Vietnamese intellectuals are an important workforce in the country’s industrialisation and modernisation, and international integration as well as building a knowledge-based economy, Phan Xuan Dung, President of the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA) said on March 23.

The Vietnamese Intellectual Society (VIS) in the UK and Ireland on January 14 held an annual meeting to review its performance last year and a traditional Lunar New Year celebration for Vietnamese expatriates.

The Vietnam Directorate of Market Surveillance under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), and Cooperativeve Vereniging SNB - React U.A (React) in Asia-Pacific, an anti-counterfeiting network, on December 8 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to fight counterfeiting and infringements of intellectual property (IP) rights.

A document on Vietnam’s participation in the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled has been handed over to Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Daren Tang for legal copyrighting.

A conference was held in the Czech Republic on December 1 to highlight President Ho Chi Minh’s sentiments towards overseas Vietnamese and intellectuals.

The registrations of copyright and relevant rights in Vietnam increased from 8-10% annually over the past years, heard a workshop held by the Copyright Office of Vietnam (COV) under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in Hanoi on November 11.

A seminar took place in Hanoi on November 1 to discuss international experience and give recommendations to Vietnam to promote cooperation among research institutes, universities, and enterprises in the commercialisation of research results and intellectual property (IP).

The logo of Vietnam National Geographical Indication was unveiled at a hybrid event held on October 28 by the Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam (IPO Vietnam) under the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO).

The enforcement of intellectual property in the fields of culture and creativity in Vietnam was the focus of a seminar held on October 24 in Hanoi.

A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) led by Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of the Commission for Information and Education Nguyen Trong Nghia visited Switzerland from October 11-14.