The initiative, developed in coordination with the US Trade Representative Office, is intended to address longstanding concerns over IP protection and enforcement.

Vietnamese officials at a workshop in Hanoi on February 28 called on Japan to continue its support to Vietnam in protecting and enforcing intellectual property (IP) rights, making IP a driving force for economic development.

The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) actively assisted localities in performing sci-tech tasks that had great impacts on socio-economic development last year, contributing to easing difficulties caused by COVID-19 pandemic.

The National Assembly (NA)’s Committee for Legal Affairs on September 29 reviewed the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Intellectual Property Law, under the chair of its Chairman Hoang Thanh Tung.

The market management force of Vietnam is committed to strictly handling violations of intellectual property (IP) rights so as to create an optimal environment for foreign investors, including those from the Republic of Korea (RoK), an official of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has said.

Intellectual property (IP) rights and science-technology should be a priority of businesses amidst the fourth industrial revolution, as they are key factors for success, heard a workshop in Hanoi on April 18.

Protection of intellectual property will be an essential factor to further innovation and economic growth of the country, an official with the Ministry of Science and Technology has said.