IP law document

The 1st Criminal Code of Vietnam including provisions on intellectual property is the Criminal Code passed on December 21, 1999 that came into force on July 1, 2000. The Criminal Code, 1999 included several provisions on intellectual property. First of all, infringements upon copyrights and their consequences are explained in...

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...

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...

Decree No. 105/2006/ND-CP Was adopted on September 22, 2006. The subject matter of the Decree is Copyright and Related Rights, Enforcement of IP and Related Law, Industrial Property. This Decree details and guides a number of articles of the Law on Intellectual Property on protection of intellectual property rights,...

Decree No. 56/2009/ND-CP was passed on June 6, 2006. This Decree governs issues on acts, competence and procedures for sanctioning administrative violations in the culture and information activities. Administrative violations in cultural and information domains defined in this Decree include acts of violating state management regulations in press activities; publishing...

Circular No. 08/2006/TT-BKHCN was enacted on April 04, 2006. The scope of Circular is guiding intellectual property-related activities belonging to scientific and technological services specified in Clause 8, Article 2 of June 9,2000 Science and Technology Law No. 21/2000/QH10 and the Government's Decree No. 81/2002/ND-CP of October 17, 2002,...

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...

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...

The Competition Law was passed on December 3, 2004 and came into force on July 1, 2005. It foresees general provisions for acts of competition’s restriction and of unfair competition. The law also provides procedures for the settlement of competition cases and measures to deal with violations of the competition...

Law on Science and Technology was promulgated under No. 21/2000/QH10 of June 9, 2000. The scope of regulation is regulating issues on scientific and technology organizations, individuals involved in scientific and technological activities and organization of scientific and technological activities. This Law was divided into 2 sections and 59...

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....

The Criminal Code was passed on June 29, 2009 and came into force on January 1, 2010. It created a few new rules amending and supplementing some articles of the former Criminal Code, 1999. When it comes to intellectual property provisions, only two changes in the Criminal Code, 2009 are...

Vietnamese Civil Law code 2001 of Vietnam was replaced by the code 2005. National Assembly passed on this code on June, 14, 2005. Vietnamese civil law code 2005 regulates the issues on civil rights and obligations of individual and organizations, as well as property and ownership…The Vietnamese Civil Law...

  The Intellectual Property Law was passed by the Vietnamese National Assembly on June 19, 2009 and came into force on January 1, 2010. This law aimed to amend and supplement some articles of the former Intellectual Property Law passed in 2005. One of the new law major provisions’ is, firstly,...

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...