Vietnam: Announcing planning must comply with regulations of law on protection of state secrets

According to Decree No. 37/2019/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, one of the requirements for implementing methods for announcing planning is the compliance with regulations of law on protection of state secrets.

Methods for announcing planning include:

- Announce planning on the electronic information pages of the authority organizing formulation of the planning;

- Announce planning via mass media by adopting the following methods, such as publish planning on the channels and news of national television and radio station or provincial planning on those of the provincial television and radio stations regarding summary of the written decision or approval for planning and list of prioritized projects during the planning period; publish summary of the planning at least one time on the front page of a printed newspaper or home page of an online newspaper for at least 30 days;

- Announce planning by presenting planning models, organize exhibitions to introduce planning, or present planning diagrams and maps, planning decision or written approval, and planning models and database at the authority organizing formulation of the planning or planning authority;

- Organize conferences and seminars to disseminate planning contents and planning implementation plans.

- Release publications including books, atlases and videos, etc. that introduce planning contents.

More details can be found in Decree No. 37/2019/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, which takes effect from May 07, 2019.

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