Legal basis

• Law on Publication dated November 20, 2012;
• Decree 195/2013/ND-CP guiding the Publishing Law;
• Decree 60/2014/ND-CP regulating printing activities;
• Decree 25/2018/ND-CP amending Decree 60/2014/ND-CP regulating printing activities;
• Circular No. 01/2020/TT-BTTTT dated February 7, 2020 of the Ministry of Information and Communications detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Publishing Law and Decree No. 195/2013/ND-CP dated November 21, 2013 of the Government detailing a number of articles and measures to implement the Publishing Law.

Procedures for registering printing establishment operations

Printing establishments that perform prepress, printing, and post-printing processing of the following printed products must carry out procedures for registration of printing establishment operations:

• Forms and forms of documents issued by state agencies;
• Financial invoices, cards, papers with available face value or used to record face value (excluding money);
• Packaging and labels of goods;
• Documents and papers of organizations and individuals;
• Other printed products.

Printing facility conditions need to be met

• Have suitable equipment to perform one or more stages of prepress, printing, and post-printing processing according to the needs and operational capabilities of the printing facility;
• Have a legal premises to carry out prepress, printing, and post-printing processing;
• The owner is a Vietnamese organization or individual and the head is a legal representative who is a Vietnamese citizen, legally residing in Vietnam, and has full civil capacity.

15 days before operating, the printing establishment must send 02 declarations for registration of printing establishment operations to the state management agency in charge of printing activities according to the following regulations:

• Printing establishments belonging to ministries, agencies, and central organizations send documents via the online public service system or postal service, deliver documents, or submit documents directly to the Ministry of Information and Communications;
• Other printing facilities send documents via the online public service system or postal and delivery services or submit documents directly to the Department of Information and Communications, a specialized unit under the Provincial People's Committee.

Application for registration of printing facility operations

Quantity of 02 sets:

• Printing establishment registration declaration;
• Certificate of business registration;
• Land use rights certificate or contract or other documents proving the land allocation, land lease, premises, factory or transferor or lessor of the land use right certificate or contract or other documents proving the allocation of land, land lease, premises or factory lease;
• Documents proving that the equipment is suitable to perform one or more stages of prepress, printing, and post-printing processing according to the needs and operational capabilities of the printing facility (equipment purchase invoice, equipment import license). bag);
• Copy of household registration book, personal identification documents of the head of the printing facility.

Document processing time: 06-08 working days.

Procedures for granting a printing operation license

Printing establishments that perform prepress, printing, and post-printing processing of the following printed products must carry out procedures for licensing printing activities:

• Newspapers, magazines and other press publications according to the provisions of law on the press;
• Forms and forms of documents issued by state agencies;
• Anti-counterfeit stamps;
• Financial invoices, cards, papers with available face value or used to record face value (excluding money);
• Publications in accordance with the law on publishing;
• Packaging and labels of goods;
• Documents and papers of organizations and individuals;
• Other printed products.

Printing facility conditions need to be met

• Have suitable equipment to perform one or more stages of prepress, printing, and post-printing processing according to the needs and operational capabilities of the printing facility;
• Have a legal premises to carry out prepress, printing, and post-printing processing;
• The owner is a Vietnamese organization or individual and the head is a legal representative who is a Vietnamese citizen, legally residing in Vietnam, and has full civil capacity.

Before operating, the printing establishment must send 02 declarations for registration of printing establishment operations to the state management agency in charge of printing activities according to the following regulations:

• Printing establishments belonging to ministries, agencies, and central organizations send documents via the online public service system or postal service, deliver documents, or submit documents directly to the Ministry of Information and Communications;
• Other printing facilities send documents via the online public service system or postal and delivery services or submit documents directly to the Department of Information and Communications, a specialized unit under the Provincial People's Committee.

Application for a printing license

Quantity of 02 sets:

• Application for a printing license;
• Certified copy or copy with original for comparison of one of the following types of business registration certificate, enterprise registration certificate, investment certificate, tax registration certificate, establishment decision establish printing facilities for public non-business printing establishments;
• Land use rights certificate or contract or other documents proving the land allocation, land lease, premises, factory or transferor or lessor of the land use right certificate or contract or other documents proving the allocation of land, land lease, premises or factory lease;
• Documents proving that the equipment is suitable to perform one or more stages of prepress, printing, and post-printing processing according to the needs and operational capabilities of the printing facility (equipment purchase invoice, equipment import license). bag);
• Copy of household registration book, personal identification documents of the head of the printing facility;
• Curriculum vitae of the head of the printing facility.

Printing establishments that are licensed to operate in printing do not have to carry out operation registration procedures.

Document processing time: 15-20 working days.

Procedures for granting licenses to print publications

Printing establishments that perform prepress, printing, and post-printing processing of the following printed products must carry out procedures for licensing publication printing activities:

• Newspapers, magazines and other press publications according to the provisions of law on the press;
• Forms and forms of documents issued by state agencies;
• Anti-counterfeit stamps;
• Financial invoices, cards, papers with available face value or used to record face value (excluding money);
• Publications in accordance with the law on publishing;
• Packaging and labels of goods;
• Documents and papers of organizations and individuals;
• Other printed products.

Printing facility conditions need to be met

• The owner is a Vietnamese organization or individual.
• The head of the printing facility must be a legal representative who is a Vietnamese citizen and has professional skills in managing publication printing activities (graduated from a printing college or higher or a certificate of training in management skills). printing activities issued by the Ministry of Information and Communications) and meeting other standards as prescribed by law.
• Have production premises and equipment to perform one or more stages of prepress, printing and post-printing of publications.
• Ensuring conditions of security and order according to the provisions of law.
• In accordance with the planning for developing networks of press, radio, television, electronic information, publishing facilities and other related planning according to the provisions of law on planning.

Before operating, the printing establishment must send 02 declarations for registration of printing establishment operations to the state management agency in charge of printing activities according to the following regulations:

• Printing establishments belonging to ministries, agencies, and central organizations send dossiers through the online public service system or postal and delivery services or submit dossiers directly to the Department of Publishing, Printing and Distribution under the Ministry of Information and Communications. News and Communications;
• Other printing facilities send documents via the online public service system or postal and delivery services or submit documents directly to the Department of Information and Communications, a specialized unit under the Provincial People's Committee.

Application for a license to print publications

Quantity: 02 sets:

• Application for a license to print publications;
• A certified copy of one of the following types of business registration certificate, enterprise registration certificate, investment certificate or decision to establish a printing facility;
• Land use rights certificate or contract or other documents proving the land allocation, land lease, premises, factory or transferor or lessor of the land use right certificate or contract or other documents proving the allocation of land, land lease, premises or factory lease;
• Documents proving that the equipment is suitable to perform one or more stages of prepress, printing, and post-printing processing according to the needs and operational capabilities of the printing facility (equipment purchase invoice, equipment import license). bag);
• Copy of household registration book, personal identification documents of the head of the printing facility;
• Curriculum vitae of the head of the publication printing facility certified by a competent state agency;
• A certified copy of a diploma issued by a specialized printing training facility or a certificate of professional training in the management of publication printing activities issued by the Ministry of Information and Communications to the head of the printing facility as a representative. legal representation;
• Certified copy of certificate of satisfaction of security, order and environmental sanitation conditions issued by a competent state agency.

Document processing time: 25-30 working days.