1. The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism is a specialized agency under the People's Committee of Dong Nai Province, responsible for advising and assisting the Provincial People's Committee in exercising state management over the following sectors:

       - Culture;

       - Family affairs;

       - Physical training and sports;

       - Tourism;

       - Press;

       - Publishing, printing and distribution;

       - Radio and television broadcasting;

       - Electronic information;

      - News agencies;

      - Grassroots information and external information;

      - Advertising;

      - The use of the National Flag, the National Emblem, the National Anthem, and the portrait of President Ho Chi Minh.

2. The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism is a legal entity with its own seal and bank account in accordance with the law. It operates under the direction and management of the Provincial People's Committee regarding organizational structure, staffing and personnel matters, while being subject to the professional guidance and inspection of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

3. The Department is headquartered at:

       No. 2 Nguyen Van Tri Street, Tran Bien Ward, Dong Nai Province, Viet Nam.

       II. Duties and Powers

       1. To submit to the Provincial People's Committee:

     a) Draft resolutions of the Provincial People's Council; draft decisions of the Provincial People's Committee concerning sectors and fields under the management of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism; and other documents as assigned by the Provincial People's Committee.

      b) Draft development plans for sectors and fields; programs and measures for implementing assigned tasks within the Department's management scope throughout the province.

     c) Draft decisions prescribing the functions, duties, powers and organizational structure of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism; and draft decisions prescribing the functions, duties, powers and organizational structure of public service units affiliated with the Department, except where otherwise provided by specialized laws.

      d) Draft decisions on the socialization of public service provision in sectors and fields under the authority of the Provincial People's Committee.

2. To submit to the Chairperson of the Provincial People's Committee draft documents falling within the Chairperson's authority for promulgation as assigned.

3. To organize the implementation of legal normative documents, strategies, plans and approved programs; to disseminate, communicate, provide guidance on, and monitor the implementation of laws in the sectors and fields under the Department's assigned state management.

4. To organize and take responsibility for appraisal, registration, licensing, and the issuance of diplomas, certificates and other credentials within the competence of provincial specialized agencies in accordance with the law.

5. To manage, in accordance with the law, enterprises, collective economic organizations, private economic organizations, associations and non-governmental organizations operating in the sectors and fields under the Department's management.

6. To manage the activities of public and non-public service units operating within the sectors and fields under the Department's management.

7. To conduct international cooperation in the sectors and fields under its management in accordance with the law.

8. To provide professional guidance and technical instructions to specialized agencies under People's Committees at the commune level in the sectors and fields under its management.

9. To organize scientific research; promote the application of scientific and technological advances, innovation and digital transformation; and develop information and archival systems serving state management and professional activities.

10. To inspect organizations and individuals within the assigned sectors and fields regarding compliance with legal regulations; receive citizens; settle complaints and denunciations; and implement measures for the prevention and combat of corruption, wastefulness and misconduct in accordance with the law.

11. To prescribe in detail the functions, duties and powers of the Office and specialized divisions under the Department, consistent with the functions, duties and powers of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

12. To manage the organizational structure, civil servant establishment, civil servant ranks and rank appointments, job positions, professional titles and staffing levels of public service units under the Department; and to implement salary policies, remuneration, training, professional development, commendation, discipline and other personnel policies for civil servants, public employees and workers under its management in accordance with the law.

13. To manage and take responsibility for the finance and assets assigned to the Department in accordance with the law.

14. To prepare periodic and ad hoc reports on the implementation of assigned tasks for submission to the Provincial People's Committee, ministries and ministerial-level agencies.

15. To perform other duties and exercise other powers as assigned, decentralized or delegated by competent authorities in accordance with the law.

16. Cultural Heritage

    a) To organize the implementation of regulations and measures for mobilizing, managing and utilizing resources for the protection and promotion of cultural heritage values in the locality after approval by the competent authority.

    b) To organize research, collection, inventory, and preparation of dossiers for inscription, supplementary inscription and removal of inscriptions of intangible cultural heritage and documentary heritage in the locality; to provide opinions on research, collection and documentation activities relating to intangible cultural heritage and documentary heritage conducted within the locality by overseas Vietnamese and foreign organizations and individuals.

    c) To manage, guide and organize activities for the protection and promotion of cultural heritage, traditional festivals, and folk beliefs associated with historical relics and historical figures in the locality.

    d) To advise and submit to the Provincial People's Committee for approval projects on the safeguarding and promotion of intangible cultural heritage inscribed by UNESCO and intangible cultural heritage included in the National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage.

