ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint, 2025
ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint (AEC 2025) was adopted at the 27th ASEAN Summit on 22 November 2015 in Kula Lumpur, Malaysia by the ASEAN leaders. AEC 2025 gives broad orientations for the development of ASEAN from 2016 to 2025. The AEC Blueprint 2025 is aimed toward obtaining the vision...
Instruction Number 04/2007/CT-TTg of 22 February 2007 on the strengthening of computer program copyright protection
Instruction was promulgated by the Prime Minister on February 22, 2007. The goal of this Instruction is to take directions for the strengthening and maintaining of computer program copyright protection. To get a high result, Prime Minister requires Ministries such as Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Defense, Ministry...
IP NEWSLETTER – WEEK 4, JUNE 2026
New Circular No. 08/2026/TT-BVHTTDL: 4 Breakthrough Changes in Copyright Registration & AI Regulation in Vietnam
The explosion of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has presented unprecedented challenges to global and local intellectual property frameworks. Keeping pace with global technological trends and tightening control over creative digital assets, the Ministry of Culture,...
Civil Code, 2005:
The Civil Code was passed on June 14, 2005 and came into force on January 1, 2006. It replaced the former Civil Code, 1995, which had codified all existing legislations on civil matters and created the legal foundation for ownership and civil rights. It also replaced all former regulations...
Ordinance on the procedures for the settlement of administrative cases
Ordinance prescribes procedures for the settlement of administrative cases. The purpose of this Ordinance is to ensure the timely and lawful settlement of administrative cases in order to protect the legitimate rights and interests of individuals, State agencies and organizations, and contribute to raising the effectiveness of State management....
Update on Decree 189/2025/ND-CP on VAT: Optimal Solutions for Tax Refunds & Risk Management for Businesses
Value Added Tax (VAT) is always one of the taxes with the most direct and powerful impact on the cash flow and operational activities of any business. Any changes in tax policies require businesses to promptly update to avoid the risks of tax arrears, violation penalties, or capital blockage...
Intellectual Property Law, 2005:
The former Intellectual Property Law was passed on November 29, 2005 and came into force on July 1, 2006. It was amended by the afore-mentioned new Law on Intellectual Property, 2009.
The former law was considered a great advance for the protection of the intellectual property, but also for complying...
Intellectual Property Law
Under no. 50/2005/QH11, Law on Intellectual Property was promulgated including 6 parts, 18 chapters and 221 articles. The scope of this Law is governing issues on copyright, copy – related rights, industrial property right, rights to plant varieties and the protection of these rights. This Law was passed on...
Joint Circular No. 02/2008/TTLT-TANDTC-VKSNDTC-BVHTT&DL-BKH&CN-BTP of April 3, 2008, guiding the Application of a Number of Legal Provisions to the Settlement of Disputes over intellectual Property Rights at People’s Courts
Joint Circular No. 02/2008/TTLT-TANDTC-VKSNDTC-BVHTT&DL-BKH&CN-BTP was passed on April 3, 2008 and entered into force on May 22, 2008. Joint Circular includes 2 parts (A and B). Part A defines the disputes over intellectual property rights which fall under the handling competence of people’s courts (specified in Clause 4, Article...
Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (1989)
Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks was adopted at Madrid on June 27, 1989. This is comprised of 16 articles. The system makes it possible to protect a mark in a large number of countries by obtaining an international registration that has effect...
Brussels Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite, 1974
Brussels Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite was passed on May 21, 1974 at Brussels. Brussels comprises 12 articles providing for the obligation of each Contracting State to take adequate measures to prevent the unauthorized distribution on or from its territory of any programme-carrying...
Patent Cooperation treaty (PCT)
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...
ASEAN – Australia – New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (IP provisions)
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...
The Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Intellectual Property
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 Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Penal Code
National Assembly promulgated the Law amending and supplementing some articles of penal code which was passed on June, 19, 2009 under no. 37/2009/QH12. Two articles including 170, 171 which relate to Intellectual property (IP) were amended and supplemented. Particularly, article 170a is “Infringing upon copyright and related rights”. This...
