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Press Law, news aggregation website

Law No. 103/2016/QH13, Article 36

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In force since 1 January 2017.

A snippet reproduction rule binding public and private bodies.

As of 6 September 2026.

What this law does

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Article 36 requires a news aggregation website to quote journalistic news sources verbatim and accurately, and to show the name of the author, the name of the press agency, and the time of publication or transmission of the aggregated information.

The aggregated content must not violate the Law's content prohibitions at clause 13, Article 9, and the establishing agency or organization must develop an information management process to examine, monitor, and remove prohibited content on its own initiative or on the request of a competent state agency.

An aggregator must remove an aggregated content item as soon as the quoted source itself removes that content, and the establishment of a news aggregation website by an agency, organization, or enterprise must further comply with regulations of the Government, whose content is not described here.

Who enforces it

Enforcement body

The Ministry of Information and Communications, which under Article 7 takes responsibility before the Government for the state management of the press, coordinating with other ministries and provincial People's Committees within their respective ambits.

What it reaches

Instrument type

statute

Categories

Snippet reproduction

When LexLint raises it

  • aggregates_content

Read the law

Unofficial English translation of Law No. 103/2016/QH13 (economica.vn)
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