    e) To organize inventories; prepare lists and dossiers for relic classification, supplementary classification, revision of scientific dossiers of relics, and dossiers for revocation of relic classification decisions; prepare dossiers proposing adjustments to the boundaries of protected areas of historical-cultural relics and scenic landscapes; and install boundary markers for protected relic areas under the authorization of the Chairperson of the Provincial People's Committee.

    f) To certify the deterioration status of provincial-level relics and relics included in the inventory list; appraise projects and techno-economic reports on the conservation, restoration and rehabilitation of such relics; provide opinions on urgent repair and periodic conservation dossiers; provide written comments on investment and construction projects, marine area use projects for marine resource exploitation, and socio-economic projects located within protected relic areas; provide written opinions on the repair, renovation or reconstruction of private houses located inside or outside protected areas of relics and World Heritage Sites; and issue, reissue or revoke practice certificates and professional certificates for organizations engaged in relic conservation and restoration within the locality.

    g) To receive applications, provide procedural guidance, and submit dossiers to competent authorities for archaeological exploration and excavation permits; issue permits for emergency archaeological excavations; monitor and supervise the implementation of excavation permits in the locality; and prepare and submit archaeological master plans and amendments thereto to the Provincial People's Committee for approval.

    h) To review and update inventories of artifacts belonging to relics and report to the Provincial People's Committee; decide on the addition, relocation or replacement of artifacts in national relics, provincial relics and inventoried relics under public ownership; and guide relic owners in implementing such changes in accordance with regulations.

    i) To appraise artifacts and dossiers proposed for recognition as National Treasures submitted by provincial museums, relic management boards or centers, non-public museums, organizations and individuals who own or lawfully manage such artifacts.

    k) To organize the receipt and preservation of relics, antiques, National Treasures and documentary heritage voluntarily handed over or confiscated in the locality in accordance with the law; register and manage relics and antiques; organize the protection and promotion of National Treasures; issue practice certificates to owners of relic and antique trading establishments; issue, reissue and revoke certificates for experts in relic and antique appraisal; issue permits for making replicas of relics, antiques and documentary heritage inscribed in the National Documentary Heritage Register; issue, reissue and revoke certificates of eligibility for antique appraisal businesses; submit to the Chairperson of the Provincial People's Committee decisions on the temporary overseas exhibition, research or preservation of relics and documentary heritage included in the National Documentary Heritage Register; decide on domestic temporary exhibition, research or preservation of relics, antiques and documentary heritage within its authority; and advise the Provincial People's Committee on identifying, cataloguing, valuing and mobilizing resources, or proposing competent authorities to recover or acquire relics, antiques, National Treasures and documentary heritage originating from the locality that are currently located overseas.

    l) To formulate, implement and approve projects, programs and plans for the management, promotion and restoration of documentary heritage following its inscription.

    m) To issue, reissue and revoke operation licenses for non-public museums within the locality; advise the Chairperson of the Provincial People's Committee on preparing and appraising dossiers for museum classification and reclassification; and decide on the classification or reclassification of Grade-II and Grade-III museums after obtaining written opinions from the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

    n) To inspect, supervise and coordinate with units under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in inspecting training institutions and the implementation of training programs on conservation, restoration and rehabilitation of historical-cultural relics and scenic landscapes in the locality.

    o) To serve as the standing agency advising the Provincial People's Committee in submitting proposals to the Provincial People's Council on the naming and renaming of roads, streets, squares and public works within the locality.

17. Performing Arts

    a) To advise and submit to the Provincial People's Committee on the performance of state management responsibilities, decentralization or delegation of state management functions, and settlement of administrative procedures relating to performing arts activities within the locality, and organize their implementation after approval.

    b) To guide and organize the implementation of planning related to performing arts organizations under the locality's management in accordance with the law.

    c) To issue written confirmations for Vietnamese citizens participating in overseas beauty pageants and model competitions in accordance with the law.

18. Cinema

    a) To implement state budget plans to ensure funding for film screenings serving political tasks in mountainous, remote, border, island, ethnic minority and rural areas.

    b) To serve as the Standing Agency of the Film Script Appraisal Council for state-funded films and participate in the Provincial Film Appraisal and Classification Council.

    c) To submit to the Provincial People's Committee proposals for granting or revoking film classification licenses for documentary, scientific and animated films produced or imported by local film establishments.

    d) To submit to the Provincial People's Committee proposals for granting or revoking film classification licenses for feature films and mixed-genre films produced or imported by local film establishments in accordance with the Law on Cinema.

    e) To advise the Provincial People's Committee on organizing film festivals, specialized film festivals, thematic film festivals, film awards, film competitions, film programs and film weeks in Viet Nam in accordance with the law.

    f) To guide, organize and inspect the implementation of other cinema activities within the locality.

