What external information are allowed to be provided by overseas representative offices of Vietnam?

According to Article 16 of Decree No. 72/2015/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, Vietnam’s representative offices in overseas countries shall take responsibility to provide information about host countries, bilateral relations and other information brought into Vietnam for competent authorities under the provisions of Article 5, 6, 7 and 9 of the Law on overseas Representative Offices of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Besides, Vietnam’s overseas representative offices shall take responsibility to provide information about Vietnam in order to advertise and promote Vietnam’s image through the electronic information page of each representative office, press releases and interviews as well as others. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall direct and guide Vietnam’s overseas representative offices through above-mentioned tasks.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall direct Vietnam’s overseas representative offices to build electronic information pages in English and native language; update information about Vietnam by using the diplomatic information database.

Decree No. 72/2015/NĐ-CP also stipulates that foreign news and media agencies, companies and correspondents shall be assisted and provided with favorite conditions in writing news, articles and producing programs as well as launching publications to promote Vietnam's image on means of mass media in overseas countries. However, press and media activities of foreign news and media agencies, companies in Vietnam must comply with regulations laid down in Decree No. 88/2012/ND-CP dated October 23, 2012 on providing provisions on press and media activities of foreign press agencies, representative offices and organizations in Vietnam and other relevant legislative documents.

View more details at Decree No. 72/2015/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from October 22, 2015.

Thu Ba

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