The representative office may be located in Hanoi or in a province or centrally-run city after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has agreed in writing as well as the provincial People’s Committee where the resident office is expected to be located. The resident office may appoint the resident reporter from other localities different from the place of resident office after getting the approval from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the provincial People’s Committee where the resident office requests to appoint the resident reporter. The resident office shall take responsibility for the activities of its resident reporters at the locality. 5. The foreign press agency wishing to appoint its resident reporter should send a dossier directly or by post to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the Vietnamese mission abroad. The resident reporter may work as a resident reporter for the resident office of one foreign press agency in Vietnam. The foreign press agency may appoint its resident reporter in another country to work as a resident reporter in Vietnam. 6. The resident reporter shall be issued with foreign press card by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with its validity under 12 months in line with the reporter’s visa period. The resident reporters should send a dossier directly or by post to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to request the issue, re-issue or renewal of their foreign press cards. 7. The information and press activities of the resident reporter must comply with the following regulations : a) For the request to interview the senior leadership of Vietnam, the resident office should send a dossier directly, by post or fax to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for approval. b) For the request to contact or interview the leadership of the ministries or sectors of Vietnam, the resident office should send a dossier directly, by post or fax to the relevant ministries or sectors for approval while informing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; c) For the information and press activities at localities of Vietnam, the resident office should send a dossier directly, by post or fax to the provincial People’s Committee for approval while informing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; 8. The resident office may hire the press assistant or collaborator to help the resident office or resident reporter’s activities. When wishing to hire the press assistant or collaborator, the resident office should send a dossier to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for approval. 9. The import and export of means and equipment of the foreign press must comply with the following regulations : a) The foreign press may temporarily import and re-export with tax exemption and with term for the necessary means in service of information and press activities in Vietnam such as camera, camcorder, recorder and other devices in accordance with regulations of Vietnamese law.