19. Fine Arts, Photography and Exhibitions

    a) To organize fine arts, photography and exhibition activities within the locality.

    b) To receive applications, conduct appraisals and submit proposals to the Provincial People's Committee for granting licenses for fine arts exhibitions, monument construction, monumental paintings, sculpture camps, photography exhibitions in Viet Nam, and the export of photographic works for exhibition abroad, as prescribed by law.

    c) To issue licenses for reproducing works of art depicting distinguished cultural figures, national heroes and national leaders; issue, reissue and revoke licenses for non-commercial exhibitions organized overseas by local organizations and individuals and for non-commercial exhibitions organized locally by foreign individuals; and approve imported works of art and photographic works for commercial purposes.

    d) To receive notifications of fine arts competitions; receive notifications of exhibitions and suspension of non-commercial exhibitions organized by organizations and individuals in the locality in accordance with the law.

    e) To manage the trading, display and reproduction of works of art within the locality.

20. Copyright, Related Rights and Cultural Industries

    a) To implement measures for protecting the lawful rights and interests of the State, organizations and individuals concerning copyright and related rights in accordance with the law.

    b) To organize, guide and inspect the implementation of regulations on the provision, commissioning, cooperation, utilization and protection of copyright for works and related rights for performances, sound recordings, video recordings and broadcasting programs.

    c) To organize the implementation of intellectual property regulations relating to journalistic works, encrypted radio and television programs and publications in accordance with the law.

    d) To organize the implementation of objectives and tasks for developing cultural industries in the locality; review, propose or recommend to competent authorities mechanisms, policies and solutions necessary for the development of cultural industries in the locality.

21. Libraries

    a) To advise and submit to the Provincial People's Committee regulations governing the receipt of publications by the provincial library; and to transfer legal deposit publications collected within the locality to the provincial library in accordance with the law.

    b) To advise and assist the Provincial People's Committee in receiving notifications on the establishment, merger, consolidation, division, separation, dissolution or termination of operations of central specialized libraries, provincial libraries, provincial specialized libraries, university libraries, and libraries established by foreign organizations and individuals serving Vietnamese users and headquartered within the locality, in accordance with the law.

    c) To provide guidance to libraries within the locality on the formulation of their organizational and operational regulations in accordance with regulations of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

    d) To submit to competent authorities policies supporting and encouraging the establishment and development of the local library network; encourage organizations and individuals to maintain community libraries and private libraries serving the community; promote library modernization; and establish coordination mechanisms between libraries and relevant agencies and organizations to develop libraries and reading culture within the locality.

22. Advertising

    a) To take the lead and coordinate with relevant departments and agencies in appraising applications and submitting them to the Provincial People's Committee for the issuance, reissuance, amendment, supplementation or revocation of licenses for establishing representative offices of foreign advertising enterprises within the locality.

    b) To receive and process notifications concerning advertising products displayed on billboards and banners, as well as notifications of advertising activities conducted by groups of persons within the locality.

    c) To assist the Provincial People's Committee in formulating, approving and implementing outdoor advertising plans and in preparing periodic reports on the management of advertising activities within the locality.

    d) To provide guidance on advertising conducted through billboards, banners, signboards, dedicated advertising screens, the press, online platforms, publications and other advertising media in accordance with the law.

    e) To inspect and handle, within its competence, violations of laws governing advertising activities conducted through advertising media in accordance with the law.

23. Mass Culture, Ethnic Culture and Public Information Campaigns

    a) To advise and submit to the Provincial People's Committee proposals for recognizing the traditional day of the locality; receive registrations for festival organization; receive notifications of annually organized festivals of foreign origin, traditional festivals, cultural festivals and provincial-level trade festivals; and decide on the organization of fireworks displays or changes to the firing range and duration of fireworks displays in accordance with the law.

    b) To guide and organize the implementation of planning for the grassroots cultural and sports institution system in accordance with sectoral and provincial planning.

    c) To provide guidance on the formulation of organizational and operational regulations for grassroots cultural and sports institutions in accordance with the law.

