Law on the Media No. 01/NA, dated 25 July 2008 8 of 13 http://www.laoservicesportal.gov.la/index.php?r=site/displaylegal&id=92 9. Be responsible before laws and to the owner of the media’s organization on his activities operations. The media’s organization has the main following rights: 1. Publish mews correctly to the reality concerning the domestic and foreign counties situation that bring benefits to the nation and the population; 2. Criticize in the amity’s manner to the acts that are the violation to laws and regulations, negative phenomena appearance in the society such as; corruption, narcotics; 3. Retort to all libels, distortions of the reality that created the discredit to the benefits of the nation and the population; 4. Self develop to have a strength, progress and modernization; 5. Consider the contents, forms of his media’s products; 6. Propose, give opinions to the high level concerning his media’s activities operations; 7. Have received the protection from laws in his proper activities operations; 8. Create ambiance, happiness to the society; 9. Participate into the meeting on media’s activities in domestic and foreign countries according to the assignment; 10. Liaise and cooperate with the world according to the consent of the owner of the media’s organization and according to laws and regulations. Article 31.Association of the Reporters of the Lao PDR The Association of the Reporters of the Lao PDR is a political, social, professional organization of those who work in the field of media that having the role to educate, train, aggregate the solidarity and the duty to protect the equitable rights and benefits of its members and those who work on the media, participate into the implementation of directives, policies of the party, laws and regulations of the state and policy on the media. The duties and rights of the association of the reporters of the Lao PDR are defined in a specific regulation. Article 32.Personnel of the Media The personnel of the media is composed of the Head, Deputy Head of the media’s organization, reporters, technicians in the field of media and contributors. Article 33.Head and Deputy Head of the Media’s Organization The Head and Deputy Head of the media’s organization: Type of printed matter media is called; Editor in chief and Deputy Editor in chief; Type of electronic media: Managing director and Deputy Managing Director, the appointment, transfer or removal of the media’s Organization is to the owner of the media’s organization to make decision by coordinating with the media’s supervision organization concerned or is the person who proposes to the organization which has the competent authority to consider according to regulations. Article 34.Qualification of the Head and Deputy Head of the Mass Media’s Organization The Head and Deputy Head of the mass media’s organization have the following main qualifications: 1. To have a permanent residence in the Lao PDR; 2. To have a Lao nationality and an age of twenty three years old or more; 3. To have a certificate from high level up, an experience in the field of mass media, a capability to administrate the media’s organization; 4. To have revolutionary principles and virtues, to master political lines; 5. To know some of foreign languages; 6. To be in good health. Article 35.Duties and Rights of the Head or Deputy Head of the Media Organization The head of the Media Organization is the person to direct and manage the activities of his media organization, has the duty and right to consider for approval of the news’ publication, texts in the printed matter media, the program of the broadcasting and pictures and also be responsible before the owner of the media organization concerning the contents of the advertisement and the operations of the media organization of which one’s takes charge of the responsibility. The Deputy head of the Media Organization has the duty and right to assist the head in some works and tasks, takes in charge the post by interim when the Head is absent as assigned by the Head. Article 36.Qualification of Lao Reporter A Lao reporter has the main qualifications as follows: 1. To have a permanent residence in the Lao PDR; 2. To have a Lao nationality and an age from eighteen years old or over; 3. To have a complete ethics of reporter; 4. To have at least a diploma of middle level or over or a certificate, a knowledge, an experience and a talent in the field of media; 5. To be in good health. Article 37.Duties and Rights of a Reporter A reporter has the main duties as follows: 1. To seek to know, collect data, information in order to write to be a news, texts and program of propagation for dissemination through the media; 2. To correctly, precisely write the news, texts on the internal and foreign countries situation in consistent with the national benefit and showing the just aspiration of the population; 3. To disseminate the directives, policies and laws and regulations; exploit, promote the progressive factors, fight against ideas and acts that breach laws and regulations, retort to the distortions and libels that created the discredit to the dignity, benefits of the nation and the population; 25/09/2018, 14:25