Service of applying for a printing license

Legal basis

  • Decree 60/2014/ND-CP Regulations on printing activities
  • Circular 03/2015/TT-BTTTT detailing and guiding the implementation of several articles and clauses of Decree No. 60/2014/ND-CP
  • Decree No. 25/2018/ND-CP Amending and supplementing several articles of Decree No. 60/2014/ND-CP

Conditions

Operating conditions of printing facilities:

  1. Having suitable equipment to carry out one or more stages of prepress, printing, and post-printing processing following the contents of the application;
  2. Having a lawful license for pre-press, printing, and post-print processing;
  3. The owner is a Vietnamese organization or individual;
  4. The head is a Vietnamese citizen, lawfully residing in Vietnam and having full civil act capacity.

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The procedure

Before operating, printing establishments belonging to local agencies and organizations shall pre-press, print, and post-print the products specified at Points a and c, Clause 4, Article 2 of Decree No. 60/2014/ND-CP must apply for a license to print to the Department of Information and Communications. Within 15 days from the date of receipt of a complete dossier as prescribed, the Department of Information and Communications must issue a permit, clearly stating the operation contents suitable to the printing establishment’s equipment, in case of refusal The license must have a written reply clearly stating the reason.

The dossier

  • An application form for a license to print (according to the form)
  • A certified copy or a copy enclosed with the original for comparison of one of the business registration certificates, business registration certificates, investment certificates, tax registration certificates, decisions establishment of printing establishments for public non-business printing establishments.
  • Curriculum vitae of the head of the establishment printed according to the prescribed form.

The competent authority

Department of Information and Communications

Time

15 days from the date of receipt of complete documents as prescribed

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