Law on the Media No. 01/NA, dated 25 July 2008 7 of 13 http://www.laoservicesportal.gov.la/index.php?r=site/displaylegal&id=92 The service of the media is the fact that the media has made goods advertising or provided services to customers without collecting services fees. All types of media can make goods advertising or provide services to customers but it shall obtain the authorization from the concerned media’s supervision organization. The contents of the goods advertising or services passing through all types of media shall be proper to the reality, not exaggerated, over the quality of the goods or such services and shall obtain the authorization from the concerned media’s supervision organization. The goods advertising or providing services to customers through the media including the collection of services charges are provided in a separate regulation. Article 25.Entertainment The entertainment is an activity of the media to create an ambiance, a happiness for the society and also it is a propagation of information, an education training, an introduction, a mobilization to be alert, but must be responsible to participate in the protection and development of the country. The entertainment which is done through the media is comprised of the cultural representation, singing, folk song, musical performance, theatrical representation, sport, gymnastics, literary work and others which is consistent to the directives of the party, laws and regulations of the State, custom, culture, fine tradition of the nation, of the ethnics and can connect with the region and the world. Article 26.Organizational Structure of the Media The organizational structure of the media includes: The owner of the media’s organization; The media’s organization; Association of reporters of the Lao PDR. Article 27.The owner of the Media’s Organization The owner of the Media’s Organization are the Organizations of the Party, of the State, Lao National Front for Construction, Mass Organizations, Social Organizations, organizations and Individuals which have obtained the approval to establish the Media’s Organization and conduct the activities on the media according to laws and regulations. Article 28.Duties and Rights of the owner of the Media’s Organization The owner of the Media’s organization has the main duties as follows: 1. Define the direction, objective, targets to serve, scope of the printing and distribution of media’s printed matters or the power of the transmitter, band frequency, timetable of the diffusion, scope of the spread of pictures, sound and languages; 2. Organize the assistance’s mechanism, build personnel capacity and direct, administrate, inspect the performance of the role, duty, right, direction, plan and the activities of his media’s organization; 3. Create conditions and facilitate to the activities operations of his media’s organization; 4. Be responsible before laws according to his role, duty and rights in the media’s activities; The owner of the media’s organization has the main rights as follows: 1. Propose to establish and dissolve his media’s organization; 2. Decide on the direction, plan and activities operations of his media’s organization; 3. Appoint or remove the head or deputy head of his media’s organization according to regulations; 4. Monitor, supervise the activities of his media’s organization; 5. Participate to the meeting on media’s activities in domestic and foreign countries according to the assignment; 6. Liaise and cooperate with international organizations in the field of the media according to laws and regulations. Article 29.Media’s Organization The media’s organization is an organization of the owner of the media’s organization which conduct activities of some types of media as provided in Article 6 of this law. Article 30.Duties and Rights of the Media’s Organization The media’s organization has the main duties as follows: 1. Propagate, disseminate, protect the directives, policies plan, policies, laws and regulations and contribute into the safeguard of the economic, social and political integrity, preserve and expand the patriotic spirit, the solidarity of the national community; 2. Disseminate information in the field of science, technique, technology, general knowledge, entertainment, promote the education, upgrade the knowledge of the population, extend the culture, fine custom of the multi-ethnics, promote the gender role, protect rights and benefits of women and children; 3. Disseminate the good deeds of persons and introduce the views of the society; 4. Protect the correctness of the Lao language and minority ethnics languages of the Lao PDR; 5. Promote the link, cooperation, mutual understanding between friend’s counties and the world communities, participate in the cause of combating of the world community for peace, national independence, democracy and social progress; 6. Undertake activities on printing and distribution of printed matters media, diffuse of pictures, sound and languages as provided in the authorized establishment certificate; 7. Administrate the assistance mechanism, build and train personnel, and perform his role, duty, rights, direction, action plan and regularly report on the result of the activities operations to the owner of the Media’s organization and media’s supervision organization; 8. Ensure the use of the freedom’s rights of the Lao citizen on the media; 25/09/2018, 14:25