This translation is only for reference - 1   HE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY T -------- SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence - Freedom – Happiness ---------------- No.: 19/2012/QH13 Ha Noi, November 20, 2012   PUBLISHING LAW Pursuant to the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 1992 which has been amended and supplemented by a number of articles under Resolution No.51/2001/QH10; The National Assembly hereby promulgates the Publishing Law Chapter 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1. Scope of adjustment   This law provides for the publishing organization and activities; rights and obligations of agencies, organizations and individuals involved in publishing activities. Publishing activities, including the fields of publishing, printing and release of publications. Article 2. Subject of application This law applies to agencies, organizations, individuals and foreign organizations operating in Vietnam, foreign individuals residing in Vietnam related to publishing activities.   Article 3. Location, purpose of publishing activities Publishing activities in the field of culture and ideology in order to disseminate and introduce  knowledge in the fields of social life, national cultural values ​and cultural essence of humanity, to meet the needs of people’s spiritual life, to raise the people’s intellect and moral development and good lifestyle of Vietnamese people, to expand cultural exchanges with other countries, socio-economic development and fight against all thoughts and behavior detrimental to the national interests and contribute to the construction and defense of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Article 4. Explanation of terms In this Law, the terms below are construed as follows: 1. Publishing is the organization and development of manuscript to be edited into templates for printing and release directly through the electronic media. 2. Printing is the use of printing equipment to create publications from the template.   Release is the adoption of one or more forms of buying, selling, allocation, donation, leasing, 3. lending, export, import, fair and exhibition to bring publications to users.  4. Publication is a work and documents on politics, economics, culture, society, education and training, science, technology, literature, art which are published through publisher or agency, organization is issued publishing license in different languages​, images, sounds, and are expressed in the following forms: a) Printed books b) Braille books; c) Paintings, photographs, maps, posters, flyers and leaflets