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Law on protection of state secrets approved

The National Assembly adopted the Law on Protection of State Secrets with 91.55 percent of deputies voting in favour of the bill.
Law on protection of state secrets approved ảnh 1Legislators press buttons to vote on the Law on Protection of State Secrets on November 15 (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The National Assembly adopted theLaw on Protection of State Secrets with 91.55 percent of deputies voting infavour of the bill on November 15.

The law consists of five chapters with 28articles, regulating the principles of state secret protection, internationalcooperation in the work, prohibited actions, scope of state secrets, and typesof state secrets, among others.

According to the law, the scope of state secretsis the range of important information in the 15 fields that haven’t beenpublicised, and if they are revealed or lost, national interests could bejeopardised.

The law stipulates that the Prime Ministerissues the lists of state secrets, and the heads of top agencies compile thelist of state secrets within their remits.

The compilers of the state secret lists, exceptfor the Minister of Public Security and the Minister of National Defence, areresponsible for sending dossiers to the Ministry of Public Security for verification.After these lists are verified, they will be submitted to the Prime Ministerfor approval.

The ministers of public security and nationaldefence directly submit the lists of state secrets under their ministries’remit to the Prime Minister.

The Law on Protection of State Secrets will comeinto force on January 1, 2020, replacing the Ordinance 30/2000/PL-UBTVQH10 onstate secret protection. 

However, the regulations relating to thecompilation, verification and issuance of state secret lists, along with stipulationson the protection term and protection term extension will take effect onJanuary 1, 2019.-VNA
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