This translation is only for reference - 18 3. Within 15 days from the date of receipt of dossier for registration of publication import, the Ministry of Information and Communications shall confirm the registration in writing. In the absence of registration confirmation, there must be written reply clearly stating the reasonss. 4. Where there is a change of information in the dossier for registration of publicatio imported publications which have been confirmed for, the importer of publications must have written report on the content of the changed information, and register new information (if any) with the Ministry of information and Communications to confirm additional registration. 5. The written confirmation of registration of the Ministry of Information and Communications is a legal foundation for the importer of publications to make importing procedures with the customs authorities and is valid until completion of the importing procedures. 6. In case of detection of contents of imported publications with violating signs of Vietnamese law, the Ministry of Information and Communications has the right to refuse confirmation of registration for publication import or request assessment of content of those publications before the confirmation of importing registration. Article 40. Reponsibility of the head of establishment of publication release 1. Implementing the provisions of Articles 36, 37, 38 and 39 of this Law in the course of operation. 2. Complying with the license of publication import operation, certificate of publication import registration; complying with the contents of publication release registration. 3. Making report on the operation of the release establishment and publication import establishment at the request of the State management agencies on publishing activities. 4. Not being allowed for storing and releasing publications with contents specified in Clause 1, Article 10 of this Law, publications having no receipts and documents showing the legal origin or suspended from release, revoked, confiscated, banned from circulation or destroyed; Not being allowed for carrying on business of non-commercial publications, publications printed for foreign countries. 5. Stopping the release and import of publications and making report to the competent state agencies in case of detection of publications with contents specified in Clause 1, Article 10 of this Law. 6. For importer of publications, the head shall organize assessment of content of imported publications before release and take responsibility before law for imported publications. 7. Participating in courses of training on legal knowledge of publication held by State management agencies on publishing activities. 8. Taking responsibility before law for activities of publication release establishment and importer of publications Article 41. Issuing license of non-commercial publications import 1. The import of non-commercial publications of Vietnamese agencies, organizations and individuals and foreign organizations operating in Vietnam, foreign individuals residing in Vietnam must be lissued import license, , except where provided for in Article 42 of this Law and shall pay a fee as prescribed by law. 2. Before importing non-commercial, agencies, organizations and individuals must prepare dossier to request issuance of import license under prescribed form as follows: a) Agencies and organizations at the central level, the Hanoi-based foreign organizations based shall send dossiers to the Ministry of Information and Communications or the Hanoi People's Committee; b) Agencies and other organizations and Vietnamese individuals and foreign individuals shall send their dossiers to the provincial-level People's Committee where they have headquarters or where there is border gate through which publications are imported.

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