| THE GOVERNMENT | THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness |
| No. 60/2014/ND-CP | Hanoi, June 19, 2014 |
DECREE
Prescribing printing activities
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
At the proposal of the Minister of Information and Communications,
The Government promulgates the Decree prescribing printing activities.
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Scope of regulation and subjects of application
1. This Decree prescribes printing activities regarding operation conditions of printing establishments; prepress, press and postpress; duplication (below referred to as photocopying); cooperation of printing establishments for the prepress, press and postpress of printed products; and import of equipment of printing industry.
Prepress, press and postpress of publications must comply with the law on publication.
2. This Decree applies to Vietnamese and foreign organizations and individuals related to printing activities in the Vietnamese territory. In case a treaty to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a contracting party contains different provisions, such treaty prevails.
Article 2. Interpretation of terms
In this Decree, the terms and phrases below are construed as follows:
1. Prepress means the creation of printing films or printing plates of tracing paper or metal for printing, or of master documents for photocopying.
2. Press means the use of technology and equipment to create printed products.
3. Postpress means the use of technology, equipment, instruments and techniques to turn printed sheets into finished printed products according to their specimens.
4. Printed product means a product created by technology and equipment of printing industry on different materials. Printed products include:
a/ Newspapers, magazines and other press publications prescribed by the press law;
b/ Paper forms issued by state agencies;
c/ Anti-counterfeit stamps;
d/ Financial invoices, cards and papers with pre-printed face value or for inscription of face values (excluding banknotes);
dd/ Publications prescribed by the publication law;
e/ Merchandise packages and labels;
g/ Documents and papers of organizations and individuals;
h/ Other printed products.
5. Equipment of printing industry means machinery and tools to perform one or many steps of prepress, press, postpress and photocopying (below collectively referred to as printing equipment).
6. Printing establishment means an enterprise, a business household or public non-business unit directly performing one or all of steps of prepress, press and postpress.
7. Photocopying service establishment means an enterprise, a business household or public non-business unit directly providing the photocopying service.
8. Head of printing establishment or photocopying service establishment means an at-law representative named in one of the following papers: business registration certificate, enterprise registration certificate, investment certificate or appointment decision of a competent agency, for printing or photocopying service establishments being public non-business units.
9. Owner of printing establishment or photocopying service establishment means an organization or individual that holds capital of a printing or photocopying service establishment, or a partner in case such establishment is a partnership as prescribed by the law on enterprises.
Article 3. State policies toward printing activities
Printing activities are conditional production and business activities. The State shall adopt policies toward printing activities, including:
1. To encourage and give preferential treatment to investment in the application of printing technologies, techniques and equipment that are efficient in energy, materials and labor and environment-friendly; to restrict the use, and prohibit the manufacture and import, of printing equipment using obsolete and polluting technologies.
2. To adopt investment, tax and land rental incentives for printing activities serving political, national defense, security and other important tasks of the country in accordance with law.
