State management for the publishing activities in vietnam

0 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING THE NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY - PREFACE NGUYEN ANH TU Description of the Dissertation The Dissertation titled "State Administration on publishing activities in Vietnam" includes 17 pages of Preface and chapters with 53, 55 and 27 pages Contents are as follows: Chapter 1: Theoretical basis and practical experience on state management on publishing activities STATE MANAGEMENT ON PUBLISHING ACTIVITIES IN VIETNAM Chapter 2: Analysis of the situation of state management on publishing activities in Vietnam Chapter 3: Solutions to improve state management on publishing activities in Vietnam The Dissertation has 79 references in Vietnamese and English, drawings, diagrams, tables and 34 pages of appendix Major: Management Science ID: 62340410 DOCTORAL DISSERTATION ON BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT Instructors: Prof, Dr.Tran Van Nam Prof, Dr.Doan Thi Thu Ha New contributions for academics and theory The Dissertation has provided four goals of state management on publishing activities, including: (1) To develop following the Party's orientation; (1) To improve the people's knowledge and spiritual life; (3) To protect the legitimate interests of the creators of literary, artistic and scientific works; (4) To improve economic efficiency Based on the theory of management science, the Dissertation has given the content of state management on publishing activities under the management process, including: Strategy, planning, policies and legislation for publishing activities; Organization and implementation of policies and legislation for publishing activities; Monitoring and inspection of publishing activities The factors affecting state management on publishing activities are generalized and clearly defined into three groups, consisting of management entities, management subjects and environmental - economic cultural - social factors New recommendations drawn from research results Ha Noi, 2015 The Dissertation has made forecasts on publishing activities and state management on this sector in the future with a strong influence of e- books and online publishing The Dissertation has outlined the views on the state management on publishing activities in which, social views of publishing activities are emphasized The author argues that it is time to enhance the role of the private sector on publishing activities, and allow pilot equitization of one or two publishers to create new impetus for publishing activities printing have not been prevented or handled promptly while the publishing market is not under strict management The system of the State's publications is not being paid adequate attention and is exposed to the risk of shrinking, especially in mountainous and remote areas Besides, publications of high quality for contributing to human knowledge are very limited Moreover, in the context of intensive international economic integration and great progress of the printing techniques and information technology, it allows even individuals can instantly publish their works worldwide easily This has a positive impact, but also may cause negative influence or risk to the socio-economic life State management on publishing activities requires to accomplish both tasks simultaneously, which are to promote creativity and to control the content of publications Thus, completing state management on publishing activities in terms of international integration not only is a critical requirement set out for researchers but also has practical significance for the related state authorities From the above reasons, I - the postgraduate student chooses the topic: "State management on publishing activities in Vietnam" to study The Dissertation has given solutions to perfect state management on publishing activities in the future In the solutions, the author insists on raising the role and responsibilities of law enforcement agencies (the police, courts, the procuracy) in the prevention of fake books is urgently required for the healthy development of publishing activities Besides the results of the Dissertation, the author found that some contents should be further studied Those are also the research axes of the author in the future They are: First, in-depth study on models and methods of operation of a particular group of publishers For example, the group of university publishers with specialized publications of scientific research Second, in-depth study on state management on socialization of the publishing sector, contributing to the socialization of this area while ensuring the requirements of state management in the new situation Reasons for choosing the topic Publishing has a special important role in the political life, economy, the society in general, and culture in particular The social relations of publishing are much diverse, rich and complex Publishing activities are a specific activity in the field of culture and ideology It is rather politically and socially sensitive State management on publishing activities in our country remains many limitations Organizational models and policy mechanisms for publishing activities are inadequate There are lots of difficulties and severe challenges for publishing activities Some publishers only pay attention to economic interests alone in disregard of their political, cultural, social functions and