the card has lost it. In this case, the press agency shall report in writing to the Ministry of
Information and Communications.
d) The person who must return his card specified under Point a and b of this Clause, within
06 months after returning the press card, if being recruited by a press agency under the
contract regime from 01 year or more, shall be considered for change of his press card as
stipulated in Clause 3 of this Article.
6. The person issued with the press card which shall be revoked in the following cases:
a) Violating the regulations on journalist’s occupational ethics, journalistic professional
activities, information in newspapers or improper use of press card causing serious
outcome;
b) Being prosecuted by the proceeding conducting agency. Where the competent agency
decides to suspend the investigation or the case to that journalist or from the day the
effective judgement declares that journalist is not guilty or free from criminal liability, the
state management agency over the press shall return the press card to this person.
c) Being disciplined from the form of caution or heavier or two times of reprimand in 02
consecutive years in accordance with the law on public servants and officials and the law
on labor;
d) Leaving from job without returning his press card.
7. The Ministry of Information and Communications is the agency which issues, re-issues
and revokes the press card.
8. The dossier and procedures for issue, re-issue and revocation of press card shall be
stipulated by the Minister of Information and Communications.
Chapter
IV
PRESS
ACTIVITIES
Section 1. CARRYING OUT ADDITIONAL JOURNALISTIC TYPES AND PRODUCTS;
ASSOCIATION IN PRESS ACTIVITIES
Article 29. Carrying out additional journalistic types
1. If the press agency which meets the conditions specified in Article 17 of this Law wishes
to carry out other additional journalistic types, the press line agency shall send the dossier
directly or by post to the Ministry of Information and Communications to request the issue
of permit.
The dossier and procedures for issue of permit to carry out the additional journalistic types
comply with the provisions in Article 18 of this Law.
2. After 03 months for the printed newspapers and online newspapers and 09 months for
the talking newspapers and photo newspapers from the effective date of the press
operation permit, if the press agency does not have its journalistic products, the permit