Subscription 45 (5/2001)
3.
31 October 2001
Internet application service providers (OSPs), being enterprises using the
internet to provide users with internet application services. Internet
application service providers shall, in addition to complying with this
Decree, comply with the laws relating to specialized State administration.
Article 14
Internet information service providers (ICPs) are bodies, organizations and
enterprises which are issued by the General Department of Posts and
Telecommunications with a licence to provide internet information services.
Internet information service providers must comply with this Decree and
regulations relating to media publication or circulation of publications on the
internet and regulations relating to establishment and provision of electronic news
in all forms on the internet issued by the General Department of Posts and
Communications.
Article 15
Separate internet access service providers (Separate ISPs) are bodies,
organizations and enterprises which are issued by the General Department of
Posts and Telecommunications with a licence to provide separate internet access
services on the following conditions:
1.
Internet access services are for non-commercial purposes.
2.
Users using internet services are members of two or more bodies,
organizations or enterprises with the same nature of operation or the same
purpose of work which are associated on the basis of a charter for
operation, or a document providing the joint organizational structure or
form of association or joint operation between members.
3.
This Decree and the regulations relating to management of internet access
and connection services issued by the General Department of Posts and
Telecommunications must be complied with.
Article 16
Foreign invested enterprises wishing to provide internet services in Vietnam
must, in addition to complying with this Decree, comply with any international
treaties to which Vietnam is a signatory or participant and the laws relating to
foreign investment in Vietnam.
Article 17
The General Department of Posts and Telecommunications shall, on the basis of
the strategy and master planning for development of the internet in Vietnam,
provide procedures and conditions for issuance of licences to provide internet
access services and internet connection services; the Ministry of Culture and
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