VOV.VN - Vietnam will take the helm of the Southeast Asian Publishing Association for the 2022 - 2023 term, announced Thipsuda Sinchawarnwat, president of the association for 2020-2021 at a ceremony virtually held on December 15.

VOV.VN - Relevant agencies, organizations, and individuals are working closely to create a sound environment for music development and protect copyrights.

An art book about wildlife by writer Trang Nguyen and painter Jeet Zdung will be released in the UK in September following a copyright agreement signed by the book’s publisher, Kim Dong Publishing House, and its partner, Pan MacMillan.

VOV.VN - An international virtual workshop aiming to help the local film industry achieve greater sustainable development and higher competitiveness in integration was held on April 28 in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - The second version of the National Online Book Fair 2021 was launched on April 17 through the e-commerce trading platform Book365.vn, providing tens of thousands of diverse book titles to local readers.

VOV.VN - More than 50 Vietnamese and international publishing houses came together on April 15 to showcase 20,000 books as part of a national online book festival launched through book365.vn.

The US Trade Representative (USTR) office has blacklisted Vietnam's well-known markets in its 2020 review, for reasons of counterfeiting goods. Dong Xuan Market in Hanoi and Ben Thanh Market in HCM City have been named on the USTR blacklist.

Copyright fees collected overseas for the use of Vietnamese music increased from nearly VND2 billion (US$87,000) in 2019 to more than VND3.6 billion last year.

Vietnamese technology firm VNG is suing TikTok, the popular short-form video app, saying it does not have adequate licences for the songs being used in its videos.