3. Settlement of complaints, lawsuits, and denunciations shall comply with provisions of the laws on complaints, lawsuits, and denunciations and administration procedures. Article 15. Settlement of violations 1. Persons violating the provisions of the law on access to information shall be disciplined, handled for administrative violations or examined for penal liabilities depending on the nature and seriousness of their violations. 2. When persons responsible for information provision commit one of the acts specified in Article 11 of this Law, which causes damage, the state agencies providing information shall pay for the damages and the individuals that commit acts of violation shall have to repay according to regulations of the law on state compensation liability. 3. Information requester using the provided information to adversely affect the legitimate rights and interests of agencies, organizations and other persons shall be held liable as prescribed by law. Article 16. Application of the law on access to information This Law shall apply to access to information of citizens in general. If the provisions on access to information of other laws do not contrast to Article 3 of this Law, the provisions of those laws shall apply. CHAPTER II INFORMATION PUBLICATION Article 17. Information subject to publication 1. The following information shall be widely publicized: a) Legal documents; administrative documents for general application; international treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a member, international agreements to which Vietnam is a party; administrative procedures and processes of handling affairs of state agencies; b) Information popularizing and guiding laws, regimes and policies on the domains under the agency’s management; c) Draft legal documents as stipulated by the law for promulgation of legal documents; Contents and results of acceptance of people's opinions on matters falling under the deciding competence of state agencies as prescribed by laws; proposals and draft proposals for the establishment, dissolvent, merger, division of administrative units, adjustment of administrative boundaries; d) Strategies, programs, projects, proposals, plans, master plans for socio-economic development at national and local level; sector and field planning and methods, results of implementation; programs and annual work plans of state agencies; đ) Information on the draft budget ; reports on the implementation of the state budget; final Accounts Of State Budget; budget drafting and implementation, budget finalization for programs, capital investment projects; State budget procedures; e) Information on the allocation, management and use of resources of official development assistances and non-government aids as prescribed by laws; information on the management and use of the aids, social assistances; management and use of people's contributions and funds; 5