State secret
Cases where agencies and units are entitled to refuse to provide information
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According to the Law on Access to Information (amended), agencies and units are entitled to refuse to provide information when the information requested exceeds their ability to respond.
The report on directing and adjusting gasoline and oil prices is being consulted and is a state secret
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The report on the direction plan, the plan to adjust electricity prices, and gasoline and oil items are in the process of seeking opinions and are on the list of state secrets.
Computers used to send and receive state secret documents are only connected to independent LAN networks
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The Government stipulates that computers used to send and receive state secret electronic documents are not allowed to connect to computer networks or the Internet.
How are documents containing state secrets removed from storage?
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Reader dongduxxx@gmail asks: How is the removal of documents and objects containing state secrets from storage regulations regulated?
Regulations on providing state secrets to foreign countries
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The 2025 Law on Protection of State Secrets takes effect from March 1, 2026, which includes regulations on providing state secrets to foreign countries.
Regulations on transportation, delivery, and receipt of documents containing state secrets
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Reader with email quangtrungxxx@gmail. com asks: How is the transportation, delivery, receipt of documents and objects containing state secrets regulated?
What are the regulations on providing state secrets to foreign countries?
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Reader with email xuanthaixxx@gmail. com asks: How is the provision and transfer of state secrets to foreign agencies, organizations, and individuals?
Regulations on providing state secrets to agencies, organizations, and Vietnamese people
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Reader with email dinhoangxxx@gmail. com asks: How is the provision and transfer of state secrets to agencies, organizations, and Vietnamese people?
Scope of state secret information on national defense, security, and cryptography
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Reader with email dinhsangxxx@gmail. com asks: What is the scope of state secret information on national defense, security, and cryptography?
New proposal on citizens not being able to access information
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At the time information belonging to state secrets is declassified, citizens are entitled to access according to regulations.
Issuing a List of state secrets in the field of science and technology
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The Prime Minister has signed Decision No. 137/QD-TTg dated January 19, 2026 on promulgating the List of state secrets in the field of science and technology.
Document directing press activities serving national security to be classified
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Documents directing and operating press and publishing activities serving the task of protecting national security that are not public are classified as State Secrets.
The personnel plan of the General Secretary, President, Prime Minister, and National Assembly Chairman is a confidentiality
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The State Secretariat has been fully secretive, including the personnel plan for the General Secretary, President, Prime Minister, National Assembly Chairman, and Standing Committee of the Secretariat.
Increasing authority for provincial and commune levels in state secret protection activities
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The Minister of Public Security said that he will add regulations to the provincial and commune levels to increase the authority and responsibility of localities in state secret protection activities.
Review the secret list strictly, limiting it when really necessary
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National Assembly delegates said that the scope of State secrets should be specified. Review confidential lists strictly, only in cases of real necessity,
