31 October 1999 Subscription 33 (5/1999) Article 13 Head of a media organization. 1. The head of a media organization shall be its general editor (printed media) or general director or director (radio station, television station, unit producing audio and visual programs on current events). 2. The head of a media organization must be a person who has Vietnamese citizenship and a permanent resident address in Vietnam and who has satisfied the political, moral and media professional standards which are regulated by the State. 3. The head of a media organization shall lead and manage the organization in all aspects and ensure observance of its guiding principles and aims and shall be responsible before the head of the media managing body and before the law for all of its activities. Article 14 Journalists. Journalists must be persons who have Vietnamese citizenship and a permanent resident address in Vietnam, who have satisfied the political, moral and media professional standards regulated by the State, who are working with, or contributing regularly to, a Vietnamese media organization, and who have been issued with journalist cards. Article 15 1. Rights and obligations of journalists. Journalists shall have the following rights: (a) To carry out media activities within the territory of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; to carry out media activities overseas in accordance with regulations of the Government; (b) To seek out and to be supplied with information in the course of media activities in accordance with provisions of the law; (c) To refuse to write or to participate in the compilation of a media work that is contrary to the laws on media; (d) To receive training and encouragement to improve their professional media standards; to enjoy a number of preferential regimes which are necessary in the performance of media activities as regulated by the Government; (dd) To be protected by the law in the conduct of their profession. No person shall be permitted to threaten or intimidate the life of or to damage the reputation and dignity of journalists, to destroy or detain © Ministry of Planning and Investment and Allens Arthur Robinson XV-17