MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM |
No. 874/QD-BTTTT | Hanoi, June 17, 2021 |
DECISION
CODE OF CONDUCT FOR SOCIAL MEDIA
MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
Pursuant to Resolution No. 55/2017/QH14 dated November 24, 2017 on inquiry affairs in the 4th meeting of the 14th National Assembly;
Pursuant to Decree No. 17/2017/ND-CP dated February 17, 2017 of Government on functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of Ministry of Information and Communications;
At request of Director of Department of Radio, Television, and Electronic Information,
HEREBY DECIDES:
Article 1. The Code of conduct for social media is attached hereto.
Article 2. This Decision comes into effect from the day of signing.
Article 3. Chief of Office, Director of Department of Radio, Television, and Electronic Information, heads of entities affiliated to Ministry of Information and Communications, heads of relevant entities, relevant organizations and individuals are responsible for implementation of this Decision./.
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CODE OF CONDUCT
FOR SOCIAL MEDIA
(Attached to Decision No. 874/QD-BTTTT dated June 17, 2021 of Minister of Information and Communications)
Chapter I
OBJECTIVES, REGULATED ENTITIES, SCOPE
Article 1. Scope
1. Enable development of healthy social media in Vietnam, guarantee personal freedom, business freedom, indiscrimination of domestic and foreign suppliers, and conformity to standards, regulations and international agreements to which Vietnam is a signatory;
2. Develop moral standards regarding behaviors and responses on social media, educate awareness, create positive habits in behaviors of social media users, and develop a safe, healthy cyberspace in Vietnam.
Article 2. Scope and regulated entities
1. Scope of the Code of conduct: Behaviors of organizations and individuals on social media;
2. Regulated entities: The Code of conduct applies to 3 groups: (i) Regulatory authorities, officials, public employees, workers in regulatory authorities who use social media; (ii) Other organizations and individuals that use social media; (iii) Providers of social media services in Vietnam.
Chapter II
CONTENTS OF THE CODE OF CONDUCT
Article 3. General code of conduct
General code of conduct refers to principles applied to all groups:
1. Respect for the law: Comply with Vietnamese regulations and law, respect legal rights and benefits of organizations, individuals.
2. Healthy: Behaviors and responses on social media must conform to moral values, culture, and traditions of Vietnamese people.
3. Information safety and security: Comply with regulations and guidelines on information safety and security.
4. Accountability: Assume responsibilities for behaviors and responses on social media; cooperate with authorities in dealing with behaviors and contents violating regulations and law.
Article 4. Code of conduct for organizations and individuals
1. Acknowledge and comply with terms on use guidelines social media service providers before registering and joining social media.
2. Use real name or individuals and organizations, agencies, and register with service provider to verify name, website address and contact point when joining, using social media.
3. Adopt solutions for managing, securing password of social media accounts, and immediately inform authorities and service providers when accounts of organizations, individuals are beyond their control, impersonated, exploited and used for unhealthy purposes, affecting national security and social order, affecting legal rights and benefits of organizations, individuals.
4. Share information from reliable and trustworthy sources.
5. Behave and respond according to moral values culture, and traditions of Vietnamese people; do not incite aggression, hatred, origin discrimination, sexism, or religious discrimination.
6. Do no upload contents violating regulations and law, or information defaming, affecting legal rights and benefits of other organizations, individuals; do not use sensitive language, violating fine traditions; do not distribute false information; do not advertise, operate illegal businesses, etc. do not cause aggression among social discussion, affecting social order and safety.
7. Encourage using social media to publicize and advertise Vietnamese country - people, cultural, sharing positive information and good people.
8. Encourage relatives, friends and people around to educate, protect, and enable children, juveniles to use social media safely, healthily.
Article 5. Code of conduct for officials, public employees and workers in government agencies
1. Officials, public employees and workers in government agencies shall conform up to Article 4 hereof.
2. Conform with regulations of their agencies, organizations regarding provision of information on social media.
3. Inform supervisory authorities for timely solutions, responses, and resolutions in case of controversies, information violating regulations and law relating to their tasks, functions, powers, and governing sectors.
Article 6. Code of conduct for regulatory authorities
1. Conform to Article 4 hereof.
2. Assume responsibilities for managing, securing password of social media and immediately informing service providers when accounts of agencies, organizations are beyond their control or impersonated.
3. Provide information on social media consistently with information provided on other mainstream media.
4. Provide responses on social media regarding issues related to functions, tasks, and powers of their agencies, organizations.
Article 7. Code of conduct for social media service providers
1. Publicize terms of services, including all rights and obligations of service providers and users.
2. Publicize measures for detecting, informing and cooperating with authorities to intercept, prevent and eliminate information violating copyright, regulations, and law.
3. Upon receiving notice on removing information violating copyrights, regulations and law from competent authorities, social media service providers must cooperate with organizations, individuals that use social media to take actions as per Vietnamese regulations and law.
4. Guide social media users, assist, and protect legal rights, benefits of the weaker individuals (poor people, ethnics, children, juveniles, persons with disabilities, etc.) in using social media safely and healthily to avoid being exploited, abused, and assaulted mentally on social media; adopt measures to guarantee safety and healthy development of children and juveniles on social media as per Vietnamese laws.
5. Respect the right to receive information protection of users, do not collect personal data, do not provide information of social media users to a third party without the owners’ consent.
Chapter III
ORGANIZATION FOR IMPLEMENTATION
Article 8. Implementation
1. Agencies and organizations shall rely on applicable legislative documents and this Code of conduct to implement and publicize the Code of conduct satisfactory to functions, tasks, and powers of their agencies and organizations prioritizing safety and health of the weaker individuals when using social media.
2. Social media users and service providers are encouraged to fully comply with the Code of conduct and publicize to other organizations, individuals that use social media.
Article 9. Clauses for implementation
This Code of conduct is publicized to all organizations and individuals that use social media. Difficulties that arise during implementation should be reported to the Ministry for consideration./.
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