31 October 1999 Subscription 33 (5/1999) an apology by the media organization and the author. Where an authorized State body has reached a conclusion, the media organization must print or broadcast that conclusion. 2. Organizations and individuals shall have the right to express in writing their opinion about the matters mentioned in the media when there are grounds for believing that the media has reported information which is untruthful, distorted, or slanderous and harmful to them. The media organization must print or broadcast the opinion of the organization or individual in respect of the earlier printing or broadcast. The opinion of such organization or individual must not be offensive to the media organization or to the reputation or dignity of the author. The media organization must print or broadcast the opinion of such organization or individual within the following number of days from the date of its receipt: within five days in the case of daily newspapers, radio and television; within ten (10) days in the case of a weekly newspaper; and in the next edition in the case of a magazine. 3. The correction and apology of the media organization and of the author and the opinion of the organization and individual provided for in clauses 1 and 2 of this article must be printed and broadcast corresponding to the original news item published by the media organization in accordance with regulations of the Government. 4. Where the media organization does not make a correction or an apology, or does not do so properly in accordance with the provisions of this Law, and where it does not print or broadcast the opinion of the organization or individual, then the latter organization or individual shall have the right to lodge a complaint with the media managing body and with the State management body responsible for the media or to institute legal proceedings. Article 10 Matters on which the media is not permitted to report. In order to exercise properly freedom of speech by way of the media, media organizations shall comply with the following principles: 1. To abstain from inciting the people to rebel against the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and damage the unification of the people; 2. To abstain from inciting the use of violence, from disseminating propaganda relating to war, from creating hatred between ethnic groups and people from different countries, from encouraging obscenity, depravity and crime; 3. To abstain from disclosing State secrets including: military, security, economic, foreign relations, and other secrets stipulated by law; © Ministry of Planning and Investment and Allens Arthur Robinson XV-15