Vietnam elected to WIPO budget committee
(VOV) - Vietnam has been elected to the Programme and Budget Committee of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) for 2013-15 at its ongoing 51st General Assembly in Switzerland.
Ta Minh Quang , Head of the National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam, said since Vietnam joined this organisation in 1976, it has actively involved in all WIPO-funded development programmes, and its contributions have been acknowledged internationally.
At the General Assembly session, Quang introduced two WIPO projects Vietnam is carrying out efficiently in the country.
In the first project, WIPO supports several developing and underdeveloped countries in drawing up a branding strategy to promote local specialities and boost their exports.
In Vietnam, Ba Vi tea, Phu Yen fish sauce and Da Lat flowers are benefitting from this project.
In the second project, WIPO helps the countries establish Technology and Innovation Support Centres (TISC) with access to locally based, high quality technology information and related services, in order to create, protect, and manage their intellectual property rights.
Under an agreement signed with the National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam, WIPO has pledged to support Vietnam in establishing an intellectual property rights support centre at Hanoi’s Hoa Lac hi-tech park.
It has run a number of workshops providing the Office’s staff with basic skills to access online patent and non-patent (scientific and technical) resources and industrial property-related publications.