May 18, 2012 – Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communications asked Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung to extend by six months a deadline for implementing new regulations governing broadcast of foreign television channels in Vietnam.
The communications ministry said it is seeking the delay to allow local companies more time to adhere to the regulations, according to a faxed response to Bloomberg questions, released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Authorities were due to begin enforcing the legislation on May 15, requiring international broadcasters to pay state-run media companies to provide translation services such as Vietnamese subtitles for most programs, including news. The communications ministry has proposed the deadline be changed to Nov. 15.
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