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Copyright in Vietnam

Applications for registration of copyright or related rights

Authors, copyright holders or related right holders may directly file or authorize other organizations or individuals to file applications for registration of copyright or related rights[...]

The owners of copyright

Copyright holders mean organizations and individuals that hold one, several or all the economic rights[...]

Term of related right protection

The rights of performers shall be protected for fifty years counting from the year following the year of fixation of their performances[...]

Copyright to protected works

1. Copyright to cinematographic works and dramatic works

Using published works where permission is not required or but the payment of royalties and/or remunerations is required

Broadcasting organizations which use published works in making their broadcasts, which are sponsored, advertised or charged in whatever form, shall not have to obtain permission but have to pay royalties or remunerations to copyright holders according to the Government’s regulations[...]

Using published works where permission and payment of royalties and/or remunerations are not required

Cases of use of published works where permission or payment of royalties and/or remunerations is not required include[...]

Conducts constituted infringement of related right

- Appropriating the rights of a performer, producer of audio and visual fixation, or of a broadcasting organization

Protection of ralated right

Actors and actresses, instrumentali orm literary and artistic works (hereinafter all referred to as performers)[...]

Defination and grounds for the generation of related rights

Copyright related rights (hereinafter referred to as related rights) means rights of an organization or individual to performances, audio and visual fixation, and broadcasts and satellite signals carrying coded programmes[...]

Acts of infringing upon copyright

- Appropriating copyright in a literary, artistic or scientific work.

Term to protect copyright in Vietnam

Copyright in works regulated in this Law shall comprise moral rights and economic rights.
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Subject matter outside the category of copyright protection

Subject matter outside the category of copyright protection[...]

Protection of copyright in Vietnam

1. Who is protected by copyright?

Copyright and Grounds for the generation of copyright

Copyright means rights of an organization or individual to works which such organization or individual created or owns[...]