duties The market appears some publications with unhealthy content which is not suitable with Vietnam's cultural tradition and is criticized by public opinion Some other publishers operate less efficiently with lack of dynamism and dependence on subsidization Piracy and illegal Overview of the research situation related to the Dissertation 3.1 Studies in foreign countries Publishing activities are a specific sector Due to different economic, political, social conditions, different countries have their own views on the management of the sector In developed countries, the publishing companies operate solely in the market mechanism The goal of their publishing activities focuses on resolving the relationship between the manufacturer and the consumer for business purposes only Therefore, the state has no specific policy for this activity Thus, their studies often focus on marketing research, public relations, and how the publishing trends affect the traditional publishing market, etc Studies related to state management on publishing activities are very limited The typical is the research of de Prato and Simon (2014) [60] The research purposes of de Prato and Simon (2014) is to review public policy and government intervention in the book publishing industry The study focuses on the following five key issues: intellectual property rights and the issues of copyright infringement, provisions on book shelves and VAT between printed books and e-books, organizations such as libraries and registration agencies, and competition issues This study focuses more on the analysis of policies and the position of the management objects It does not include other important issues of public policy such as the role of democracy, human rights, freedom of information and cultural diversity These studies show that publishing market in other countries is developed and seen as a major industry management science and publishers, making publishing activities in Vietnam to truly develop both in quantity and quality and overcoming the current weaknesses of state management on this sector It is also the research "gap" that this research aims towards for the improvement of state management on publishing activities in Vietnam in the current situation 3.2 Studies in the country - To systematize and develop selectively the theoretical basis of state management on publishing activities; - To analyze the current situation of publishing activities and state management on publishing activities in our country, to point out the opportunities, challenges, strengths and weaknesses, the causes of such weaknesses of publishing and the current state management on publishing activities; - To propose solutions to improve state management so as to develop publishing activities in Vietnam in the coming time In the search of research materials, the postgraduate student has found a number of posts, some proposals and recommendations within the framework of several workshops related to the process of drafting the Publishing Law 2004, the law amending a number of articles of the Publishing Law 2008 and the Publishing Law 2012 Some of the proposals related to the selection of the operational model of publishers in the framework of the publisher modeling Conference meet the requirements of industrialization, modernization and international integration held by Press and Publication Division - Central Propaganda Department Some published scientific research and doctoral Dissertations relate to this issue Some ministry-level scientific topics conducted by the state authorities of publishing such as the Division of Publishing, Printing and Book Distribution, the Legal Department, Inspector of the Ministry of Information - Communications in 2009 and 2010 are important results for the topic to refer to Those topics are an important basis for the postgraduate student to refer to in my own In summary, the studies of publishing can be divided into groups The group of studies in foreign countries mainly access publishing as a mere economic sector with the immediate challenges of electronic publishing, offering many opportunities and new challenges for the industry The group of studies in the country are mostly done by the state authorities on publishing activities In overall, the studies of the state authorities on publishing activities has high value in terms of practicality However, these studies is inevitable of subjective views of the management authorities Thus, they often offer the management solutions that "tightly manage" or "facilitate the managing" and "detrimental to the managed" Besides, there are irregularities with a tendency to increase in this area Therefore, it needs for more objective studies, from the perspective of Research objectives of the Dissertation Object and scope of the research The research object of the Dissertation is state management on publishing activities in Vietnam The state management in this Dissertation is approached in the management process, including: planning, organization, directing and inspection of publishing activities in Vietnam The management issues in the Dissertation is the macro management of the state on publishing activities under the management process The Dissertation does not go deep into the micro management of publishers Publishing activities include fields, consisting of publishing, printing and distribution The Dissertation only focuses on state management of publishing (manuscript