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THE
GOVERNMENT
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THE
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No.
72/2015/ND-CP
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Hanoi,
September 7, 2015
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DECREE
MANAGEMENT OF EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES
Pursuant to the Constitution of the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam passed in 2013;
Pursuant to the Law on Government
Organization dated December 25, 2001;
Pursuant to the Law on Overseas
Representative Offices of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam dated June 18,
2009;
After considering the request of the Minister
of Information and Communication,
The Government hereby promulgates the Decree
on management of external communication activities.
Chapter I
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Article 1. Scope of
application
This Decree provides for management of external
communication activities; responsibilities of Ministries, Ministry-level
agencies, Government agencies, People's Committees of centrally-affiliated
cities or provinces (hereinafter referred to as provincial People’s Committee)
for managing and organizing external communication activities.
Article 2. Applicable
entities
This Decree shall apply to Ministries,
Ministry-level agencies, Government agencies and provincial People's
Committees; other agencies or organizations involved in external communication
activities.
Article 3. Principles of
external communication activities
1. Comply with guidelines and strategies of the
Communist Party, state laws and international agreements of which the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam is a member; comply with laws, customs and habits of host
countries.
2. Undertake not to harm the national security,
social order, prestige, image and international relation, collaboration of
Vietnam; protect national secrets.
3. Prevent the people from engaging in political
intrigues against the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and
devastating the great national unity; avoid promoting violence, communicating
about wars, invasions and hatreds between ethnic groups and people around the
world.
4. Ensure accurate and timely information in
conformity with international communication and information policies of the
Party and Government over periods of time as well as approved external
communication programs and plans; prevent misrepresentation, distortion and
slander with the intention of offending the prestige of organizations, dignity
and honor of citizens.
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1. The Government shall practice the consistent
state administration of external communication activities.
a) The Ministry of Information and Communication
shall preside over, collaborate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Ministries, Ministry-level agencies, Government agencies and provincial People's
Committees, related agencies in carrying out the state administration of
external communication activities.
b) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall preside
over, collaborate with Ministries, Ministry-level agencies, Government agencies
and provincial People's Committees concerned in organizing external
communication activities overseas.
c) Ministries, departments shall be held
responsible for managing, organizing external communication within the scope
and area of assigned state administration tasks.
d) Provincial People's Committees shall exercise
their state administration of external communication activities within
localities.
2. Contents of the state administration of
external communication:
a) Make and submit legislative documents,
strategies, plans, schemes and programs for external communication activities
to competent authorities for the purpose of enforcement or enactment under
delegated authority.
b) Organize and manage the work of scientific
research relating to external communication activities; provide training and
refresher courses for forces engaged in external communication activities.
c) Manage, provide guidance on, proactively
provide information for Vietnam’s news agencies; proactively provide
information for foreign news agencies; provide information for Vietnamese
expatriates and international communities; bring updated worldwide information
to Vietnam.
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dd) Inspect, examine and handle violations,
complaints and accusations during external communication activities in
accordance with laws.
e) Carry out preliminary and final review
meetings on external communication activities; put forward the proposal for
commendation, reward and sanction for agencies, organizations and individuals
engaged in external communication activities.
Article 5. Budget for
external communication activities
Expenditure on external communication activities
performed by Ministries, Ministry-level agencies, Government agencies and provincial
People's Committees shall be derived from the state budget according to the
decentralization in state budget management, and other legitimate funding
sources. On an annual basis, after considering the plan for external
communication activities of Ministries, Ministry-level agencies, Government
agencies and provincial People's Committees assigned by competent authorities,
agencies or units shall calculate expenditure on these activities and keep
account of such expenditure in their budget plan for submission to finance
authorities for the purpose of requesting competent authorities to consider and
grant their decisions in accordance with the Law on State Budget.
Chapter II
EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION
ACTIVITIES
Article 6. Foreign
information
Foreign information includes official
information about Vietnam, information about promotion of Vietnam’s image and
around-the-world information to Vietnam.
Article 7. Supply of
official information about Vietnam
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2. Official information about Vietnam shall be
proactively provided by Ministries, Ministry-level agencies, Government
agencies and provincial People's Committees according to their functions,
responsibilities and powers for international communities and Vietnamese.
