THE MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom – Happiness
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No. 19/2009/TT-BTTTT
Hanoi, May 28, 2009
 
CIRCULAR
PROVIDING FOR ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES IN THE PRODUCTION OF RADIO AND TELEVISION PROGRAMS
THE MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION
Pursuant to the December 28, 1989 Press Law and the June 12, 1999 Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Press Law;
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 51/ 2002/ND-CP of April 26, 2002, detailing the implementation of the Press Law and the Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Press Law;
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 187/2007/ND-CP of December 25, 2007. defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Information and Communication,
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Scope of regulation and subject of application
1. Scope of regulation
This Circular regulates association activities in the production of radio and television programs in which associate partners receive benefits from advertising or sponsorship activities or are paid with radio or television broadcasting charges collected by a certain method when association products are broadcast by radio or television stations.
2. Subject of application
This Circular applies to radio stations, television stations, radio-television stations (below collectively referred to as radio and television stations) and their associate partners.
Article 2. Interpretation of terms
1. Association activities in the production of radio and television programs means cooperation between a radio or television station and an associate partner to produce, partly or wholly, an association product.
This Circular regulates only association activities defined in Clause 1 of Article 1.