organization) Printing and distribution are only mentioned to a certain extent Publications include: Printed books, Braille books, Paintings, pictures, maps, posters, leaflets and brochures, calendars; recordings, video recordings for using as substitutes for books or book illustrations The products of publishers are analyzed and evaluated in the Dissertation are mainly books, including printed books and e-books The study period is from 2009 until now The data has been collected during years from 2010 to 2014 The solutions herein are for from now to 2020 6 Research methodology 6.1 Theoretical framework The theoretical framework is the theory of state management under the management process from planning, organization, operating to control the implementation 6.3 Dissertation research methodology 6.3.1 Approach The Dissertation uses the method of dialectical materialism, historical materialism and approaches the system as research methodology throughout the whole project 6.3.1 Data collection methods The Dissertation uses a combination of methods for secondary and primary data collection to gather information, qualitative and quantitative research methods, methods of synthesis, comparison, and statistics to acquire necessary information Figure Theoretical framework Factors affecting the state management - Undertakings and guidelines of the Party on publishing activities - State management officials for publishing activities - The capacity of publishers State management - Strategy, planning, policy and legislation - Implementati on - Control Objectives Publishing activities - To develop publishing activities under the orientation of the Party and State - To improve the people's knowledge and spiritual life - To improve economic efficiency of publishing activities Source: The author has developed himself 6.3.2 Data processing methods After collecting secondary and primary data, the postgraduate student conducts data cleansing, encryption, input the data into the computer and use SPSS software for data processing Chapter THEORETICAL BASIS AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE ON STATE MANAGEMENT ON PUBLISHING ACTIVITIES 1.1 Publishing activities - the object of state management 5.2 Research process 1.1.1 The concept and characteristics of publishing activities Figure Research process 1.1.1.1 The concept of publishing activities General research Expert Interviews Secondary data collection Development of the theoretical framework Primary data collection Data analysis and situation assessment Conclusi ons and recomme ndations Source: The author has developed himself According to the dictionary, Publishing is an activity in the field of culture and ideology through the production and distribution of publications to many people [19] According to Paragraph 1, Article of the Publishing Law 2012, Publishing is the organization and exploitation of manuscripts, and edit them into the template to print and distribute directly through the electronic means [47] In the broad sense, publishing is understood in the following three contents: First, publishing is the organization and editing of manuscripts to suit the needs and tastes of readers and the publisher's criteria Second, publishing is an activity to multiply the manuscripts Technical editing of images Second editing Typing the final manuscript Agreeing with the author on the final manuscript Approving the content and presentation processed, edited and designed in an appropriate form under a certain form of matter Third, Publishing activity is to disseminate widely the products that contain the information after being edited and multiplied In the narrow sense, publishing is the process of organizing the creation, impacting on the creative process of the author to have manuscripts, processing and finalizing drafts, templates, and printing publications so as to serve many people The publishing activities are studied in this Dissertation is the publishing activities understood in the narrow sense Editing the ready-to print manuscript 1.1.3 The publishing process Making plates and typesetting First editing The author revises the manuscript for the first time Receiving the manuscript, reading and commenting Impacting on the formation of the manuscript Contracting with the author First proofreading Second proofreading Checking the printing sample and signing for printing OTK of publications Make the corrections Developing a draft outline Editing the corrected test print Finding an author Selecting a specific topic Checking and printing the corrected version Finalization Publications include the following categories: a) Printed books; b) Braille books; c) Paintings, pictures, maps, posters, leaflets and brochures; d) Types of calendars; e) Recordings, video recordings for using as substitutes for books or book illustrations Additional revises Agreeing with the author MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF PUBLICATIONS According to Clause 4, Article of the Publishing Law 2012, "Publications are works and documents on politics, economics, culture, society, education and training, science, technology, literature and art published by publishers or licensed publishing agencies or organizations in different languages with pictures and sound" Approving the ready-to print manuscript Signing the contract for printing Estimates 1.1.2 The types of publications Making cover and maquete The author revises the manuscript for the second time 