Circular No. 21/2011/TT-BTTTT dated July 13, 2011 of the Ministry Of Information And Communications amending and supplementing a number of provisions of Circular No. 13/2008/TT-BTTTT of December 31, 2008, guiding the establishment and operation of representative offices and locally based permanent correspondents of press agencies, and the Minister of Culture and Information's Decision No. 28/2002/QD-BVHTT of November 21, 2002, promulgating the regulation on publication of bulletins, documents, leaflets; issuance of press releases; publication and transmission of news bulletins in electronic screens by foreign agencies and organizations as well as legal persons involving foreign elements in Vietnam

REGULATIONS ON LICENSING TO REPRESENTATIVE PRESS AGENCIES ARE AMENDED

On July 13, 2011, the Ministry of Information and Communications issued the Circular No. 21/2011/TT-BTTTT amending and supplementing a number of provisions of Circular No. 13/2008/TT-BTTTT of December 31, 2008, guiding the establishment and operation of representative offices and locally based permanent correspondents of press agencies.

Accordingly, dossiers for the representative establishments only need copies of Certificate of press operation's Head of representative office and permanent correspondent's press cards  which certified by the press agency instead of submitting notarized copies as stipulated before.

Within 30 working days after receiving a complete dossier as required, the provincial-level Department of Information and Communications shall consider and permit the press agency to set up and organize activities of its local representative office. However, the Circular also supplements the procedure before permitting dossier, the Department of Information and Communications will have more 5 working days to examine the dossier's validity and guide the press agency in completing the dossier.

Besides, the Circular also amends and supplement Article 10 and 02 forms of the Decision No. 28/2002/QD-BVHTT dated November 21, 2002 promulgating the regulation on publication of bulletins, documents, leaflets; issuance of press releases; publication and/or transmission of news bulletins on electronic screens by foreign agencies and organizations as well as legal persons involving foreign elements.

Specifically, any agency or organization who wants to publish bulletins, documents; leaflets, issuance of press releases; publication or transmission of new bulletins on electronic screens has to propose for permit issuance to the Ministry of Information and Communications and submit dossiers to the Press Department of the Ministry of Information and Communications.