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request should specify: Purpose, content, name of the speaker / writer, the press agency expected to
post or broadcast. For foreign representative agencies, a written request together with content of the
news, articles and statement should be sent to the Ministry of Information and Communications and
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to for notification.
2. When wishing to post news, articles and statements on the mass media of localities, the foreign
representative agencies and organizations must send a written request together with the content of
the news, articles and statements to the People's Committees of centrally-affiliated provinces and
cities. In the written request should specify: Purpose, content, name of the speaker / writer, the press
agency expected to post or broadcast.
3. The procedures for permission to post news, articles and statements on the mass media shall
comply with provisions of the Ministry of Information and Communications
Article 20. Displaying pictures, photos and other forms of information outside of foreign
representative agencies and organizations
1. When wishing to display pictures, photos and other forms of information outside the headquarters,
foreign representative agencies and organizations with their headquarters in Hanoi must send a
written request to the Ministry of Information and Communication. For foreign representative
agencies, a written request shall be sent to the the Ministry of Information and Communication and
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for notification.
In case of foreign representative agencies and organizations with their headquarters at other localities
of Vietnam, when having demand for the activities above mentioned, they must send a written request
to: thel People's Committee of centrally-affiliated provinces and cities.
2. The procedures for permission to post pictures, photos and other forms of information shall comply
with provisions of the Ministry of Information and Communications
3. Activities specified in this Article and other changes different from the initial proposal shall only be
carried out after obtaining the written approval of the Ministry of Information and Communications or
the People's Committees of centrally-affiliated provinces and cities.
Article 21. Hanging panels, posters and monitors outside the headquarters of foreign
representative agencies and organizations; film projection, exhibitions and other promotional
activities with invitation to Vietnamese citizens for attendance.
1. When wishing to hang panels, posters and monitors outside the headquarters of foreign
representative agencies and organizations in Hanoi and when wishing to perform film projection,
exhibition and other promotional activities with the invitation of Vietnamese citizens for attendance in
Hanoi, the foreign representative agencies and organizations must send a written request to the
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. For foreign representative agencies, the written request shal
be to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for notification.
When there is demand for the above-mentioned activities in other Vietnamese localities, the foreign
representative agencies and foreign organizations must send a written request to People's
Committees of centrally-affiliated provinces and cities.
2. Procedures for permission to hang panels, posters, monitors, film projection, exhibitions and other
promotional activities shall comply with the provisions of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
3. Activities specified in this Article and other changes different from the initial proposal shall only be
carried out after obtaining the written approval of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism or the
People's Committees of centrally-affiliated provinces and cities.
Chapter 4.
STATE MANAGEMENT OVER FOREIGN INFORMATION AND PRESS ACTIVITIES OM VIETNAM
Article 22. Responsibility of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs