This Decree applies to:

1. State administrative agencies, including:

a/ The Government, ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government-attached agencies, People’s Committees of provinces and centrally run cities (below collectively referred to as provincial-level People’s Committees);

b/ General departments, directorates, departments, bureaus, specialized bodies of provincial-level People’s Committees, and provincial-level hierarchical organizations of central agencies based in localities;

c/ People’s Committees of urban districts, rural districts, towns, provincial cities and centrally run cities (below collectively referred to as district-level People’s Committees), and People’s Committees of communes, wards and townships (below collectively referred to as commune-level People’s Committees).

2. Press agencies, journalists, and organizations and individuals involved in press activities in Vietnam.

Persons making statements and providing information to the press of ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government-attached agencies, general departments or directorates of ministries and ministerial-level agencies, and provincial-level People’s Committees, including:

a/ Heads of state administrative agencies;

b/ Persons assigned by heads of state administrative agencies to make statements and provide information to the press on a regular basis (below collectively referred to as spokespersons);

c/ Responsible persons of state administrative agencies authorized by heads of these agencies to make statements (below collectively refereed to as authorized persons), or assigned to coordinate with spokespersons in making statements or providing information on specific matters to the press.

Persons making statements and providing information to the press of bureaus or departments, specialized bodies of provincial-level People’s Committees, and provincial- level hierarchical organizations of central agencies based in localities, including:

a/ Heads of state administrative agencies;

b/ In case the head of an administrative agency cannot make statements and provide information to the press, he/she may authorize his/her deputy who is assigned to be in charge of the agency to do so.

Persons making statements and providing information to the press of district- and commune-level People’s Committees, including:

a/ Chairpersons of district- and commune-level People’s Committees;

b/ In case a chairperson cannot make statements and provide information to the press, he/she shall authorize his/her deputy to do so.

Full names, positions, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses of spokespersons shall be notified in writing to state management agencies in charge of the press and published on portals and websites of state administrative agencies.