The draft decision has been   osted on the website of the Ministry of Information and Communications for   eo  le's comments.

 According to the document, the network of re  resentative offices of Vietnamese news agencies will be established on the basis of taking full advantage of the ca  acity of the headquarters of Vietnamese di  lomatic and cultural missions in foreign countries and the coordination between news agencies to ensure o  erational efficiency and avoid waste.

Beijing, China, hosts the re  resentative offices of four news agencies of Vietnam:

Vietnam News Agency,   eo  le's Daily, Vietnam Television, Radio Voice of Vietnam.

 The draft document   ro  oses to have   ermanent offices of Vietnamese news agencies in 30 countries and territories around the world by 2015 and in 32 countries and territories by 2020.

 The Government will give   riority to setting u     ermanent offices of Vietnamese news agencies in the key areas of external information.

The news agencies that are allowed to o  en overseas offices include the Vietnam News Agency, the   eo  le's Daily, the Vietnam Television, and the Voice of Vietnam. Among them, the Vietnam News Agency is the key.

 The key areas to o  en re  resentative offices are big countries; the countries that have close   olitical, economic and tourism coo  eration with Vietnam; the countries that have strategic   artnershi   with Vietnam; the countries where have big communities of overseas Vietnamese; neighboring countries and Southeast Asian countries.

 The new license should ensure the   rinci  le that in a country there is only one   ermanent office of Vietnamese news agencies.

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