A photocopying service establishment shall make declaration to the district-level People’s Committee at least 10 days before operation is the important content at the Decree No. 60/2014/ND-CP dated June 19, 2014 of the Government prescribing printing activities.
Accordingly, the Government prohibit acts that printing or photocopying service establishments operating without printing licenses or registering or declaring operation in accordance with legal regulations.
Other important contents prescribed in this Decree are the regulations on condition for printed product created by technology and equipment of printing industry on different materials, including newspapers, magazines and other press publications prescribed by the press law; paper forms issued by state agencies; anti-counterfeit stamps; financial invoices, cards and papers with pre-printed face value or for inscription of face values (excluding banknotes).
Accordingly, a printing establishment that conduct prepress, press and post press of the products must be an enterprise, a public non-business unit or household engaged in printing activities; have printing equipment to perform at least one of prepress, press and post press operations; have an area for performing prepress, press and post press operations which is located outside residential areas, except printing establishments that use only laser or jet-ink technology and printing equipment for printing paper of A0 or smaller sizes and printing establishments that are households conducting manual screen printing; especially, the head is the Vietnamese citizen lawfully residing in Vietnam, having full civil act capacity and possessing a collegial or higher degree in printing, or a certificate of training in printing management granted by the Ministry of Information and Communications.
Similarly, a printing establishment that conduct prepress, press and post press of the products (Such as newspapers, magazines and other press publications prescribed by the press law; paper forms issued by state agencies; anti-counterfeit stamps; financial invoices, cards and papers with pre-printed face value or for inscription of face values…) must have printing equipment to perform at least one of prepress, press and post press operations; have an area for performing prepress, press and post press operations which is located outside residential areas, except printing establishments that use only laser or jet-ink technology and printing equipment for printing paper of A0 or smaller sizes and printing establishments that are households conducting manual screen printing; being owned by a Vietnamese organization or individual..
This Decree takes effect on November 01, 2014.