3. Official information about Vietnam provided
in the following forms:
a) Official speeches at international and
domestic events, forums and press releases.
b) Official speeches of state agencies.
c) Diplomatic activities of state agencies.
d) Diplomatic activities, speeches, events,
information posted on websites and other activities performed by Vietnam’s
representative offices.
dd) Media programs or products of state-owned
press agencies such as Vietnam News Agency, Vietnam Television and Voice of
Vietnam.
e) Information posted on the electronic
information portal of the Government, the electronic information page for
diplomatic issues and the electronic information portal of Ministries,
Ministry-level agencies, Government agencies and provincial People's
Committees.
g) State agencies' publications written in
Vietnamese and other foreign language.
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Article 8. Supply of
information about promotion of Vietnam’s image
1. Information about promotion of Vietnam’s
image refers to pieces of information about the nation, people, history and
culture of Vietnam.
2. Information about promotion of Vietnam’s
image shall be delivered to international communities and Vietnamese expatriates
by agencies, organizations or individuals.
3. Information about promotion of Vietnam’s
image shall be provided in the following forms:
a) Vietnamese and foreign language publications.
b) Events organized in Vietnam and overseas
countries.
c) Media products of mass media agencies.
d) Events organized by the Vietnam Cultural
Center abroad.
dd) Products of foreign news and media agencies.
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4. Supply of information about promotion of
Vietnam’s image in any form must comply with Vietnam’s legal regulations and
laws of the host country.
Article 9. Supply of
around-the-world information to Vietnam
1. Around-the-world information provided to
Vietnam refers to pieces of information about worldwide events that take place
in a variety of fields, information about Vietnam's relation with different
nations and other information meant to reinforce the political, social,
cultural and national defence and security relation between Vietnam and
different countries; serves the purpose of the national economic growth;
promotes the international integration progress of Vietnam.
2. Around-the-world information shall be
collected, processed and provided for competent authorities, media agencies and
Vietnamese people by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministries,
Ministry-level agencies, Vietnam’s overseas representative offices, news and
media agencies affiliated to the Government (Vietnam News Agency, Vietnam
Television and Voice of Vietnam) within their relevant functions, duties and
powers in accordance with legal regulations.
3. Around-the-world information shall be
provided by agencies or organizations stated in Clause 2 of this Article in the
following forms:
a) Through spokespersons.
b) Through electronic information portals and
electronic information pages.
c) At periodic press releases and meetings.
d) Through means of mass media.
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Article 10. Supply of
explanatory or clarifying information
1. Explanatory and clarifying information refers
to documents, materials, dossiers and arguments used for explaining and clarifying
misstated information about Vietnam on a wide range of sectors.
2. Ministries, Ministry-level agencies,
Government agencies, provincial People’s Committees and involved entities, upon
receiving misstated information, materials and reports causing harm to the
prestige and image of Vietnam from domestic and foreign organizations or
individuals, shall be responsible for proactively providing documents,
materials, dossiers and arguments for explanation and clarification purposes;
develop necessary communication approaches to protection and improvement of the
prestige and image of Vietnam.
3. The Ministry of Information and
Communication, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, relevant Ministries, and entities within their appropriate functions,
duties and powers prescribed by laws, shall be responsible for analyzing
overseas public opinions in order to find out misstated information about
Vietnam, notify relevant Ministries and agencies to proactively provide
explanatory and clarifying information as well as send such information to the
Ministry of Information and Communication for acknowledgement and reporting to
the Prime Minister.
Article 11. Electronic
diplomatic information page
1. The electronic diplomatic information page
shall be responsible for providing official information and promotional
information about Vietnam through the internet network.
2. The Ministry of Information and Communication
shall preside over, collaborate with relevant Ministries and agencies in taking
charge of managing and operating the electronic diplomatic information page;
ensure adequate updated information in order to meet requirements set out in
external communication tasks.
Article 12. Diplomatic
information database
1. The diplomatic information database refers to
the data system digitalized and integrated with the data system of Ministries,
Ministry-level agencies and provincial People's Committees to serve the
external communication purpose.
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3. The Ministry of Information and Communication
shall preside over, collaborate with Ministries, Ministry-level agencies,
Government agencies and provincial People's Committees, and related agencies,
in setting up, managing and utilizing the diplomatic information database.
4. Ministries, Ministry-level agencies,
Government agencies and provincial People's Committees, overseas representative
offices of Vietnam, news and media agencies of Vietnam in setting up, managing
and utilizing the diplomatic information database.
Article 13. Publications
for foreign communication purposes
1. Publications for foreign communication
purposes refer to products written in Vietnamese and foreign languages to
provide official information about Vietnam and promotional information about
Vietnam’s image to international communities and Vietnamese expatriates.
