OFFICIAL GAZETTE service provider which are connected through a public telecommunications network or transmission lines leased or built by agencies, organizations or enterprises. 5. Private Internet is an Internet equipment network established by an agency, organization or enterprise and connected to the Internet to provide Internet services for its members on a noncommercial and not-for-profit basis. 6. Tra*smission line is a combination of transmission equipment which are interlinked by telecommunications cables, radio waves, optical devices and other electromagnetic devices. 7. Local loop is part of a public telecommunications network consisting of subscriber lines and tranfelines connecting the switchboard of a telecommunications enterprise with subscriber terminal equipment of service users. 8. Loca| loop unbundling is the use of technical and operational measures to enable Internet service poviders and fixed telephone service providersfo use the same local loop to provide these twQsServices independently to service users. 9. Internet service is a type of telecommunications service, including Internet access service, Internet connection service and Internet application service in telecommunications: a/ Interftet access service is a service enabling users to access the Internet; b/ Internet connection service is a service providing Internet service providers with the possibility to be interconnected to carry domestic Internet traffic among them; c/ Internet application service in telecommunications is a value-added Internet service provided to users through the Internet Issue nos 11-12/August 2008 (Cong Bao nos 511-512/September 12,2008) equipment network. 10. Internet exchange is an Internet equipment network or system established by an organization or enterprise to carry domestic Internet traffic among Internet service providers and private Internets. 11. Electronic message on the Internet is information supplied, transmitted, collected, treated, stored and exchanged via Internet equipment networks. 12. Website on the Internet is a website or a combination of websites to serve the supply and exchange of information on the Internet environment, including websites, biogs, portals and similar forms. 13. General website is a website of an organization or enterprise providing general information on politics, economy, culture and society by citing information from official sources of press agencies or websites of Party and state agencies. 14. Online social service is a service providing a broad community of users the possibility to interact, share, store and exchange information between one another on the Internet environment, including blog, forum, chat and other similar forms. Article 4.- Internet management and development policies 1. To encourage Internet application in economic, cultural and social domains in order to raise productivity; expand commercial activities; support administrative reform, increase social utilities, raise the quality of people's life and ensure security and defense. © VIETNAM LAW & LEGAL FORUM