Vietnam: State secrets classified as top secret

Specifically, according to Article 6 of the Ordinance on State secrets protection 2000 of Vietnam, the State secrets in the following scope are classified top secret:

1. High-level talks and contacts between our country and foreign countries or international organizations in the political, defense, security, external, economic, scientific, technological and other domains, which have not yet been publicized.

Information transferred by foreign countries or international organizations to Vietnam, which are determined by the Government as top secret.

2. Operation organization, equipment and combat plans of people’s armed force units, except the organization and operation prescribed in Clause 3, Article 5 of this Ordinance; plans for production, transport and storage of weapons; important works on border, air space, sea and island defense.

3. Military maps; State coordinates of grade I, grade II of the comprehensive national network enclosed with the point notes.

The locations and height value of major checkpoints of the meteorological, hydrographic and marine-gauging stations; the data on the height and absolute zero of marine-gauging checkpoints.

4. The volume of money printed, issued; reserve money in Vietnam Dong and foreign currencies; data on cash overspending and inflation, not yet publicized; plans on prices of strategic commodities under the State management, which have not yet been publicized.

5. Depositories and volumes of precious and rare metals, gems, foreign exchanges and other precious and race objects of the State.

6. Scientific works, inventions, patents, utility solutions, professional knowhows of special importance for national defense, security, economy, sciences, technologies, which have not yet been publicized by the State.

7. Plans for export, import of special commodities which occupy important position in the national development and defense, which are not or have not yet been publicized.

8. Other information and documents, which are determined as top secret by the Government.

View relevant contents at: The Ordinance on State secrets protection 2000 of Vietnam takes effect from April 01, 2001.

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