The Department of Mass Media of the Ministry of Information and Culture is responsible for all matters relating to the mass media. It deals with copyright matters affecting videos and films produced by the Ministry, studies and plans for the improvement and development of information and culture work including newspapers, news agencies, radio and television, orientation, principles, contents, ways and forms of presenting guidelines and policies of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and laws and regulations of the government; studies and plans for the development of film and video services and work in accordance with the renovation policy of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and government; studies and formulates regulations, decrees and laws on the mass media and video-film management and monitors the observation of the said regulations, decrees and laws; and studies and submits for approval requests to set up news and video-film businesses in the country.