    d) To guide the implementation of civilized lifestyles in weddings and funerals; and promote the development of cultural families, cultural villages, cultural residential quarters, and exemplary communes and wards.

    e) To take the lead and coordinate with departments, agencies and mass organizations in directing and guiding the movement "All People Unite to Build a Cultural Life", and to serve as the Standing Agency of the Provincial Steering Committee for the movement.

    f) To organize and inspect the implementation of ethnic cultural policies; preserve, promote and develop the tangible and intangible cultural values of ethnic communities within the locality.

    g) To guide and organize visual public information and propaganda campaigns serving political, economic, cultural and social tasks, and implement planning related to the local visual publicity system.

    h) To organize competitions, festivals and performances of mass artistic activities, mobile information campaigns, poster design competitions and propaganda display clusters; provide communication materials and propaganda posters serving political, economic, cultural and social tasks; and guide and inspect the organization of competitions, festivals, mobile information campaigns and other cultural activities within the locality.

    i) To advise and submit to the Provincial People's Committee proposals for granting, amending and revoking certificates of eligibility for karaoke and discotheque business services; and manage cultural service businesses, offline electronic games and public entertainment activities in accordance with the law.

    k) To guide and inspect the use of the National Flag, the National Emblem, the National Anthem and the portrait of President Ho Chi Minh in accordance with the law.

    l) To advise, guide and inspect the implementation of regulations concerning establishment anniversaries, traditional days, commemorative days, ceremonial events and other related ceremonies within the locality.

    m) To guide and organize festivals, manage festival activities and promote civilized conduct in festivals.

    n) To guide and organize cultural, sports and tourism festivals, exchange programs and artistic activities serving ethnic minority communities; and organize communication and promotional activities highlighting the traditional cultures of ethnic minority groups within the locality.

24. Community Conventions

    To provide guidance, organize implementation, and inspect the formulation and implementation of community conventions and local regulations in accordance with the law.

25. Literature

    a) To organize the implementation of mechanisms and policies relating to literary activities within the locality in accordance with the law.

    b) To guide, organize and inspect literary activities within the locality in accordance with the law.

26. Family Affairs

    a) To organize and inspect the implementation of legal regulations relating to family affairs, ensure gender equality within the family, and prevent and combat domestic violence in the locality.

    b) To advise the Provincial People's Committee on the development and strengthening of the workforce engaged in family affairs.

    c) To conduct communication and educational activities on ethics, lifestyles, family conduct, and the values of the Vietnamese family in the new era.

    d) To organize the collection, processing and reporting of data and information relating to family affairs and the prevention and control of domestic violence.

    e) To issue, reissue, amend, and revoke Certificates of Registration for the Establishment of Facilities Providing Domestic Violence Prevention and Support Services in accordance with the law.

27. Physical Training and Sports

    a) To provide guidance on and organize the implementation of approved planning, plans and projects relating to the development of physical training and sports within the locality.

    b) To coordinate with sports-related socio-professional organizations in disseminating information on the benefits and importance of physical training and sports; encourage public participation in sports movements; disseminate knowledge and provide guidance on physical exercise suitable to the interests, age, gender, occupation and health conditions of the population.

    c) To organize professional training courses for sports instructors in accordance with regulations issued by the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

    d) To develop competition systems and competition schedules, and direct and guide the organization of provincial-level sports competitions.

    e) To assist the Provincial People's Committee in exercising state management over recreational sports activities within the locality.

    f) To take the lead and coordinate with relevant organizations and agencies in creating favorable conditions and providing guidance for elderly persons, persons with disabilities, children, adolescents, youth and other community groups to participate in physical training and sports activities.

    g) To organize the preservation, promotion, instruction, performance and competition of traditional sports, folk games and traditional methods of physical fitness training; and coordinate with relevant agencies and organizations in promoting traditional Vietnamese sports internationally.

    h) To guide, inspect and evaluate the mass sports movement within the locality.

    i) To coordinate with the Department of Education and Training, the Department of Home Affairs, the Provincial Military Command, the Provincial Police, the Provincial Border Guard Command and other relevant agencies in implementing physical education and sports activities in educational institutions, vocational education institutions, armed forces, export processing zones and industrial parks within the locality.

    k) To formulate and organize the implementation of plans for the selection, training and coaching of athletes, and competition plans for provincial sports teams after approval by the competent authorities.

    l) To formulate plans for and guide the organization of Sports Congresses at all levels; coordinate with relevant departments, agencies, organizations and units in organizing national, regional and international sports competitions as assigned and approved by competent authorities.

    m) To implement policies and entitlements applicable to provincial coaches, referees and athletes participating in sports competitions after approval by competent authorities and in accordance with the law.

    n) To inspect business conditions applicable to professional sports clubs, enterprises and household businesses engaged in sports activities; and issue Certificates of Eligibility for Sports Business Activities to professional sports clubs and sports business enterprises in accordance with the law.

