Committees, departments of People’s Council, People’s Committees, the Chairman of People’s
Committees and information created by themselves;
h) Commune People's Committees shall have the responsibility to provide citizens residing in
localities with information created by themselves or by other agencies at the same level, or received
by themselves to perform their functions, tasks and power; provided other citizens with such
information in case the information directly relates to their rights and legitimate interests;
i) Minister of Ministry of Defense, Minister of Ministry of Public Security appoint the focal
point for provision of information in their organizations.
Article 10. Methods of accessing information
Citizens shall have access to information in the following ways:
1. Free access to information published by state agency;
2. Request state agencies to provide information.
Article 11. Prohibited acts
1. Intentionally providing incorrect and insufficient information; delaying information provision;
destroying information; falsifying information.
2. Providing or using information against the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; undermining the
unity policy; inciting violence.
3. Providing, using information to infringe upon the dignity, honor, prestige, causing gender
discrimination and/or damage to the property of individuals, agencies and organizations.
4. Obstructing, threatening, victimizing information requester or information provider.
Article 12. Cost of access to information
1. Citizen is provided with information at no charge or fee, unless otherwise regulated by
other laws.
2. Information requester shall pay the actual cost for printing, copying, capturing, and
sending information.
The Minister of Ministry of Finance shall provide detailed regulations on this Item.
Article 13. Supervising the implementation of the right to access to information
1. The National Assembly shall conduct supreme supervision to ensure the implementation
of the right to access to information of citizens.
2. People’s Councils shall conduct supervision to ensure the implementation of the right to
access to information of citizens at localities; reviewing annual reports of People’s Committees at
the same level on the implementation of the right to access to information of citizens at the
localities.
3. Vietnam Fatherland Front and its member organizations are responsible for social
supervision of the implementation of citizen’s right to access to information.
Article 14. Filing complaints, lawsuits, denunciations
1. Information requester are entitled to file complaints and lawsuits against agencies,
individuals responsible for information provision mentioned in Article 9 of this Law.
2. Citizens are entitled to make denunciations on violations of law on access to information.
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