1.1.1.2 The characteristics of publishing activities First characteristic: publishing activities are both an ideological and cultural activity and an economic activity Second characteristic: Publishing activities are an intellectual labor with a specific production process Third characteristic: Publishing activities create a particular type of goods Technical editing for maquete Advertising for the publications Issuing publications Determining the direction, planning and topic Gathering reader opinions The entire publishing process can be modeled according to the following diagram (Diagram 1.1): 10 11 Diagram 1.2 The editing process The manuscript of the author The edited manuscript The finalized edited manuscript Outline building First First editing editing Comment Outline approval Author fixing Second Third editing editing Reading, commenting and evaluating Technica l and artistic editing Preliminary approval Author fixing Author fixing The readyto-print manuscript Texts Drawings Photo Marquette Approving the complete manuscripts for putting into production Source: [18] 1.2 State management on publishing activities 1.2.1 The concept of state management on publishing activities State management on publishing activities is the impact of the State to publishers and printing and distribution facilities through the process of developing strategies, policies and legislation, organizing and directing, controlling publishing activities, creating the most favorable environment for publishing activities to develop properly as oriented, contributing to improving the people's knowledge and high efficiency in a sustainable way in terms of changes in the domestic and international market 1.2.2 Objectives and assessment criteria for state management on publishing activities 1.2.2.1 Objectives First, To develop publishing activities under the orientation of the Party and State Second, to improve the people's knowledge and spiritual life Third, to protect the legitimate interests of the creators of literary, artistic and scientific works Fourth, to improve economic efficiency of publishing activities 1.2.2.2 Assessment criteria - Effectiveness - Efficiency - Appropriateness - Sustainability 1.2.3 The concept of state management on publishing activities 1.2.3.1 To develop strategy, planning, policies and legislation for publishing activities ● Development of strategy for publishing activities ● Objectives of publishing activities ● Measures to achieve the objectives 1.2.3.2 To develop and implement policies and legislation for publishing activities ● The Party's perspective to publishing activities ● Building publishing legislation ● Coordinating activities between the state authorities with publishing activities 1.2.3.3 To control publishing activities - The function to control publishing activities of the MIC - The function of state management of the information and communications departments decentralized by the MIC - The management functions of the managing agencies 1.2.4 The factors affecting state management on publishing activities 1.2.4.1 The factor of management entities a Perspective and guidelines of the Party on publishing activities b The awareness of leaders at all levels on publishing activities c State management officials for publishing activities 1.2.4.2 The factor of management subjects a The capacity of publishers b Recruitment, training and remuneration of officials working in publishers 1.2.4.3 The environment - economic - culture - social factors a Economic development and international integration b The development of science and technology c Social and cultural environment 12 13 1.3 The experience of state management on publishing activities of some countries and lessons for Vietnam 1.3.1 China - The content of publications is oriented by the Central Propaganda Department - China persists the motto of "Social benefits are number 1" It is the basic principle in the development of the publishing industry 1.3.2 Korea - The government consider publishers as a normal business unit - The book publishing model in Korea is implemented from publishers to wholesalers and retail bookstores - Publishing activities in Korea are governed by several laws, such as: the law promoting the publishing and culture industry, copyright laws, the laws promoting culture and arts, the civil law, the law promoting printing and publishing 1.3.3 Japan - Japan does not have a publishing Law Publishing activities are regulated by the Constitution and their copyright law (Nguyen Hong Vinh et al., 2012, page 438) - The retail price of books in Japan is regulated by the price retention mechanisms for republishing - Japanese publishing industry is regulated mainly by the copyright law - Publishing activities in Japan are managed by a variety of state institutions, including the cultural council, especially the Department of copyright with a primary role 1.3.4 England - The country does not set up specialized agencies to monitor publishing activities - There are many publishing associations - They are one of the countries that have developed a copyright law very early 1.3.5 The U.S.A - The State does not intervene directly in publishing activities - They develop a mode of freely publishing - The federal government has no specialized agencies to manage publishing activities, except the Copyright Bureau, which is the State management agency on intellectual property 1.3.4 Experience for Vietnam 1.3.4.1 