Law on the Media No. 01/NA, dated 25 July 2008 9 of 13 http://www.laoservicesportal.gov.la/index.php?r=site/displaylegal&id=92 4. To study, learn, train himself to upgrade the level on politic qualification, ethic, technical profession, foreign languages and others; 5. To apology and excuse on the publication of news through the media in case there is a mistake in writing news or there are no fundamental ground; 6. To accept all critics from the society, be responsible before laws and the media organization concerning the contents of the news, texts and his wrong doing. A reporter has the main rights as follows: 1. To receive a reporter’s card, be subject to and undertake activities in some media organization; 2. To perform activities on news in domestic and foreign countries according to the assignment; 3. Regularly coordinate, cooperate with colleagues, seek to know, collect and receive information of media activities according to laws and regulations; 4. Analyze, write news, texts, take other pictures, create media products that are innovative and useful, put the pen name on behalf of his own name or pseudonym; 5. Receive the training, upgrade in the field of politic, media’s profession, receive the honorific title, allowances or other privileges; 6. Receive the priority in undertaking of media’s activities according to laws and regulations; 7. Receive the protection from laws in the performance of his proper professional duties. Article 38.Media’s Technicians A media’s technician is person who works in the media’s organization that are consisted of composers, poets, speakers, masters of ceremonies, program producers, stage directors, printing matters designers, painters, decorators, technical mechanic and other technicians who serve to produce other media’s products. Rights and duties of the media’s technicians are provided in a specific regulation of each media’s organization. Article 39.Contributors The contributors are those who have not a professional skill as reporters but they write news, texts, take pictures to regularly provide to the media’s organizations by receiving their labour costs and other privileges from the media’s organization. Duties and rights of the contributors are provided in a separate regulation. Chapter VI Establishment and Activities of the Media’s Organization Article 40.Conditions for the establishment of the Media’s Organization The establishment of the media’s organization shall have the following conditions: 1. To define the name, objective, goal to serve, scope of the printing and distribution of media printed matters, power of the transmitter, fix the diffusion time, band frequency, scope of the band broadcasting and languages which will be used by such media’s organization; 2. To have the organizational mechanism, a standard of personnel as provided in article 34, 36 and 38 of this law; 3. To have a headquarters’ office, vehicles, technical equipments, fund to ensure its activities operations; 4. To receive the approval from the media’s supervision organization. Article 41.Establishment of the Representative office of the Media’s Organization The government is the body to approve the establishment of a Lao representative office of the media’s organization in foreign countries and allow to foreign media’s organization to permanently enter or establish a headquarters’ office of foreign media’s organization in the Lao PDR. Reporters and technicians of media and the committee of responsibility of the foreign media’s organization which operates in the Lao PDR shall comply with laws and regulations of the Lao PDR. Regulation on the establishment and activities of the internal and foreign media’s organization representative are separately regulated. Article 42.Printing and Distribution of media’s printed Matters The printing of the Lao media’s printed matters shall mainly print in the Lao PDR. All media’s printed matters that will be sent to print or distribute in foreign countries shall obtain the authorization from the concerned media’s supervision organization. The media’s organization is the organizer to distribute its media’s printed matters or assign to some organization or individual to take in charge of the distribution service on its behalf. Internal and foreign organization and individual that wishing to bring the foreign media’s printed matters to print, distribute in the Lao PDR shall request the approval from the concerned media’s supervision organization. Article 43.Increasing of Printed Pages of Media’s Printed Matters The media’s organization wishing to print and distribute additional media printed matters, increase the number of pages, print inserted or annexed sheets, print additional special announcement, such can be made according to his duties and rights but shall obtain the authorization from the concerned media’s supervision organization. Article 44.Increasing of Radio and Television Broadcasting Program The television and radio broadcasting station that needs to increase some program shall obtain the authorization from the concerned media’s supervision organization. Article 45.Broadcasting program and Pictures 25/09/2018, 14:25