Is it legal to post pictures đá bóng trực tiếp suspects or defendants in Vietnam?

To your question, the Lawnet would like to answer as follows:

According to the provisions đá bóng trực tiếp Article 6 đá bóng trực tiếp theLuật xoilac tv, prohibited acts include “Provides false information, distorts, slanders or hurts the prestige đá bóng trực tiếp organizations, agencies, honor and dignity đá bóng trực tiếp individuals; attributes guilt upon no judgement from the Court;”

However, in Article 25 đá bóng trực tiếp theLuật xoilac tv, which stipulates the rights and obligations đá bóng trực tiếp journalists, journalists have the right to carry out the journalistic professional activities in the public trials; are arranged the separate area for operation; make direct contact with the persons conducting the proceedings and persons involving in the proceedings to obtain information and make interview as stipulated by law;

Thus, theLuật xoilac tvdoes not specify whether journalists are allowed to post pictures đá bóng trực tiếp the suspects or defendants without the effective judgment đá bóng trực tiếp the Court.

At Point c, Clause 2, Article 8,Nghị định 119/2020/NĐ-CPstipulates that aA fine from VND 5,000,000 to VND 10,000,000 for posting individual photos without that individual’s consent, unless otherwise prescribed by law. Currently, Vietnam has no document regulating the other cases mentioned at point c.

Article 32 đá bóng trực tiếp thetrực tiếp bóng đástipulates the rights đá bóng trực tiếp individuals to images as follows:

1. Each individual has rights with respect to his/her own image.

The use đá bóng trực tiếp an image đá bóng trực tiếp an individual must have his/her consent.

When an image đá bóng trực tiếp an individual is used for commercial purposes, that person is eligible for a remuneration, unless otherwise agreed.

2. The use đá bóng trực tiếp image for any đá bóng trực tiếp the following purposes needs not the consent đá bóng trực tiếp the image’s owner or his/her legal representative:

a) For national and public benefits;

b) For public activities, including conventions, seminars, sports activities, art shows and other public activities that do not infringe the honor, dignity or prestige đá bóng trực tiếp the image’s owner.

3. If the use đá bóng trực tiếp an image violates the regulation prescribed in this Article, the image’s owner has the right to request a court to issue a decision that compel the violator or relevant entities to revoke, destroy or terminate the use đá bóng trực tiếp the image, compensate for damage and adopt other measures as prescribed in law.

Thus, according to Civil Code đá bóng trực tiếp Vietnam, the suspect and defendants must have the right to image. When taking pictures or putting them on article, the press needs their consent.

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