Vietnam Reproduction Rights Organization

VIETRRO, Vietnam Reproduction Rights Organization

No.8, D5 block
Nghia Do-Dich Vong Urban Area
Cau Giay District
Hanoi
Vietnam
Phone: +84.4 37916088 /+84.4 66733607
Fax: +84.4 37913633
Email: info@vietrro.org.vn
web: http://vietrro.org.vn

Chief Executive:
Chairman : Prof Ho Ngoc Dai
Chief Executive Email : hongocdai@vietrro.org.vn

KEY REPRESENTATIVES
Vice Chairman and Managing Director : Doan Thi Lam Luyen
E-Mail : doanthilamluyen@vietrro.org.vn
Vice Chairman : Nguyen Kiem
E-Mail : nguyenkiem@vietrro.org.vn
Head of Communications and External Relations : Cao Kim Anh
E-Mail : caokimanh@vietrro.org.vn

HISTORY OF ORGANISATION
History of the organisation : December 2008: The Team for Mobilization of establishment of VIETRRO has established by the Vietnam Writer Association (VWA) and approved by the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism of Vietnam (MoCST) in August 2009. 29 March 2010: VIETRRO establishment has approved by the Ministry of Home Affairs of Vietnam (MoHA), 21 May 2010 : The VIETRRO Founding Congress held in Hanoi, The Board and the first Chairman were elected at the Congress, 21 February 2011: The Regulation of VIETRRO has approved by MoHA, VIETRRO officially started its activities as a CMO in Vietnam. June 2011: VIETRRO becomes the RRO member of IFRRO. From 2010 to now VIETRRO carrying out the Project of “ Establishment VIETRRO and initiating its activities” with grants and assistances from the Norwegian Copyright Development Association (Norcode) and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad). At the time being VIETRRO is offering support and assist to the Team mobilizating for establishing of the Vietnam Association of Non-fiction Authors.
Year of incorporation : 2010

ORGANISATION
Composition of Board
Total number of Board Members : 19
How are Board Members elected : At the Founding Congress and General Meetings
Total number of Author Representatives :11
Total number of Publisher Representatives :8

Members:
Total number of Member Associations : 102
Total Rights holders represented : 10000
Remarks about the members : There are 1000 individual members and 102 association members of VIETRRO (Quarter I, 2012).

MODEL OF RRO OPERATION

Type of National legislation :

Civil law : Yes
Common law : No

Licensing system:
Voluntary Licencing schemes, without any form of back-up in Copyright Laws
Mandating rights holders :
1075 individuals and 102 associations, representing more 10,000 rights holders

LICENCES
Reprographic licences
Pilot Projects : Survey on photocopy in schools: 29 schools, with 1,764 pupils and 354 teachers involved. Survey on photocopy in vocational institutions: 34 institutions with 1,700 students involved. Survey on photocopy-shops ouside of schools: 479 photocopy-shop's managers involved. Survey on tariff setting for photocopying in schools and institutions.


Digital Licences
Pilot Projects : Survey on digital using: finding out more than 30 websites contained illegal copies of protected works. Survey on tariff setting for digital using in the environments of internet, mobile devices and IP TV.


Other Licences
Public Lending Rights : No


DISTRIBUTION
Title-specific distribution : No
Non title-specific distribution : No
Both title-specific distribution and non title-specific distribution : No
Full reporting : No
Sampling : No
Statistical surveys : No
Objective availability : No
Possibility to be copied : No


FINANCIAL DATA


Total amount collected for all licensing :
Dong 0.00 (+/- EUR 0.00)

Total amount collected for reproduction licensing :
Dong 0.00 (+/- EUR 0.00)

Total amount collected nationally for reproduction licensing :
Dong 0.00 (+/- EUR 0.00)

Total amount received for licensing from other RROs world-wide :
Dong 0.00 (+/- EUR 0.00)

Total amount distributed to national rightsholders :
Dong 0.00 (+/- EUR 0.00)

Total amount distributed from all licensing :
Dong 0.00 (+/- EUR 0.00)


The exchange rate of 1 January 2011 was applied, being EUR 1= 26168.1000 Dong