Nguyen Huy Ngat, Director of the ministry’s International Cooperation Department, said that the legal framework will define the concept of social responsibility and the duties of media agencies and reporters.

The seminar aimed to announce the results of a survey on legal frameworks for media and communications undertaken in France, Belgium and the Netherlands.

Mr Ngat emphasized the need for a legal framework in this area to ensure that the media is under State management and bound to adhere to the law. The development of the media must go hand in hand with good management.

He said the framework must secure the stability of media operations and allow for newly-emerging issues and future developments which are not covered by the current Press Law. It must amend the vague and simplistic regulations of the current law and help boost international cooperation to create favourable conditions for journalists, reporters and media management agencies to exchange experiences.

VNA