28. Tourism

    a) To organize the survey, assessment, classification, database development, management, protection, conservation, rational exploitation, utilization and development of local tourism resources.

    b) To implement measures for managing the tourism environment, tourism zones and tourist attractions within the locality; provide opinions on tourism development projects; prepare dossiers proposing the recognition of provincial tourism zones covering two or more commune-level administrative units; and advise the Provincial People's Committee on preparing dossiers for the recognition of national tourism zones within the province.

    c) To conduct research and surveys to identify locations with potential for community-based tourism development; propose policies supporting the provision of essential initial equipment and training in tourism knowledge and service skills for individuals and households participating in community-based tourism services; and support the promotion of community tourism products.

    d) To appraise and submit proposals to the Provincial People's Committee for decisions recognizing provincial tourism zones and tourist attractions within the locality; prepare dossiers for submission to the Provincial People's Committee requesting the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to recognize national tourism zones, and organize the public announcement after recognition is granted.

    e) To issue, reissue, amend, extend and revoke licenses for the establishment of representative offices of foreign travel service enterprises within the locality; receive written notifications from travel agents regarding the commencement of business operations, business locations and information on the travel enterprises they represent; and issue, reissue, replace and revoke domestic travel service business licenses in accordance with the law.

    f) To appraise, recognize and publish lists of one-star, two-star and three-star tourist accommodation establishments and other tourism service establishments meeting the standards for serving tourists; inspect and supervise compliance with minimum standards for facilities, technical infrastructure and service quality of tourist accommodation establishments and other qualified tourism service establishments; and revoke recognition decisions where such establishments fail to maintain the recognized standards.

    g) To receive written notifications from tourist accommodation establishments prior to commencing operations or upon changes to their name, type, scale, address, legal representative information or commitment to satisfying the statutory conditions for providing tourist accommodation services.

    h) To receive written notifications from organizations and individuals directly conducting tourism business activities that may affect the life or health of tourists before commencing operations; organize inspections; and publish on the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism's Electronic Information Portal the list of organizations and individuals meeting all required tourist safety measures.

    i) To issue, reissue, replace and revoke International Tour Guide Cards, Domestic Tour Guide Cards and On-site Tour Guide Cards in accordance with the law; and inspect tourism training, professional development and tour guiding activities within the locality.

    k) To formulate tourism promotion plans and programs consistent with the national tourism development strategy, plans and tourism promotion programs, and organize their implementation after approval.

    l) To organize knowledge updating courses and issue certificates of completion of such courses to domestic and international tour guides.

29. Press (including newspapers, printed magazines, online newspapers, electronic magazines, radio, television and newsletters)

    a) To advise and assist the Provincial People's Committee in approving amendments to the contents of licenses for the operation of newspapers, printed magazines, online newspapers, electronic magazines, combined newspaper and online newspaper operations, and combined printed and electronic magazine operations of local press agencies; to issue, amend, supplement and approve changes to licenses for publishing additional press publications and supplements of local press agencies; to issue and approve amendments to licenses for publishing special editions of local agencies and organizations; and to receive registrations for imported press publications in accordance with the law.

    b) To manage legal deposit copies of press publications and organize inspections of legal deposit press publications within the locality in accordance with regulations.

    c) To advise and assist the Provincial People's Committee in issuing, amending, approving modifications to, and revoking licenses for publishing newsletters by local agencies and organizations in accordance with the law.

    d) To submit to competent authorities, or respond under delegated authority, to notifications of press conferences organized within the locality by local agencies, organizations and citizens, as well as foreign representative offices and foreign organizations in Viet Nam, in accordance with the law and the decentralization of the Provincial People's Committee.

    e) To assist the Provincial People's Committee in inspecting the operating conditions of representative offices of press agencies; where such conditions are not met, to assist the Provincial People's Committee in issuing written requests requiring press agencies to terminate the operation of their representative offices and to handle violations in accordance with the law.

    f) To organize the implementation of approved local radio and television development plans.

    g) To manage radio and television services; and to manage and issue registrations for the direct reception of foreign satellite television signals within the locality in accordance with the law.

