Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Don Pramudwinai underlined COVID-19 vaccines as a humanitarian necessity at the First Meeting of the International Forum on COVID-19 Vaccine Cooperation.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on August 13 worked with standing members of several NA committees on the verification of seven draft laws that will be submitted to the legislature at the second session of the 15th NA scheduled to take place at the end of this year.

Vietnamese firms should attach more importance to registering for intellectual property protection in foreign markets if they wish to develop brands abroad, according to the National Office of Intellectual Property (NOIP).

Vietnam's export turnover reached more than US$280 billion in 2020, a 55-fold increase from the figure of US$5 billion in 1995 thanks to the effectiveness of free trade agreements (FTAs) it has signed with partners.

The number of patents granted to Viettel has increased by 142% a year which is nearly eight times higher than the country’s average increase of 18%.

Support is to be provided to small and medium–sized enterprises (SMEs), enabling them to use intellectual property (IP) rights to build stronger, more competitive and resilient businesses, said Dinh Huu Phi, Director of the Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam.

The General Department of Market Surveillance under the Ministry of Industry and Trade said that the market management force would focus on fighting counterfeit goods, goods that infringe intellectual property rights and goods of unknown origin on both traditional trade and digital platforms from April 1 to the end of December 2025.

Amendments to legal regulations relating to intellectual property (IP) will contribute to improving Vietnam’s IP system, making it an important tool to promote national competitiveness and drive the knowledge economy, thus promoting socio-economic development, Minister of Science and Technology Huynh Thanh Dat has said.

The Prime Minister has recently promulgated the national product development programme to 2030.

Vietnam passed the intellectual property law few months after the enforcement of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).