Vietnam’s new regulation on the deadline for submitting reports on the protection of state secrets

Specifically, heads of the regulatory bodies and organizations mentioned in Clause 1 Article 7 of Decree No. 26/2020/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government shall report on protection of state secrets under their management to the Ministry of Public Security, which shall submit consolidated reports to the Prime Minister, with the following requirements:

a) Summary reports shall be submitted every five years; preliminary reports shall be submitted annually;

b) Ad hoc reports shall be submitted immediately after state secret divulgence or loss or at the request of the Ministry of Public Security;

c) Data collection period for annual reports: from December 15 of the year preceding the reporting year to December 14 of the reporting year;

d) Annual report submission deadline: December 20 of the reporting year.

Reports on state secret protection shall focus on:

- Analysis and assessment of situation related to state secret protection;

- Results of state secret protection; strengths, weaknesses, causes thereof and lessons learned through direction and execution;

- State secret divulgence and loss situation and figures; causes thereof and handling of consequences;

- Forecasts; upcoming state secret protection focus and recommendations, propositions.

The Ministry of Public Security shall assist the Government with formulation of five-year summary reports and annual preliminary reports on nationwide state secret protection.

View more details at Decree No. 26/2020/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from July 01, 2020.

Thu Ba

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