Law on the Media No. 01/NA, dated 25 July 2008 4 of 13 Article 2. http://www.laoservicesportal.gov.la/index.php?r=site/displaylegal&id=92 This Resolution shall enter into force on the date of its signing. Vientiane capital, 25 July 2008 The President of the National Assembly (Seal and signature) Thongsing THAMMAVONG LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Peace Independence Democracy Unity Prosperity National Assembly No. 01/NA Vientiane capital, dated 25 July 2008 LAW ON THE MEDIA Chapter I General Provisions Article 1. Objective The Law on the Media determines principles, rules and other measures regarding the organization, activities, development, management and control of the Media in order to develop the role, upgrade the quality of the Media and to ensure the rights of performance of liberty in the area of media by the population with the aim to contribute into the tasks of protection and development of the nation. Article 2.The Media The media is a stage to release information which is consist of printed matters, electronic and media’s products, has the role to be the voice of different organizations of the party, the state and the society in the dissemination, service training on the directives of the party, laws of the State, mobilizing the patriotism, providing data, political socio-economic, scientific, technology, news, knowledge, entertainment to the society, contributing to fight against the negative phenomena in the society, the misrepresentation of the reality, is a stage to develop the democracy and the rights to be the master of the nation of the multi-ethnic population. Article 3.Terms interpretation The terms used in this law must be read according to the meanings as follows: 1. Means of the media are referred to printed matters, electronic mail media including the media’s products; 2. Media’s products are referred to newspaper, information, leaflet, news bulletin, magazine, radio program, television program, micro program, internet, website, cassette, CD, VCD, DVD and others; 3. Editor is referred to the person who is in charge to correct, control the contents and the form of a text, news and program of different media; 4. Reporter is referred to personnel of the media organization who is in charge to gather information within the country and abroad then writes a text, news and program to provide to the means of the media; 5. Internet is referred to the computer’s network that can send information to each other or communicate through electronic mail by sending the sound signal and pictures through the line or air. Such information can be kept in the website; 6. Website is referred to information regarding a specific content which is in a letter, picture, light, color, sound that are created by people, other internal and foreign organizations which send signal through the internet network system and can get access by computer, digital television, mobile phone with a specific code; 7. Periodical distribution is referred to the distribution timely, daily, weekly, fortnightly, monthly, quarterly and others. Article 4.State’s Policies on Media Activities The State promotes and develops the State’s media activities to have a widely expansion, a strength and a quality by implementing different policies such as: the capacity building and recruiting of personnel, providing budget, vehicles, technical materials and equipments, modern technology. The State encourages both internal and foreign organizations to contribute in the development of the media by providing vehicles, materials and equipments, capital and others into the Lao media’s activities. The State has the policies to persuade organizations and individuals to participate to conduct the media’s activities according to laws and regulations. The State facilitates to the production, the diffusion and the distribution of lawful media’s products with a widely and thoroughly manner in the entire country and export to abroad as deemed reasonable. The State promotes and protects the owner of the media’s agencies, media’s agencies, reporters, collaborators and media’s technicians who are legally operated according to laws and regulations. The State guarantees to Lao citizens to enjoy their liberty and perform their obligations on the media, create opportunities, convenience and protects 25/09/2018, 14:25