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THE
GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST
REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom – Happiness
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No. 66/1998/ND-CP
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Hanoi, August 24,
1998
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DECREE
ON THE FUNCTIONS,
TASKS, POWERS AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF VIETNAM NEWS AGENCY
THE GOVERNMENT
Pursuant
to the Law on Organization of the Government of September 30, 1992;
At the proposal of the General Director of Vietnam News Agency and the
Minister-Head of the Government Commission on Organization and Personnel.
DECREES:
Article 1.-
Vietnam News Agency is an agency attached to the Government performing the
function of the State news agency in the publication of news and official
documents of the Party and the State, in the supply of information in service
of the leadership and management requirements of the Party and the State;
gathers and disseminates information through appropriate genres of press in
service of audiences that need it in the country and abroad according to
provisions of law.
Article 2.-
Vietnam News Agency has the following specific tasks and powers:
1. To publish news and official documents of the
Party and the State; to gather and edit news, photographs, documents and
classified documents in timely service of the leadership and management
requirements of the Party and the State, and in service of research agencies
and press guidance agencies;
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3. When assigned by the Prime Minister, the
General Director of Vietnam News Agency is authorized to announce the official
viewpoints of our Party and State on current affairs, re-orient unsuitable
information, deny erroneous information and reject information with intent of
distortion;
4. To coordinate with the Ministry of Culture
and Information in managing the sources of press information of foreign news
agencies circulating on the Vietnamese territory according to provisions of
law;
5. To perform the function of the data bank and
national information documentation and manage the national photographic files;
6. To coordinate with the related ministries and
branches in performing the common task about information and related tasks in
service of defense and security to defend the Fatherland;
7. To carry out scientific research on news
agency work, information technology, technical and professional training and
fostering for cadres and public employees in the service;
8. To build and manage the system of material
and technical information bases, step by step renovate techniques to make it
compatible with the development of international information technique;
9. To cooperate with other countries and with
international and regional organizations in the domains for which Vietnam News
Agency is responsible as provided for by the Government;
10. To manage the organization, cadres,
personnel, wages, finance and the material and equipment of the service
according to the regime and policies of the State;
11. To carry out inspection and control over
attached units.
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Article 4.-
The organizational structure of Vietnam News Agency comprises:
1. The Administration Office.
2. The Editorial Secretariat.
3. The Organization - Personnel Department.
4. The Financial Planning Department.
5. The Inspectoral Department.
6. The Domestic News Department.
7. The Foreign News Service Department.
8. The World News Department.
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10. The Economic News Department.
11. The Vietnam Pictorial Magazine.
12. The Database - Documentation Center.
13. The News Agency Technical Center.
14. The News Agency International Cooperation
Center.
15. The News Agency Professional Fostering
Center.
16. The Representative Offices in Ho Chi Minh
City and Da Nang city.
17. VNA Bureaus in the country and abroad.
18. Newspapers editorial boards, publishing and
distribution establishments and other units operating according to financial
accounting modalities set up under the provisions of law.
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Article 5.-
This Decree takes effect 15 days after its signing. To annul Decree No.112-HDBT
of April 2, 1992 of the Council of Ministers (now the Government) on the
functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of Vietnam News Agency
and other earlier regulations which are contrary to this Decree.
Article 6.-
The General Director of Vietnam News Agency, the Ministers, the Heads of the
ministerial-level agencies, the Heads of the agencies attached to the
Government, the Presidents of the People's Committees of the provinces and
cities directly under the Central Government shall have to implement this
Decree.
THE GOVERNMENT
Phan Van Khai