2. The Ministry of Information and Communication
shall preside over, collaborate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Ministries, Ministry-level agencies, Government agencies and provincial
People's Committees, and related agencies, in establishing the plan to publish
and release publications for external communication purposes in certain
particular sectors.
Article 14. Events held
abroad
1. Overseas events include Vietnam’s Day and
other events held by Ministries, Ministry-level agencies, Government agencies
and provincial People’s Committee to serve the purpose of promoting the nation,
people, history and culture of Vietnam, improving the friendship and
relationship with other countries, and strengthening investment attraction,
tourism, commercial exchange and cooperation broadening.
2. The Prime Minister shall make a decision on
holding of Vietnam's Day event in overseas countries.
3. Vietnam’s overseas representative offices,
Vietnam resident missions of news and media agencies, and Centers of Vietnamese
Culture in foreign countries, shall be responsible for collaborating with and
assisting Ministries, Ministry-level agencies, Government agencies, provincial
People's Committees in organizing events in host countries.
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5. Ministries, Ministry-level agencies,
Government agencies and provincial People's Committees shall be responsible for
reporting on the result of such events in accordance with regulations, and
concurrently send the report to the Ministry of Information and Communication
for aggregation and reporting purposes.
Article 15. Assistance for
and cooperation with foreign news and media agencies, companies and
correspondents for the purpose of promoting Vietnam’s image in overseas
countries
1. 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.
2. The Ministry of Information and Communication
shall preside over, collaborate with relevant agencies in setting up rules and
regulations under which assistance and cooperation are carried out as
prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article.
3. Press and media activities of foreign news
and media agencies, companies in Vietnam must comply with regulations laid down
in the 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.
Article 16. Vietnam's
representative offices in overseas countries
1. 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.
2. 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 abovementioned tasks.
3. 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.
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1. Overseas representative offices of Vietnamese
news and media agencies (hereinafter referred to as news representative office)
shall provide information about host countries brought into Vietnam for
Government-controlled news agencies.
2. News resident missions shall perform the
following duties:
a) Cooperate with relevant Ministries, agencies
in advertising and promoting Vietnam's image, people, history and culture;
information about socio-economic situations, guidelines and strategies of the
Communist Party, policies and laws of Vietnam.
b) Cooperatively or solitarily execute programs
for international cooperation in media and communication activities.
3. Vietnamese news and media agencies shall
direct their resident missions to provide information and participate in
activities assisting in external communication duties upon the request of the
Ministry of Information and Communication; send a periodic and ad-hoc review
reports on external communication activities performed by their own resident
missions to the Ministry of Information and Communication.
Chapter III
RESPONSIBILITIES FOR
MANAGEMENT OF EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES
Article 18. The Ministry of
Information and Communication
1. Prepare and cooperate with related agencies
in preparing and providing guidance on implementation of legislative documents,
strategies, plans, schemes and programs for external communication activities.
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3. Preside over and cooperate with competent
authorities in international cooperation in external communication activities.
4. Preside over, collaborate with related bodies
in inspecting and assessing the effectiveness in external communication
activities carried out by Ministries, Ministry-level agencies, Government
agencies and provincial People's Committees, foreign and domestic news and
publishing agencies.
5. Set out the mechanism for exchanging,
cooperating on, supplying and sharing information between state agencies and
news agencies.
6. Set up and put forward the plan for training
in external communication skills and professional operations for officials
charged with external communication activities within Ministries,
Ministry-level agencies, provincial People's Committees, news and publishing
agencies, and staff of editors and translators.
7. Inspect, examine and handle violations,
complaints and accusations during external communication activities in
accordance with laws.
8. Compile and provide the Government with
reports on external communication activities; provide guidance on report
contents and time during which data is collected for reporting purposes.
9. Carry out preliminary and final review
meetings on external communication activities; reward or sanction agencies,
organizations and individuals engaged in external communications activities.
Article 19. The Ministry of
Foreign Affairs
1. Preside over, collaborate with Ministries,
Ministry-level agencies, Government agencies and provincial People's Committees
concerned in organizing external communication activities in overseas
countries; cooperate with the Ministry of Information and Communications in
administration of external communication activities performed in overseas
countries.
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3. Cooperate with relevant Ministries, agencies
in instructing domestic news agencies to report news about diplomatic
activities of the leadership of the Government, the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, and collaborate in providing guidance on reporting international and
domestic news relating to diplomatic activities.
