnam, rules for creation and use of ISBNs are specified as follows:

1. Each ISBN created and used in Vietnam is an ISBN-13 that is encoded into an EAN-13 barcode and satisfies the following requirements:

- It is readable by a barcode reader (machine or software);

- It contains information about the book prescribed in Clause 1 Article 6 of this Circular;

- It links to information about the publication in the data system of Department of Publishing, Printing and Release;

- It conforms to international practices and complies with Vietnamese laws.

2. Each publisher shall create and use barcodes into which ISBNs are encoded itself.

Notably, the International Standard Books Number is abbreviated as the ISBN number. Each publisher must assign ISBNs to books or book-related materials, inclusive of maps, electronic books and Braille books (hereinafter referred to as books).

Moreover, publishers shall send reports on the use of issued ISBNs and unused ISBNs before March 31 of the year succeeding the year in which the ISBNs are issued to the Department of Publishing, Printing and Release.

View more details at the Circular No. 05/2016/TT-BTTTT of the Ministry of Information and Communications of Vietnam, issued on March 01, 2016.

Le Vy

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