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)
the official Vietnamese-language gazette text is not reproduced in the cited source.