THE MINISTRY OF POST AND TELEMATICS - THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND INFORMATION - THE MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY- THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND INVESTMENT
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No. 02/2005/TTLT-BCVT-VHTT-CA-KHDT
Hanoi, July 14, 2005
 
JOINT CIRCULAR
ON MANAGEMENT OF INTERNETAGENTS
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 55/ 2001/ND-CP of August 23, 2001, on management, provision and use of Internet services;
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 90/ 2002IND-CP of November 11, 2002, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Post and Telematics Ministry;
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 63/ 2003/ND-CP of June 11, 2003, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Culture and Information Ministry,
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 136/ 2003/ND-CP of November 14, 2003, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Public Security Ministry,
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 61/ 2003/ND-CP of June 6, 2003, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Planning and Investment Ministry;
The Post and Telemactics Ministry, the Culture and Information Ministry, the Public Security Ministry and the Planning and Investment Ministry hereby jointly provide unified guidance on management of Internet agents as follows:
I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
1. Scope and objects of application
This Joint Circular shall apply to Internet agency business activities in Vietnam. Subjects governed by this Circular include Internet service providers, postal or telecommunications online service providers, Internet agents and Internet service users at agents.
This Joint Circular shall not apply to the use of public Internet services in schools.
2. Interpretation of terms:
Internet agents mean Vietnamese organizations or individuals that provide, in the name of Internet service providers or online service providers, Internet access services or online services to users under agency contracts and enjoy remunerations.
Internet service providers mean Internet access service providers (ISP) or online service providers in post and telecommunications (postal OSP, telecommunications OSP).
3. The following acts are strictly prohibited:
a/ Storing in Internet-connected computers information, documents or data classified as state secrets; military, security, economic or foreign relation secrets and other secrets specified by the law of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
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