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3. Dossier to request issuance of license of non-commercial publications import includes:
a) Application for issuance of license under prescribed form.
b) List of imported publications under prescribed form.
4. Within 15 days from the date of receipt of complete dossier, the competent state management
agencies shall issue license. In the absence of issuance of license, there must be written reply clearly
stating the reasons.
5. In case of detection of imported publications with violating signs of Vietnamese law, the state
management agencies on publishing activities have the right to refuse to issue import license or
require agencies and organizations and individuals applying for import license to provide a copy of
publication for organizing assessment of content as the basis for the decision on issuance of import
license.
6. The assessment of publication content with violating signs of Vietnamese law for making a decision
on issuance of non-business import license shall be carried out as follows:
a) The import licensing agency shall establish the assessment board for each publication within 15
days from the date of receipt of imported publications for assessment. The board includes qualified
experts for assessment;
b) The assessment time for each publication shall not exceed 09 working days from the date the
assessment board is established;
c) Result of assessment must be made in writing specifying the content of publication with or without
violation of the provisions of this Law and other provisions of the relevant law.
7. The Minister of Information and Communications details the assessment of imported publications,
coordinates with the Minister of Finance to prescribe the expenditure of content assessment of
imported publications.
Article 42. Cases where import of non-commercial publications without request of license
issuance
1. Agencies, organizations and individuals who shall not request issuance of license of
non-commercial publications but only make procedures prescribed by customs law in the case of
import of the following publications:
a) Materials for workshops, international conferences in Vietnam which are licenseted by the
Vietnamese competent agencies for organization;
b) Publication is the property of agency, organization, family and individual for private use.
c) Publication in the luggage of person upon entry used for personal needs;
d) Publications donated to agencies, organizations and individuals by mail, delivery service at value
not exceeding the exemption standard under the provisions of law.
2. The import of publications of agencies, organizations and individuals enjoying diplomatic privileges
and immunities shall comply with the provisions of the customs law, the law on privileges and
immunities for diplomatic representative agencies, foreign consular agencies and representative
offices of international organizations in Vietnam and international agreements in which Vietnam is a
member.
Publications specified at Points a and b, Clause 1 of this Article, must be re-exported after use. In
3.
case transferred to other agencies, organizations and individuals in Vietnam, the agencies,
organizations and individuals receiving shall make import procedures as prescribed in Article 41 of
this Law.
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