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Vietnam - U.S. Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) signed on July, 2000. The BTA is a result of making efforts by both parties over 4 years of negotiations and  a key step in the historic reconciliation between the United States and Vietnam. This is important foundation for Viet Nam to...

Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations was passed on October 26, 1961 at Rome. The Rome Convention includes 34 articles secures protection in performances for performer in phonograms for producers of phonograms and in broadcasts for broadcasting organizations. This Convention was built...

This Decree details the implementation of a number of articles of Customs Law No. 29/2001/QH10 of June 29, 2001, and Law No. 42/2005/QH11 of June 14, 2005, Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Customs Law (referred to collectively as the Customs Law) regarding customs procedures, inspection...

Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure was passed on Budapest on April 28, 1977, and amended on September 26, 1980. Budapest Treaty includes 4 parts and 20 articles relating to patent procedure. The main feature of the Treaty is...

Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks was established in 1891 for the purpose of providing a mechanism that helps for international trademark registration to eliminate the need for filing, prosecuting or maintaining separate registrations in multiple countries. Registration of a mark under the Agreement provides for the...

WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT) was adopted in Geneva on December 20, 1996 including 5 chapters and 33 articles. The treaty emphasizes the need to maintain a balance between the rights of performers and producers of phonograms and the larger public interest, particularly education, research and access to...

The Customs Law was passed on June 29, 2001, came into force on January 1, 2002 and was amended in June 2005. The section 5 of the Customs Law is devoted to intellectual property. It contains 3 articles (articles 57, 58 and 59) setting up the conditions of the customs...

Circular No. 01/2007/TT-BKHCN was enacted on February 14, 2007. The Circular comprises 5 chapters and 67 articles defining procedures for establishment of industrial property rights; procedures for registration subjects of IP: invention, Layout designs, industrial design, marks, geographical indications etc; procedures for registration of contracts on assignment of industrial...

National Assembly promulgated the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Intellectual property (IP) which was passed on June, 19, 2009. This statute document enhances the applicability, makes more suitable for reality and trengthens the framework of Law 2005 on Intellectual property. The Law...

The Ordinance on Handling of Administrative Violations was passed on April 2, 2008 and came into force on August 1, 2008. It aims at amending and supplementing the former Ordinance on Handling of Administrative Violations passed in 2002. When it comes to intellectual property, only one amendment of the Ordinance...

CIRCULAR No. 01/2008/TT- BKHCN was enacted on February 25, 2008 regulates procedures for granting and withdrawing of  industrial property certificate of assessor card and industrial property assessment organizations. Following this Circular, subjects of industrial property assessment comprise: Assessment of inventions and semi-conductor integrated circuit layout designs,  Assessment of industrial...

Decree No. 24/2025/ND-CP, issued on February 21, 2025, amends and supplements several articles of Decree No. 98/2020/ND-CP on penalties for administrative violations in commercial activities, production, trading in counterfeit and prohibited goods, and consumer protection. This Decree aims to update and adjust regulations on administrative penalties in these fields...

Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property was adopted in 1883. The Paris Convention applies to industrial property in widest sense, including patent, utility models, industrial designs, trademarks, service marks,  trade names, indication of source or appellation of origin, and the repression of unfair competition. The Paris Convention...

Agreement establishing the ASEAN-Australia-Newzealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA) started negotiating in 2005 and came in force for all countries in 2012. The AANZFTA is the first comprehensive FTA signed by ASEAN. Issues on Intellectual property right are defined in Chapter 13 including 12 articles. This chapter regulates intellectual property...

Patent Cooperation Treaty was passed on at Washington on June 19, 1970 and modified on February 3, 1984, and on October 3, 2001. PCT comprises 8 chapters and 69 articles and came in force on April 1, 2002. The Patent Cooperation Treaty assists applicants in finding protection internationally for...