(c) Article 58 Narrowing the digital gap between areas and regions. National databases 1. National databases mean a collection of information on one or more socio-economic spheres which are established, updated and maintained to meet requirements for access and use of information in all economic sectors and to serve public interests. 2. Organizations and individuals shall be entitled to access and use information in the national databases, unless otherwise stipulated by law. 3. The State shall fund part or whole of the budget for establishment and maintenance of national databases. 4. The Government shall stipulate a list of the national databases; shall establish, update and maintain the national databases; and shall promulgate regulations on exploitation and use of the national databases. Article 59 Databases of ministries, branches and localities 1. Database of a ministry, branch or locality means a collection of information which is established, updated and maintained to meet the requirements of such ministry, branch or locality for access and use of information and to serve the public interest. 2. Organizations and individuals shall be entitled to access and use information in the database of a ministry, branch or locality, unless otherwise stipulated by law. 3. The State shall fund part or whole of the budget for establishment and maintenance of databases of ministries, branches and localities. 4. Ministries, ministerial equivalent bodies, Government bodies and people’s committees of provinces and cities under central authority shall specify lists of databases; shall establish, update and maintain the databases; and shall promulgate regulations on exploitation and use of databases of their ministries, branches and localities. Article 60 Protection of information infrastructure 1. The national information infrastructure shall be protected. People’s committees of all levels, the people’s armed forces, and organizations and individuals engaged in management or exploitation of information infrastructure shall be responsible to co-ordinate in protecting the safety of the national information infrastructure. 2. Organizations and individuals shall be responsible to ensure the safety of the information infrastructure under their management; shall be subject to control, inspection and examination by authorized State bodies and shall implement requirements for ensuring the safety of information infrastructure and information security issued by such authorized State bodies. 3. Organizations and individuals engaged in management and exploitation of the information infrastructure shall create the necessary working, technical and professional conditions for authorized State bodies to exercise their duties to control, and shall ensure information security if so requested. © Allens Arthur Robinson - Vietnam Laws Online Database on www.vietnamlaws.com 23