30. Publishing, Printing and Distribution

    a) To advise and assist the Provincial People's Committee in issuing, reissuing, extending, amending and supplementing licenses for the establishment of representative offices in Viet Nam of foreign publishing houses and foreign publication distribution organizations (including foreign enterprises and organizations engaged in publishing and publication distribution among their business activities); to issue licenses for publishing non-commercial documents for central agencies, organizations and foreign organizations; to receive registrations and re-registrations for publication distribution activities; and to issue licenses for publication exhibitions and book fairs in accordance with the law.

    b) To issue and revoke licenses for publishing non-commercial documents; issue and revoke licenses for importing non-commercial publications for local agencies, organizations and individuals; and issue and revoke licenses for publication printing activities and contract printing of publications for foreign entities by local printing establishments in accordance with the law.

    c) To issue and revoke printing operation licenses; certify the registration of printing establishments; and manage declarations on the use of color photocopiers and printers with color photocopying functions within the locality in accordance with the law.

    d) To issue and revoke licenses for publication exhibitions and book fairs; temporarily suspend the organization of publication exhibitions and book fairs licensed by the locality; and certify and re-certify registrations for publication distribution activities of enterprises and public non-business units in accordance with regulations.

    e) To manage the legal deposit of publications and organize the review of publications deposited under licenses issued by the locality; and inspect and handle, within its competence, printed products showing signs of legal violations.

    f) To temporarily suspend or suspend printing activities upon detecting printed products whose contents violate the Law on Publishing and its implementing regulations, and to report such cases to the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Chairperson of the Provincial People's Committee.

    g) To suspend distribution for a specified period, recall, confiscate, prohibit circulation of and destroy publications violating the Law on Publishing within the locality in accordance with decisions of competent authorities.

31. Electronic Information

    a) To advise and assist the Provincial People's Committee in issuing, reissuing, amending, supplementing, suspending and revoking confirmations of notification for the provision of social networking services with a low number of regular users in accordance with the law.

    b) To receive applications for, issue, renew, amend, supplement, temporarily suspend, suspend and revoke licenses for the establishment of aggregated information websites, certificates for the provision of G2, G3 and G4 online game services, and confirmations of notification for the release of G2, G3 and G4 online games for organizations and enterprises within the locality in accordance with the law; and to take the lead in managing, compiling statistics on and reporting the operation of aggregated information websites, social networks and G2, G3 and G4 online games within the locality.

    c) To publicly announce the list of public electronic game service establishments granted or having their Certificates of Eligibility revoked; and to update the list of licensed online games and games whose content and scenario approvals have been revoked.

    d) To take the lead and coordinate with commune-level People's Committees in managing, compiling statistics on, reporting, inspecting and handling violations relating to the operation of public electronic game service establishments within the locality in accordance with the law.

32. Grassroots Information

    a) To develop and organize the management of the grassroots information system within the locality.

    b) To advise on the establishment, management and operation of the local grassroots information source system.

    c) To advise on the provision of information and the management of grassroots information content within the locality.

33. External Information

    a) To formulate regulations governing external information activities within the locality.

    b) To take the lead and coordinate with relevant agencies in formulating long-term, medium-term and annual programs, projects and plans on external information activities of the province, and organize their implementation after approval.

    c) To take the lead in appraising long-term, medium-term and annual external information programs, projects and plans of specialized agencies under the Provincial People's Committee and commune-level People's Committees; approve them within its competence or submit them to the Provincial People's Committee for approval.

    d) To submit proposals to the Provincial People's Committee for approval of the display of paintings, photographs and other forms of information outside the premises of foreign representative offices and foreign organizations within the locality, or issue written approvals where authorized by the Provincial People'sCommittee in accordance with the law.

    e) To coordinate with the Provincial Party Committee's Commission for Propaganda, Education and Mass Mobilization in providing orientation for external information and communication through press briefings, regular and ad hoc press conferences, and the Provincial Electronic Information Portal.

34. Training and Talent Development

    To organize education, professional training and coaching for talented individuals in culture, arts, physical training and sports within the locality.

35. Emulation and Commendation

    To carry out emulation and commendation activities within the assigned sectors in accordance with the law on emulation and commendation.

36. Other Duties and Powers

    To perform other duties and exercise other powers as assigned by the Provincial People's Committee, the Chairperson of the Provincial People's Committee, or as delegated, decentralized or assigned by competent authorities in accordance with the law.