Procedure for receiving dossiers for advertising product announcements on billboards and banners in Vietnam

Procedure for receiving dossiers for advertising product announcements on billboards and banners in Vietnam (Internet image) 

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Procedures for receiving dossiers for advertising product announcements on billboards and banners are specified in Decision 3808/QD-BVHTTDL 2023, taking effect on January 15, 2024, as follows:

1. Documents announcing advertising products on billboards and banners in Vietnam

- Document components:

(1) Written announcement of advertising products clearly stating the content, time, location of advertising, and number of advertising boards and banners;

(2) Copy of the business registration certificate of the advertising service provider or the advertiser's business registration certificate in case of self-promotion;

(3) Copies of documents proving conformity with standards and regulations of products, goods, and services according to the provisions of the law or documents proving eligibility for advertising according to the provisions of Article 20 of the Law on Advertising 2012;

(4) Copy of the event organization's document in case of event advertising or social policies;

(5) The color-printed advertising product copy has the signature of the advertising service provider or the signature of the advertiser in the case of self-performed advertising. In the event that the advertising service provider or advertiser is an organization, the organization's seal must be present;

(6) Document proving ownership or right to use the billboard; ownership or right to use advertising locations for banners;

(7) Perspective of the advertising board location;

(8) Copy of advertising construction permit for billboards that require a construction permit as prescribed in Clause 2 of Article 31 of the Law on Advertising 2012.

- Number of documents: 01 set.

- Submission method: Send directly to the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism/Department of Culture and Sports.

2. Procedure for receiving dossiers for advertising product announcements on billboards and banners

- Organizations and individuals wishing to advertise on billboards and banners shall send 01 set of notification documents directly to the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism/Department of Culture and Sports at least 15 days before advertising.

- Within 05 days from the date of receipt of complete and valid documents, the Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism/Department of Culture and Sports shall respond in writing to organizations and individuals announcing advertising products.

In case of disagreement with the contents in the advertising product notification dossier of an organization or individual, the Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism/Department of Culture and Sports must respond, clearly stating the reasons and requesting the content to be edited.

3. Regulations on advertisements on billboards and banners in Vietnam

- Regarding any local government having commercial housing which is built under projects and conformable with type of housing and space housing standards prescribed in Article 31 of this Law, the competent agency prescribed in Clause 2 Article 38 of this Law may buy or rent that commercial housing for official residences.

- The purchase of commercial housing for official residences must be made in project and approved by the competent agency prescribed in Clause 2 Article 28 of the Law on Advertising 2012.

- The selling price of the commercial housing shall be decided by the person in charge of investment decision refer to market selling prices of housing and price appraisal of the appraising agency on the date on which the housing is sold.

- In cases there are not enough official residences for lease, the competent agency prescribed in Clause 2 Article 28 of the Law on Advertising 2012 shall decide to rent commercial housing for official residences.

- The capital shall be provided by the central budget for buying or renting commercial housing for official residences which are allocated to entities of central agencies, including housing of the Ministry of National Defense and/or the Ministry of Public Security. The capital shall be provided by the local budget for buying or renting commercial housing for official residences which are allocated to entities of local agencies.

(Article 27 of the Law on Advertising 2012)

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