In 2017, Vietnam issued regulations on age when going to the movies

After years of preparation and extensive public comments, starting on January 1, 2017, Circular No. 12 of the Ministry of Sports, Culture and Tourism classifies films by age. This also means that depending on the age of the movie, the viewer must bring a Citizen ID or ID card when going to the cinema in theaters to be widely applied throughout country. If you have questions and do not understand this classification criteria, you can refer to the following reading to be able to choose the right film for your descendants.

Today, going to the cinema outside is popular with many young people and families today, the types of movies that are still unspecified, many parents and young people do not understand the types Which movie will fit your age to be able to see properly and not affect the thoughts and perceptions of future generations of the country.

Under this new rule, categorizing movies by age will be based on the National Appraisal Council for film approval, and then labeling age limits for movies and widespread licensing.

Specifically, there will be 4 movie standards for ages as follows: P, C13, C16, C18.

1. Category P: for all subjects

This is a popular film, suitable for a wide range of subjects and ages, with the category P regulated, the film is not countered in education, the most restrictive of the contents: violence - nudity, sexuality - drugs and stimulants - horror sound images - vulgar language so families and young people can go and see.

2. Category C13: for audiences over 13 years old

In addition to the prohibition rules such as the type P mentioned above, C13 also stipulates that the content of the film should not make the perception that children aged 13-15 years of age fall into the thinking of misleading, mistaken, psychological or fallow orders. into fear, depression, pessimism. Do not teach children to hide crimes, violence or neglect of adolescent children.

3. Type C16: for viewers over 16 years old

With restrictions such as the two levels P and C13, the C16 type recommends more and . more openly when the violence is not acceptable to the prolonged specification . Particularly the sexual nude part is prescribed This has more "open" meaning when accepting "nude behind of men and women, nude upper part of women not related to sex, no offensive tattoos"!

4. Type C18: movies are prohibited from being distributed to audiences under 18 years old

This is a kind of pregnancy movie that deals with the love and gender issues of youth, but the acts of violence in love or action movies are still limited, for sensitive, nude segments. Sexually stressed "does not accept full nude images, except that the whole nude image is suitable for the film content, does not describe the genital details, there is no anti-tattoo sympathy, there is no lasting time . ".