31 October 1999
Subscription 33 (5/1999)
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
Hanoi, 28 December 1989
(as amended 12 June 1999)
LAW
ON
MEDIA
In order to protect the freedom of the media and the right of freedom of speech of
citizens through the media in conformity with the interests of the State and of the
people;
In order to develop the role of the media in the establishment and protection of the
Socialist Vietnam Fatherland in accordance with the policy of renovation of the
Vietnamese Communist Party;
Pursuant to the 1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;
This Law makes provisions in relation to the media.
CHAPTER I
General Provisions
Article 1
Role and function of the media.
The media operating within the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is the essential means
of providing public information in relation to social life; is the mouth piece of Party
organizations, State bodies and social organizations (hereinafter called
organizations), and a forum for the people.
© Ministry of Planning and Investment
and
Allens Arthur Robinson
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