Regarding the promulgation of policies and legislation for publishing activities 1.3.4.2 Regarding the implementation of policies and legislation for publishing activities 1.3.4.3 Regarding the control of publishing activities Chapter ANALYSIS OF THE SITUATION OF STATE MANAGEMENT ON PUBLISHING ACTIVITIES IN VIETNAM 2.1 The situation of state management on publishing activities 2.1.1 Strategy, planning, policies and legislation for publishing activities 2.1.1.1 Strategy - The quantity, structure and quality of publications keep growing Table 2.1 Statistics of books published from 2010 - 2013 Unit 2010 2011 2012 2013 Number of books 25,769 27,542 26,596 26,933 % 100 107 103.2 104.5 million copies 277,765 293,723 295,314 279,720 % 100 106 106.3 100.7 million copies 32,561 26,365 28,962 18,265 % 100 81 88.9 56.1 The level of enjoyment Copies/perso of books n 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.2 Growth rate 100 103 103 97 Number of books Growth rate Number of books Growth rate Number of cultural products Growth rate % Source: Compiled from the annual report of the Division of Publishing, Printing and Book Distribution (from 2010-2013) 15 14 - The structure of book distribution is relatively reasonable and meets the diverse needs of readers, increasingly better serving the political tasks of the country The contents of publications have had positive changes as well Table 2.2 Statistics of the book structure from 2010 - 2013 No Structure Figure 2.2 Survey Question 1.3 2010 2011 2012 2013 Copies Copies Copies Copies Number Number Number (Million (Million (Million (Million of books of books of books copies) copies) copies) copies) Number of books Politics - Legislation 4310 12,290 4303 12,910 4206 12,400 4200 12,20 Growth rate (%) 100 100 95,2 99,2 98,8 100,9 97,4 99,3 Science and technology Economics 3765 10,642 4568 12,142 4580 11,812 4500 11,64 Growth rate (%) Social CultureReligions and arts Growth rate (%) 100 100 121,3 114,1 121,6 110,1 119,5 109,4 3927 13,941 4176 13,372 4235 14,402 4132 14,94 100 100 106,3 95,9 107,8 103,3 105,2 107,2 Literary 2844 3,138 2956 3,046 2894 2,986 2886 2,861 Growth rate (%) 100 100 104,1 97,1 101,8 94,3 101,5 91,2 Textbooks - curriculum reference 4310 12,290 4303 12,910 4206 12,400 4200 12,20 Growth rate (%) 100 100 95,2 99,2 98,8 100,9 97,4 99,3 Children books 3765 10,642 4568 12,142 4580 11,812 4500 11,64 Growth rate (%) 100 100 121,3 114,1 121,6 110,1 119,5 109,4 Dictionaries - Foreign literature 3927 13,941 4176 13,372 4235 14,402 4132 14,94 Growth rate (%) 100 100 106,3 95,9 107,8 103,3 105,2 107,2 Source: Compiled from the annual report of the Division of Publishing, Printing and Book Distribution (from 2009-2013) - Assessing the level of abundance of the book market (Source: NCS Survey results) 2.1.1.2 Planning 2.1.1.3 Policies - The policy for funding and ordering publications - The policy for freight subsidy - The State has preferential policies on corporate income tax for publishing activities 2.1.1.4 Legislation - The promulgation of legislation on publishing has been properly focused Up to now, there are publishing laws enacted, which are Publishing Laws 1993, 2004, 2008, 2012 - Several other laws and policies related to publishing activities: The Civil Code and the Intellectual Property Law 2.1.2 Implementation of policies and legislation for publishing activities Diagram 2.1 State management agencies for publishing activities Figure 2.1 Survey Question 1.2 (Source: NCS Survey results) - Assessing the value of books on the market The Government Provincial People's Committees The MIC Department of I&C Professional publishing activities (Publishers) The managing ministries and departments Momentary publishing activities Source: [18] 16 2.1.3 Monitoring and inspection of publishing activities Under the provisions of the Publishing Law 2012, the authority to inspect and control publishing activities is decentralized as follows: - The Ministry of Information and Communications helps the government to implement state management on publishing activities in the whole country - The Division of Publishing, Printing and Book Distribution is the functional authority of the Ministry of Information and Communications - The Department of Information and Communications is the specialized agency of the provincial People's Committee - The Division of Publishing, Printing and Book Distribution has conducted 11 inspections in 2014, 05 unscheduled inspections, 08 inspections and issued 09 decisions to sanction administrative violations with a total fine of VND 1,348 million At the same time, the Division of Publishing, Printing and Book Distribution has coordinated with A87- the Ministry of Public Security, Inspectors of the MIC and provincial DIC and inspection authorities in some localities - The central interdisciplinary inspection team of prevention of illegal printing has conducted 10 inspections, and handled administrative sanctions of 02 facilities with a total fine of VND 130 million - Inspectors of the Ministry has implemented 06 planned inspections, 01 unscheduled inspections, issued 08 administrative penalty decisions with a total fine of VND 186 million 2.2 Assessment of state management on publishing activities 2.2.1 Assessment by criteria of state management 2.2.1.1 Assessment of the effectiveness of state management on publishing activities The effectiveness of state management on publishing activities are facing many problems - The