31 October 1999 Subscription 33 (5/1999) 5. To contribute ideas and comments, submit petitions and complaints and make allegations through the media in respect of Party organizations, State organizations and social organizations and their members. Article 5 Responsibilities of the media in respect of the rights of freedom of the media and freedom of speech of citizens through the media. Media organizations shall have the following responsibilities: 1. To publish or broadcast the work and opinions of citizens; in the event that the media do not publish or broadcast the work or opinions of a citizen they shall advise the citizen and state the reason therefor; 2. To advise or request relevant organizations or individuals to respond by mail or through the media to the petitions, complaints, or allegations which have been sent by citizens. CHAPTER III Responsibilities and Rights of the Media Article 6 Responsibilities and rights of the media. The media shall have the following responsibilities and rights: 1. To provide truthful information on domestic and world current affairs in conformity with the interests of the country and its citizens; 2. To disseminate, publicize and contribute to the establishment and protection of the strategies and policies of the Party, the laws of the State, and the achievements of the country and the world in accordance with the guiding principles and aims of media organizations; to contribute to political stability; to improve intellectual levels; to satisfy wholesome cultural demands; to protect and develop fine national traditions; to establish and develop socialist democracy; to unify all of the people, to strengthen and protect the Socialist Vietnam Fatherland; 3. To report and guide public opinion of society; to provide a forum for citizens to exercise their right of freedom of speech; 4. To seek out and set examples of good people, good works and initiatives; to fight against illegal and other anti-social activities; 5. To contribute to maintaining the purity of the Vietnamese language and of the languages of the minority ethnic groups of Vietnam; © Ministry of Planning and Investment and Allens Arthur Robinson XV-13