The Government has recently issued a decree mandating information services and press activities of overseas journalists and foreign representative offices and organis𝔉ations in Vietnam.
At the Forei🦩gn Ministry’s latest regular press briefing, spokesperson Luong Thanh Nghi st𝓀ated that the dec💖ree, which will take effect on December 20, 2012, was introduced to updat﷽e and simplify the previous one.
It also adds some new provisions, making it easiꩵer for the foreign media, repre🧜sentative offices and organisations in conducting information services and press activities, Nghi said.
According to Decree N🤡o. 88/2012/ND-CP, a representative office of a media agency can now be located outside Hanoi, if in another centrally-run province or city.
Foreign media agencies are now allowed to send their resident correspondents to work in other localities in the country.
Meanwhile, foreign journalistꦫs can also now work for different press agencies in Vietnam apart from their own and correspondents from other countries can work concurrently in Vietnam.
Resident foreign journalists will now have their press card operation duration valid for 12 months instead of six months as before.
The new decree also stipulates that resident foreign correspondents can contact any locality, ministry or agency directly to ask about ongoing press activities, not thrꦡough the Foreign Ministry as before.
The procedures and time period for dealing with requests for information and press activiti🍎es from a foreign media have also been simplified.
According to Nghi, the Foreign Ministry will liaise with other agencies to issue a circular containing gu൩idelines on the new decree.-VNA
At the Forei🦩gn Ministry’s latest regular press briefing, spokesperson Luong Thanh Nghi st𝓀ated that the dec💖ree, which will take effect on December 20, 2012, was introduced to updat﷽e and simplify the previous one.
It also adds some new provisions, making it easiꩵer for the foreign media, repre🧜sentative offices and organisations in conducting information services and press activities, Nghi said.
According to Decree N🤡o. 88/2012/ND-CP, a representative office of a media agency can now be located outside Hanoi, if in another centrally-run province or city.
Foreign media agencies are now allowed to send their resident correspondents to work in other localities in the country.
Meanwhile, foreign journalistꦫs can also now work for different press agencies in Vietnam apart from their own and correspondents from other countries can work concurrently in Vietnam.
Resident foreign journalists will now have their press card operation duration valid for 12 months instead of six months as before.
The new decree also stipulates that resident foreign correspondents can contact any locality, ministry or agency directly to ask about ongoing press activities, not thrꦡough the Foreign Ministry as before.
The procedures and time period for dealing with requests for information and press activiti🍎es from a foreign media have also been simplified.
According to Nghi, the Foreign Ministry will liaise with other agencies to issue a circular containing gu൩idelines on the new decree.-VNA