4. Monitor, study and aggregate opinions among
foreign press used for diplomatic information.
5. Provide guidance on, and provide information
for Vietnam’s news agencies; provide information for Vietnamese expatriate
communities living abroad and international communities; provide worldwide
information for Vietnamese citizens.
Article 20. The Ministry of
Culture, Sports and Tourism
1. Preside over, cooperate with the Ministry of
Information and Communications and relevant agencies in providing information,
advertising and promoting Vietnam's culture and tourism.
2. Preside over, collaborate with the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Information and Communications, relevant
Ministries and agencies in organizing events in overseas countries within their
management.
3. Direct foreign Centers of Vietnamese Culture
to carry out external communication activities within their area, and
efficiently use and provide favorable conditions for related agencies to use
foreign Centers of Vietnamese Culture to assist in external communication
activities.
Article 21. The Ministry of
Public Security
1. Preside over, collaborate with the Ministry
of Information and Communications in providing guidance on and checking
compliance with regulations on diplomatic cyber security activities of domestic
and foreign organizations, individuals in order to ensure that external
communication activities will comply with provisions laid down in this Decree.
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3. Ensure security and safety for external
communication activities in compliance with the aims and objectives laid down
by the Communist Party and the Government; discover and combat activities
performed by hostile forces exploiting foreign information to protest against
Vietnam's government.
4. Preside over, cooperate with the Ministry of
Information and Communications and relevant Ministries and agencies in
organizing specialized external communication activities through particular
channels and measures, and in contributing to ensuring Vietnam’s national
interest and security.
Article 22. The Ministry of
Finance
1. Preside over, cooperate with the Ministry of
Information and Communications in verifying the annual budget plan for external
communication activities, and send it to competent authorities for ratification
purposes.
2. Ensure a sufficient amount of funding sources
for implementation of programs, plans, schemes and operations relating to
external communication activities which have been approved by the Government
and the Prime Minister.
3. Preside over, cooperate with relevant agencies
in creating legal documents on regulations and policies and permitted limits on
the budget for external communication activities.
Article 23. The Ministry of
Home Affairs
Cooperate with the Ministry of Information and
Communications in issuing instructional documents on reinforcement of the
machinery in charge of state management of external communication activities;
provide instructions for Ministries, Ministry-level agencies, Government
agencies, provincial People's Committees in appointing officials charged with
external communication activities.
Article 24. Ministries,
Ministry-level agencies, Government agencies and provincial People’s Committees
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2. Direct development and organize execution of
action programs and plans for external communication activities within these
organizations and localities.
3. Create the action plan for external
communication activities and estimate the budget for such activities of each
organization on an annual basis, and generally account for expenses into the
budget plan of each organization before sending this to finance authorities at
the same level for aggregation purposes as well as submit it to competent
authorities for consideration and decision purposes.
4. Update information and set up the database
relating to Ministries, departments and localities and integrate such
information into the database regarding diplomatic information in order to
promote Vietnam's image to overseas countries.
5. Cooperate with the Ministry of Information
and Communications in carrying out international cooperation activities as part
of external communication activities.
6. Carry out preliminary and final review of
external communication activities within their remit, and send a report to the
Ministry of Information and Communications or send ad-hoc reports for the
purpose of making final reports for submission to the Government.
7. Assign organizations or individuals to take
charge of organizing external communication activities.
8. Maintain the security of information within
their management in accordance with regulations on information security; assume
responsibility to inspect, check and handle violations and settle complaints
and accusations that may arise from external communication activities within
their management.
9. Ministries, Ministry-level agencies,
Government agencies and provincial People's Committees, and Vietnamese news and
media agencies, shall be responsible for compiling periodic and ad-hoc reports
on external communication activities within the remit of these organizations
and localities.
Chapter IV
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Article 25. Effect
1. This Decree shall enter into force as from
October 22, 2015.
2. The Prime Minister’s Decision No.
79/2010/QD-TTg dated November 30, 2010 shall be abolished as from the Decree's
entry into force.
Article 26. Responsibility
for guidance and implementation
1. The Ministry of Information and
Communications shall be responsible for providing guidance on and expediting implementation
of this Decree as assigned by the Government.
2. Ministers, Heads of Ministry-level agencies,
Heads of Government agencies, and Chairmen of People's Committees of
centrally-affiliated cities or provinces, shall be responsible for enforcing this
Decree ./.
ON BEHALF OF
THE GOVERNMENT
THE PRIME MINISTER
Nguyen Tan Dung
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