THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
Circular No. 16/2014/TT-BTTTT dated November 18, 2014 of the Ministry of Information and Communications on identifying the software production
Pursuant to the Law on Information technology dated June 29, 2006;
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 71/2007/NĐ-CP dated May 03, 2007 providing guidelines for some articles on information technology industry of the Law on Information technology;
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 132/2013/NĐ-CP dated October 16, 2013 defining the functions, tasks, entitlements and organizational structure of the Ministry of Information and Communications;
At the request of Director of Information Technology Administration,
The Minister of Information and Communications promulgates a Circular on identification of software production.
Article 1. Scope of adjustment
This Circular provides uniform regulations on software production process, requirements and criteria for identification of software production.
Article 2. Subjects of application
This Circular is applied to regulatory bodies, organizations, companies, and individuals involved in software production.
Article 3. Interpretation of terms
Some terms in this Circular are construed as follows:
1. Software (or software product) means a combination of commands or directives written with one or some programming languages in a specific order, relevant data and documents in order to perform certain tasks or functions, or to solve some particular issues.
The types of software products are specified in the List of software products promulgated together with Circular No. 09/2013/TT-BTTTT dated April 08, 2013 of the Minister of Information and Communications.
2. Software production process means a combination of several stages; each stage consists of one or several tasks to produce a software product. Software product process are specified in Article 5 of this Circular.
