THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND INFORMATION
THE MINISTRY OF CONSTRUCTION
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No: 04/2003/TTLT/BVHTT-BXD
Hanoi, January 24, 2003
 JOINT CIRCULAR
GUIDING THE COPYRIGHT OVER ARCHITECTURAL WORKS
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 76/CP of November 29, 1996 guiding the implementation of a number of provisions on copyright in the Civil Code (hereinafter referred to as Decree No. 76/CP for short);
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 60/CP of June 6, 1997 guiding the implementation of the Civil Code's provisions on civil relations involving foreign elements (hereinafter referred to as Decree No. 60/CP for short);
The Culture and Information Ministry and the Construction Ministry hereby jointly guide the copyright over architectural works as follows:
I. INTERPRETATION OF TERMS:
The following terms shall be understood as follows:
1. "Architectural works" defined in Clause 8, Article 4 of Decree No. 76/CP are design drawings which express creative ideas about houses, construction works, spatial planning (construction planning), whether materialized or not.
Architectural works include design drawings of ground planes, elevation, cross-section, perspective, expressing the creative ideas about houses, works, complex of architectural works, spatial arrangement, landscape architecture of an area or
Models, clay layouts and descriptions (if any) of specific houses, construction works or spatial planning are considered inseparable parts of architectural works, but cannot substitute for design