Consulting on the draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Advertising

On the afternoon of October 7, the National Assembly Delegation of the province coordinated with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to organize a conference to collect opinions on the draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Advertising and the investment policy of the National Target Program on Cultural Development for the period 2025-2030.

Comrade Nguyen Van Manh, Provincial Party Committee member, Deputy Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation chaired the conference.

Deputy Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation Nguyen Van Manh spoke at the conference. Photo: Nguyen Luong

After more than 10 years of implementing the Advertising Law, advertising activities have achieved many important achievements. However, in the face of urgent requirements and demands from practice, the legal system on advertising has revealed a number of limitations and inadequacies that require timely amendments to promptly institutionalize the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's policies on cultural development; enhance the responsibility and capacity of entities participating in advertising activities...

According to the 2024 Law and Ordinance Development Program, the draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Advertising Law will be discussed by the National Assembly at the upcoming 8th Session. The draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Advertising Law consists of 3 articles, of which Article 1 amends and supplements a number of articles of the Advertising Law (amending and supplementing 20 articles and clauses; adding 3 new articles); Article 2 abolishes a number of points and clauses of the Advertising Law and Article 3 on implementation provisions.

The draft law focuses on the following contents: Regulations on the content and form of advertising; regulations on the management of advertising activities in the press, online environment and cross-border advertising services; regulations on outdoor advertising activities.

Deputy Director in charge of the Department of Information and Communications Hoang Manh Du spoke at the conference. Photo: Nguyen Luong

At the conference, delegates agreed that the drafting of the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Advertising is a necessary requirement in the current period; at the same time, many opinions were contributed focusing on a number of contents such as the need for detailed and specific guidance documents for advertising activities on cyberspace; tightening advertising on social networking platforms; clarifying rights and providing more detailed regulations on the responsibilities of advertisers, especially advertising functional foods; resolutely handling violations, without prohibited areas or exceptions; supplementing the State management responsibility for ministries such as the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Industry and Trade in this field...

Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Vinh Phuc Newspaper Do Hoang Hanh speaks at the conference. Photo: Nguyen Luong

Highly agreeing with the goals and contents stated in the Government's submission to the 15th National Assembly proposing the investment policy for the National Target Program on Cultural Development for the 2025-2035 period, the delegates all agreed that the promulgation of the National Target Program on Cultural Development for the 2025-2035 period is necessary and has important significance in creating motivation and resources for the comprehensive, harmonious and sustainable development of the locality, in line with the Party's viewpoint on cultural development orientation and the integration trend in the new period; contributing to the preservation of cultural heritages, improving the spiritual and material life and cultural enjoyment of the people, promoting the development of cultural tourism, contributing to the socio-economic development of the province.

Representative of Yen Lac District Department of Culture and Information speaking at the conference. Photo: Nguyen Luong

Delegates evaluated the components, specific tasks, detailed targets, and detailed activities in the program to suit the locality. At the same time, they made proposals and recommendations such as adjusting some targets of the National Target Program to suit the reality of each locality; reducing the source of capital mobilized outside the budget to 10% to make it easier for localities to implement...

Speaking at the conference, Deputy Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation Nguyen Van Manh highly appreciated the delegates' contributions to the draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Advertising and the investment policy of the National Target Program on Cultural Development for the 2025-2030 period.

The provincial National Assembly delegation will synthesize opinions and transfer them to competent agencies for consideration, settlement, supplementation and completion of the draft law as well as the investment policy for the National Target Program in the next session.

Thieu Vu

Source: https://baovinhphuc.com.vn/tin-tuc/Id/118127/Lay-y-kien-tham-gia-du-thao-Luat-sua-doi-bo-sung-mot-so-dieu-cua-Luat-Advertising-Cao