4.
The press agency, the interviwer and the interviewee must take responsibility for the
contents of information posted in the newspaper.
Article 41. Press conference
1. The agencies, organizations and citizens have the right to hold a press conference to
announce, declare, explain or answer the contents pertaining to their duties, powers or
interests.
The press conference of the foreign representative agency or organization in Vietnam shall
comply with the provisions in Clause 10, Article 56 of this Law.
2. The spokesman or the person in charge of providing information of the political
organizations, National Assembly, Government, President of State; the agencies of
political organizations, social – political organizations of the central government and
provincial level; ministries, sectors, ministerial agencies, provincial People’s Council,
People’s Committee based on their functions and duties, shall hold the periodical or
irregular press conference to provide information for the press agencies.
3. The agencies and organizations not subject to the provisions in Clause 2 of this Article
and the citizens have the right to hold a press conference to provide information for the
press. The agencies, organizations and citizens that hold a press conference must give a
notice 24 hours in advance by the estimated time of press conference to the press state
management agency as follows:
a) The agencies or organizations directly under the central government shall give a notice
to the Ministry of Information and Communications.
b) The agencies and organizations not specified under Point a of this Clause and the
citizen shall give a notice to the provincial People’s Committee where the press
conference is held.
4. The contents of the notice are the following information:
a) Venue of press conference;
b) Time of press conference;
c) Contents of press conference;
d) Person in charge of press conference;
5. The state management agency over the press shall reply to the organizations, agencies
and citizens concerning the press conference during the time specified in Clause 3 of this
Article; in case of no written reply, the organizations or citizens shall conduct the press
conference.
The contents of the press conference must be consistent with the contents approved by
the state management agency over the press; in case of no written reply, the contents
must be in line with the contents notified to the state management agency over the press.