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Decision

37/2020/QD-UBND

Status: In effect

Decision No. 37/2020/QD-UBND Amending Decision No. 36/2018/QD-UBND on Management of Public Internet Access Points and Public Electronic Game Service Points in Hai Phong City

People's Committee of Hải Phòng City

People's Committee of Hải Phòng City

A centrally-governed port city in the northeastern Red River Delta and the largest seaport in northern Vietnam; population about 2.1 million (2024). Its economy centres on the port, heavy industry, FDI manufacturing, logistics and shipbuilding. In the 2025 merger it expanded by absorbing the former Hải Dương province.

Document Type
Document Number
Status
Date Effective
Issuing Body
Official Source URL
Decision
37/2020/QD-UBND
In effect
20/12/2020
People's Committee of Hải Phòng City
https://phapluat.gov.vn/legal-documents/145342

Key Provisions

• Decision No. 37/2020/QD-UBND amends Decision No. 36/2018/QD-UBND and is effective on issuance (11 December 2020)

• Matters not regulated by this Decision follow national laws: Law on Telecommunications 2009, Law on Network Information Safety 2015, Law on Cybersecurity 2018, Decree 72/2013/ND-CP and Decree 27/2018/ND-CP and related legal documents

• Internet agents and public access point owners must not commit acts prohibited by Article 8 of the Law on Cybersecurity and must promptly notify competent authorities of violations

• Internet service providers must comply with specified provisions of telecommunications, network safety and cybersecurity laws, Decree 72/2013/ND-CP, and QCVN 34:2019/BTTTT (Circular 08/2019/TT-BTTTT)

• ISPs must supply full service information to contracting public access points, conduct annual legal dissemination and training at least once a year, inspect and manage contracted points, and submit an annual report on operations before 5 December each year

Summary

Decision No. 37/2020/QD-UBND of the People's Committee of Hai Phong City, dated 11 December 2020, amends and supplements certain provisions of Decision No. 36/2018/QD-UBND of 11 December 2018 on management of public Internet access points and public electronic game service points within Hai Phong. The Decision is issued pursuant to relevant national laws (Law on Organization of Local Government 2015, Law on Promulgation of Legal Normative Documents 2015, Law on Telecommunications 2009, Law on Network Information Safety 2015, Law on Cybersecurity 2018) and Decrees No. 72/2013/ND-CP and No. 27/2018/ND-CP, and follows proposals and legal appraisal by the Department of Information and Communications and the Department of Justice. The Decision modifies definitions of applicable legal framework and clarifies that matters not regulated by this Decision shall follow the cited national laws and decrees. It revises rights and obligations of Internet agents, owners of public Internet access points operated by enterprises, and owners of access points at hotels, restaurants, airports, ports, bus stations, cafes and other public places, by expressly referencing relevant provisions of Decree No. 27/2018/ND-CP, Decree No. 72/2013/ND-CP and provisions of the Law on Cybersecurity (Article 8), requiring that prohibited acts not be committed and that timely notification be made to competent authorities upon detection of violations. The Decision replaces and supplements Article 4 on rights and obligations of Internet service providers: providers must comply with provisions of the Law on Telecommunications, Law on Network Information Safety, Law on Cybersecurity, relevant articles of Decree No. 72/2013/ND-CP, and national technical standard QCVN 34:2019/BTTTT (issued under Circular No. 08/2019/TT-BTTTT). Additional obligations include providing full information to contracting public access points and game service points; annually conducting legal information dissemination and professional training for contracted public access point operators at least once per year; managing and inspecting contracted public access points and reporting annually on their operation before 5 December each year. The Decision thus updates local regulatory responsibilities, reporting deadlines, and cross-references to national cybersecurity and Internet service quality standards. The Decision takes effect upon issuance and amends Decision No. 36/2018/QD-UBND.

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