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Đăng nhập Ministry Of Justice Home Search Tiếng Việt Legal normative documents Published date 1945 to 1950 1951 to 1960 1961 to 1970 Attribute THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY - 1991 to 2000 2001 to 2010 2011 to 2020 Promulgator The National Assembly Related documents Print SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness Số: 30/2000/PL-UBTVQH10 1971 to 1980 1981 to 1990 English Ha Noi, date 28 month 12 year 2000 ORDINANCE ON STATE SECRETS PROTECTION (No. 30/2000/PL-UBTVQH10 of December 28, 2000) In order to raise the responsibility of State bodies, political organizations, socio-political organizations, social organizations, economic organizations, other organizations, people�s armed force units and all citizens in the task of protecting the State secrets, contributing to the building and defense of the Fatherland; Pursuant to the 1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; Pursuant to the Resolution of the Xth National Assembly, at its 6th session, on the 2000 law and ordinance making program; This Ordinance prescribes the protection of the State secrets. The Standing Committee of National Assembly Chapter I GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1.- The State secrets mean information on cases, affairs, documents, objects, venues, time, speech, carrying important contents in the fields of The President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam politics, national defense, security, external affairs, economy, science, technology and other fields, which the State does not publicize or has not yet publicized and the disclosure of which will cause harm to the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The Government The Prime Minister of Government Ministries Ministerial-level agencies Type of Document Constitution Code Resolution Ordinance Decree Decision Circular Joint circular Article 2.- To protect the State secrets is a very important task of the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The State bodies, political organizations, socio-political organizations, social organizations, economic organizations, other organizations, people�s armed force units (hereinafter referred collectively to as agencies, organizations) and all citizens have the duty and responsibility to protect the State secrets. Article 3.- All acts of gathering, disclosing, losing, appropriating, buying and selling, and illegally destroying State secrets, and the abuse of State secret protection to conceal acts of law breaking, infringing upon the legitimate rights and interests of agencies, organizations and citizens, or obstructing the implementation of State plans are strictly forbidden. The access to, preservation, supply and treatment of State secrets must comply with the Government�s regulations. Chapter II THE SCOPE OF STATE SECRETS Article 4.- Depending on the importance of the contents of information and the extent of harm caused if disclosed, the State secrets are classified into three categories: Absolute secret, top secret and secret. Article 5.- The State secrets in the following fields are classified as absolute secret: 1. The national security strategies; the national defense plans; the plans on mobilization to cope with wars; weapons and means of decisive significance for the national defense capability; 2. The domestic and foreign lines and policies of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, which are not or have not yet been publicized. Information transferred by foreign countries or international organizations to Vietnam, which are determined by the Government as being absolute secret; 3. Intelligence and counter-intelligence organization and activities prescribed by the Government; 4. The national cipher; 5. The national strategic reserves; data on State budget estimates and settlement regarding domains not yet publicized; plans on money issuance, safety lock of each money sample and papers with monetary value; unpublicized schemes or plans for money recovery and change; 6. Restricted areas, places; other information and documents which are determined by the Government as absolute secret. Article 6.- The State secrets in the following scope are classified top secret: 1. High-level talks and contacts between our country and foreign countries or international organizations in the political, defense, security, external, economic, scientific, technological and other domains, which have not yet been publicized. Information transferred by foreign countries or international organizations to Vietnam, which are determined by the Government as top secret; 2. Operation organization, equipment and combat plans of people�s armed force units, except the organization and operation prescribed in Clause 3, Article 5 of this Ordinance; plans for production, transport and storage of weapons; important works on border, air space, sea and island defense; 3. Military maps; State coordinates of grade I, grade II of the comprehensive national network enclosed with the point notes. The locations and height value of major checkpoints of the meteorological, hydrographic and marine-gauging stations; the data on the height and absolute zero of marine-gauging checkpoints; 4. The volume of money printed, issued; reserve money in Vietnam Dong and foreign currencies; data on cash overspending and inflation, not yet publicized; plans on prices of strategic commodities under the State management, which have not yet been publicized; 5. Depositories and volumes of precious and rare metals, gems, foreign exchanges and other precious and race objects of the State; 6. Scientific works, inventions, patents, utility solutions, professional knowhows of special importance for national defense, security, economy, sciences, technologies, which have not yet been publicized by the State; 7. Plans for export, import of special commodities which occupy important position in the national development and defense, which are not or have not yet been publicized; 8. Other information and documents, which are determined as top secret by the Government. Article 7.- The State secrets other than those prescribed in Article 5 and Article 6 of this Ordinance are classified as secret. The list of State secrets classified as secret shall be decided by the Minister of Public Security at the proposals of the heads or authorized persons of agencies or organizations. Article 8.- Basing themselves on the lists of State secrets classified as absolute secret, top secret and secret, which are promulgated by competent authorities under the provisions of this Ordinance, the heads or the authorized persons of agencies and organizations shall decide the confidentiality of 1 of 2 25/09/2018, 15:21