situation of pirated books and fake books - Infringement of copyright - Assessing whether the number of pirated and fake books available on the market is much or less 17 Figure 2.3 Survey Question 2.4 Source: NCS Survey results) 2.2.1.2 Assessment of the efficiency of state management on publishing activities - Most of the publishers are small-scale with difficulties in capital, low economic efficiency and have not focused and invested properly by the managing agencies - The average level of enjoyment in 2014 was very low - The industry's revenues are generally very low, except for the Education Publishing House with special advantage - Book prices remain higher than the income of the labourer with inconsistent discount rates - The facility and capital of many publishers not meet the requirements with small scale production - The revenue of the publishers has been declining from 2011 - 2014 Table 2.3 Total revenue of the publishers in 2010-2014 (Source: Compiled from the report of the Division of Publishing, Printing and Book Distribution in 2010-2014) 18 19 - Profit after tax of the publishers from 2010 to 2011 showed signs of decline, then increased again after 2011 because the publishers have saved costs and utilized the income of other economic activities (e.g renting the premises, etc.) Table 2.4 Profit after tax of the publishers in 2010-2014 2.2.1.3 Assessment of the appropriateness of state management on publishing activities Some regulations for State management on publishing activities are incompatible with the current development of publishing activities, namely as follows: (1) The policies remain incomplete and irrational (2) The labor quantity and quality are both redundant, lack and weak at the same time Especially the management of the publishers and editors are slow to adapt to the new changes of the market economy and social life, faster speed of development, and increasingly diverse, multi-layered, multidimensional needs (3) Technical facilities and management technologies are not invested adequately (4) The promotion and development of reading culture is incommensurate with the new requirements, especially the requirement to introduce about the country and people of Vietnam 2.2.1.4 Assessment of the sustainability of state management on publishing activities The state management policies for publishing activities are unsustainable and unstable (1) Having not defined whether the state censors publications or there is no censorship under which mechanism (2) In management mechanism, the state has not had a key distinction between publications for political tasks and publications for business tasks (3) The organizational model of the publishers contains many shortcomings (4) The book structure is irrational Very few publishers can build a longterm category plan 2.2.2 Strengths - Developing appropriate strategic direction, facilitating publishing to develop in the socialist-oriented market economy - The institutionalization of policies and orientations of the Party into publishing mechanisms, policies and legislation has been improved gradually, creating the basic legal framework for the stable operation of publishing in the oriented-socialist market economy and international integration - The direction and management of publishing activities of committees, government, management agencies from the central to localities have made some progress 2.2.3 Weaknesses - The consulting and directing agencies of the Party have not made clear the role, location, purpose of publishing activities and have not well realized the leadership mechanism for the Party to this activity in the Party organizations Source: Compiled from the report of the Division of Publishing, Printing and Book Distribution in 2010-2014 - The total budget remittance of the publishers from 2010 to 2011 showed signs of sharp decline After 2011, there were signs of rising again Table 2.5 Total budget remittance of the publishers in 2010-2014 Source: Compiled from the report of the Division of Publishing, Printing and Book Distribution in 2010-2014 20 21 - The quality of state management on publishing activities in some issues is not high and has not kept pace with the practical demands The ability to predict, orient strategy and detect problems is weak There is a gap between undertakings, directives and resolutions of the Party with the institutionalization of mechanisms and policies in the legal system of the state - The cooperation between the Party agencies with the state and professional and social organizations, between organizations in the same system still lacks of a binding mechanism Thus the effectiveness is not high with a lack of a competent commander 2.2.4 The causes of the weaknesses 2.2.4.1 Subjective reasons - The reasoning on publishing has not kept up with the practice of publishing activities - The awareness of the location, nature and purpose of publishing activities is incorrect and inconsistent - The issue of ownership and professionalism of publishers - The lack of management and consulting staff with practical qualification and strategic vision 2.2.4.2 Objective reasons - The negative impact of the market economy - The negative impacts of the process of globalization and international integration - The impact of the information technology revolution publishing is worldwide, including Vietnam Thus, such activities are considered publishing or not? Are they subject to the governance of the current publishing provisions? How will be handle violations in the content? 