Việt Nam 42nd in global innovation index In economies with the most significant progress in their GII innovation ranking over time, Việt Nam was first among 29 lower-middle-income countries and third in Southeast Asia.

Patents in Việt Nam increase 56 per cent

The number of patents has increased by 56.7 per cent in the first five months of this year compared to the same period last year.

Local enterprises need to focus on IP protection

Amid increasingly sophisticated and complex intellectual property (IP) violations, Vietnamese businesses remained slow to register their products and protect their rights, said experts.

Việt Nam to become member of The Hague pact on industrial designs Việt Nam will be part of The Hague Agreement for the International Registration of Industrial Designs, which allows Vietnamese industrial designs to be protected in multiple countries, in the next three months.

Việt Nam active as WIPO chair

Ambassador Dương Chí Dũng, head of Việt Nam’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations (UN) and other international organisations in Geneva talks to Vietnam News Agency about the active role of Việt Nam as the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) General Assembly’s Chair for 2018-19 on the threshold of its 59th session from September 30 to October 9.

VN jumps three places in global innovation index

Việt Nam has jumped three ranks on the 2019 Global Innovation Index (GII) to place 42nd out of 129 economies around the world.

Experts urge Vietnamese enterprises to protect their IP Vietnamese designs and trademarks are being violated abroad as firms don't pay enough attention to registering their intellectual property (IP), a top official has said.

Firms urged to use patents to protect intellectual property Vietnamese firms should take advantage of the international Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) system to increase the value of their brand names and protect their intellectual property rights, experts have urged.

Việt Nam urged to tap IP potential for socio-economic development

Việt Nam had not yet fully exploited its intellectual property potential for its socio-economic development in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Conference on intellectual property held in Hà Nội A conference on protecting intellectual property (IP) entitled 'Creation: Value and Protection' was held on Tuesday at the American Center, 170 Ngọc Khánh Street, Hà Nội.