Viet Nam Human Rights
Kinds of information prohibited to access
13/6/16
Vietnam National Assembly has voted to
approve the Law of information access with 437 agreed participants (88%), eight
disagreed delegates and three non-voting delegates.
The law provides that all citizens are
equal and no discrimination in the exercise of the right of access to
information. Information provided must be accurate and complete. The provision
of information must be timely, transparent and convenient for citizens in the
right sequence and process of law.
The limited access to information must
be prescribed by law in the case of necessity for reasons of national defense,
national security and social security, social ethics, the health of the
community. The state must create favorable conditions for people with
disabilities, people living in the border areas, islands, mountains, regions
with particularly difficult social - economic conditions exercise the right of
access to information.
The Law stipulates information that citizens
are prohibited including: Information of state secrets, information is an
important content in the fields of politics, defense, national security,
foreign policy, economics, science learning, technology and other areas as
prescribed by law. Only when this information is declassified, citizens will have
right to access.
Citizens do not have access to
information if this act is detrimental to the interests of the State or
adversely affect national defense, national security, international relations
and social security, social ethics, public health, harm to their lives, the
lives or property of others; confidential information of the work; information
on the internal meeting of the agency; the document drafted by the agency for
internal affairs.
The Law also mentions prohibited acts as
followed: Intentionally providing false or incomplete information; delaying the
provision of information; destructing information; falsifying information;
providing or using the information against the State, undermining the unity policy,
inciting violence; providing or using the information to offend the honor,
dignity, prestige, causing gender discrimination, cause damage to the property
of individuals, agencies and organizations; obstructing, intimidating, retaliating
the requesters who provided the information.
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