3.2 The view of state management on publishing activities - The view on the nature, location, purpose of publishing activities in the new period - The view on the socialization of publishing activities Figure 3.1 Survey Question 7.6 Chapter SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE STATE MANAGEMENT ON PUBLISHING ACTIVITIES IN VIETNAM 3.1 Forecasts of publishing activities and state management direction for publishing activities to 2020 - The sturdy shift from traditional forms of publishing to many different forms such as electronic publishing, distribution and publication of works on the Internet and the development of means of listening, watching, reading on mobile networks, etc is the trend of the modern world - The emergence of the Internet also engages multi-dimensional information explosion, making the direction and control of information more difficult than ever - An author can quickly create his book, self-publish and release on the Internet through Google store, Apple Store or Kindle, etc The scope of such (Source: NCS Survey results) 3.3 Solutions to improve state management on publishing activities in Vietnam 3.3.1 Completing the strategy Actively integrating with the region and the world, while preserving and promoting the national cultural identity in publishing activities 3.3.2 Completing the policies and legislation Building and completing the legal system, especially the Publishing Law, a number of laws and other bylaws 3.3.3 Completing the implementation - The direction of the Central Party: - The Central state management agencies: - The direction and management of publishing activities at localities: - Focusing investment, upgrading and modernizing facilities - techniques for publishers, printing establishments, publication establishments, thereby improving the overall capacity of publishing units - Forming institutions to support publishing activities - In the immediate future, Vietnam Publishing Support Fund should be established (including publishing, printing and distribution of publications) - Building key national book programs and other supportive policies 22 23 3.3.4 Completing the control - The state should adopt policies to create conditions for the publishers to properly develop as oriented and to serve the political tasks while avoiding commercialization and the pressure of the market economy - It is needed to strengthen penalties for the manufacturing and sale of pirated books and fake books - Survey results of how to handle criminal penalties of acts of the manufacturing and sale of pirated books and fake books as regular counterfeiting Figure 3.2 Survey Question 7.7 CONCLUSIONS (Source: NCS Survey results) Sticking to the goals set out at the beginning, the Dissertation has clarified the following issues: - Overview and systematization of the previous studies related to publishing and state management on publishing activities; selective development of theoretical basis for state management on publishing activities - The Dissertation has systematized and clarified the concept and characteristics of publishing activities, the types of publications and generalized the publishing process From that, the Dissertation has specified the objectives of publishing activities and the assessment criteria of state management on publishing activities - The Dissertation has analyzed the content of state management on publishing activities under the management process, including the development of strategy, planning, policies and legislation for publishing activities; the organization and implementation of policies and legislation for publishing activities; the control of publishing activities The Dissertation has also stated the factors affecting state management on publishing activities - The state management on publishing activities in some countries was briefed and experience has been drawn for the state management on publishing activities in Vietnam - The Dissertation has presented the current status of state management on publishing activities under the management process, including: The development of strategy, planning, policies and legislation, the implementation of policies and legislation and the control of publishing activities - Based on the secondary data from the annual report of the Division of Publishing, Printing and Book Distribution and the primary data from NCS surveys, the Dissertation has pointed out the situation and assessed the state management on publishing activities in Vietnam under the state management criteria, consisting of the effectiveness, efficiency, appropriateness and sustainability of state management - The Dissertation has evaluated the strengths and weaknesses of state 24 management on the current publishing activities as well, thereby indicating the subjective and objective reasons of the weaknesses as a basis for the proposals herein - Based on the findings in chapter 2, the Dissertation has made forecasts of publishing activities and state management on publishing activities in the coming period and stated out four groups of solutions in order to improve state management on publishing activities in the future The solutions are divided based on the analysis of the situation of state management on publishing activities studied in Chapter and Chapter Besides the results of the Dissertation, the author found that some contents should