2. The Ministry of Finance provides for the remuneration for the reading, listening or
watching to check the legally deposited press.
Section
5. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN PRESS ACTIVITIES
Article 54. Import and export of printed newspapers
1. The printed newspapers legally published in Vietnam are permitted to export to foreign
countries.
2. The import of printed newspapers is done through the printed newspaper import and
export establishment licensed by the Ministry of Information and Communications.
3. The printed newspaper import and export establishments must register the list of
imported newspapers with the Ministry of Information and Communications before import.
4. The heads of printed newspaper import establishments must inspect the contents of
imported newspapers before release and take responsibility before law for the contents of
printed newspapers they shall import.
Article 55. Cooperation activities of Vietnamese press agencies with foreign
countries
1. The Vietnamese press agencies have the following rights :
a) Release, transmit or broadcast the journalistic products to the foreign countries;
authorize the organizations or individuals to re-print, transmit or broadcast the Vietnamese
journalistic products to the foreign countries;
b) Hire foreign experts and collaborators;
c) Send journalist to foreign countries for press activities;
d) Establish the representative office in foreign countries;
dd) Cooperate with foreign countries.
2. The press agencies exercising the rights specified in Clause 1 of this Article must
guarantee the following regulations :
a) The journalistic products released, transmitted or broadcast to the foreign countries
specified under Point a, Clause 1 of this Article must have the same contents with the
products domestically released, transmitted or broadcast without the information specified
in Clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10, Article 9 of this Law;
b) The press agencies establishing their representative offices in foreign countries
specified under Point d, Clause 1 of this Article must give a written notice to the Ministry of
Information and Communications of the establishment of representative office, list of
personnel of representative office within 15 days before establishing their representative
offices in foreign countries.