be further studied Those are also the research axes of the author in the future They are: - First, in-depth study on models and methods of operation of a particular group of publishers For example, the group of university publishers with specialized publications of scientific research - Second, in-depth study on state management on socialization of the publishing sector, contributing to the socialization of this area while ensuring the requirements of state management in the new situation 25 LIST OF PROJECTS PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR Nguyen Anh Tu (2009), "Some issues of state management in the field of publishing", Journal of Economics and Development, (Vol 06/2009) Nguyen Anh Tu (2011), "Some issues of state management in the field of publishing", Proceedings of the National Workshop: State management with integration and development Nguyen Anh Tu (2011), "State management using legal instruments to enforce copyrights in Vietnam", Journal of Economics and Development, (Vol 8/2011) Nguyen Anh Tu (2013), "Complete regulations on copyright at universities in Vietnam", Journal of Economics and Development, (Vol 11/2013) Nguyen Anh Tu (co-author) (2014), Copyrights in Vietnam Legislation and enforcement, Justice Publishing House, Ha Noi 26 [...]... legislation for publishing activities; the organization and implementation of policies and legislation for publishing activities; the control of publishing activities The Dissertation has also stated the factors affecting state management on publishing activities - The state management on publishing activities in some countries was briefed and experience has been drawn for the state management on publishing activities. .. well, thereby indicating the subjective and objective reasons of the weaknesses as a basis for the proposals herein - Based on the findings in chapter 2, the Dissertation has made forecasts of publishing activities and state management on publishing activities in the coming period and stated out four groups of solutions in order to improve state management on publishing activities in the future The solutions... revolution publishing is worldwide, including Vietnam Thus, such activities are considered publishing or not? Are they subject to the governance of the current publishing provisions? How will be handle violations in the content? 3.2 The view of state management on publishing activities - The view on the nature, location, purpose of publishing activities in the new period - The view on the socialization of publishing. .. publishing activities, the types of publications and generalized the publishing process From that, the Dissertation has specified the objectives of publishing activities and the assessment criteria of state management on publishing activities - The Dissertation has analyzed the content of state management on publishing activities under the management process, including the development of strategy, planning,... etc The scope of such (Source: NCS Survey results) 3.3 Solutions to improve state management on publishing activities in Vietnam 3.3.1 Completing the strategy Actively integrating with the region and the world, while preserving and promoting the national cultural identity in publishing activities 3.3.2 Completing the policies and legislation Building and completing the legal system, especially the Publishing. .. the primary data from NCS surveys, the Dissertation has pointed out the situation and assessed the state management on publishing activities in Vietnam under the state management criteria, consisting of the effectiveness, efficiency, appropriateness and sustainability of state management - The Dissertation has evaluated the strengths and weaknesses of state 24 management on the current publishing activities. .. publishing activities Figure 3.1 Survey Question 7.6 Chapter 3 SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE STATE MANAGEMENT ON PUBLISHING ACTIVITIES IN VIETNAM 3.1 Forecasts of publishing activities and state management direction for publishing activities to 2020 - The sturdy shift from traditional forms of publishing to many different forms such as electronic publishing, distribution and publication of works on the Internet... capacity of publishing units - Forming institutions to support publishing activities - In the immediate future, Vietnam Publishing Support Fund should be established (including publishing, printing and distribution of publications) - Building key national book programs and other supportive policies 22 23 3.3.4 Completing the control - The state should adopt policies to create conditions for the publishers... activities in Vietnam - The Dissertation has presented the current status of state management on publishing activities under the management process, including: The development of strategy, planning, policies and legislation, the implementation of policies and legislation and the control of publishing activities - Based on the secondary data from the annual report of the Division of Publishing, Printing and... Sticking to the goals set out at the beginning, the Dissertation has clarified the following issues: - Overview and systematization of the previous studies related to publishing and state management on publishing activities; selective development of theoretical basis for state management on publishing activities - The Dissertation has systematized and clarified the concept and characteristics of publishing