World intellectual property review

NA reviews draft on intellectual property (16-03-2005) Customs officers are checking IP products . — VNA/VNS Photo Trong Duc HA NOI — The National Assembly’s Science, Technology and Environment Committee yesterday reviewed the draft Law on Intellectual Property in Ha Noi. The draft Law is expected to be ratified later this year as Viet Nam moves closer to what deputies hope will be World Trade Organisation (WTO) accession. The new legislation marks a giant step in Viet Nam’s economic adaptation to WTO legal rules, with the Government vowing to push hard for the law’s ratification and protection of IP rights. "Viet Nam is clearly facing a number of challenges in its accession to the WTO, one of which is to ensure full protection and implementation of IP regulations," said Bui Manh Hai, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology. "Legal issues on IP will be addressed in only one legal document – the Law on Intellectual Property." The draft law has 14 … [Read more...] about NA reviews draft on intellectual property

NA mulls draft laws on electronic transactions, intellectual property (06-10-2005) HA NOI — The process of presenting signatures electronically sparked a debate among members of the National Assembly Standing Committee yesterday on whether to write detailed regulations into the draft Law on Electronic Transactions. Skeptical deputies pointed to the fact that, because regulations on the order and method of presenting signatures electronically would depend on businesses’ technological capability, it could not be covered in detail in the law. The law’s drafting committee told the National Assembly committee yesterday that regulations on electronic signatures were based on common and existing technological principles which were standard operating procedures for any business that would seek to conduct electronic transactions. Electronic signatures would be validated by the user and were considered safe when supported by a qualified service provider, the committee said. … [Read more...] about NA mulls draft laws on electronic transactions, intellectual property

Vietnam’s economy obtains positive results: PM The Saigon Times Daily Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc presides over a Cabinet meeting on August 1 – PHOTO: VGP HCMC – The Vietnamese economy has so far brought about an array of positive outcomes despite economic uncertainties around the world, according to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at a regular Cabinet meeting in Hanoi. The meeting was aimed at discussing the socioeconomic performance in July and the first seven months of this year, reported the Government news website. Phuc said that international agencies have held their positive outlooks for the country’s economy in 2019 and the years ahead. The International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, HSBC and the Asian Development Bank expected the national economy to grow 6.5%, 6.6%, 6.7% and 6.8% respectively. Meanwhile, Vietnam has moved up three notches to rank 42nd out of 129 economies in the 2019 edition of the Global Innovation Index , recently released by … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s economy obtains positive results: PM

APEC Week opens; trade tops agenda (13-11-2006) HA NOI — WTO negotiations will continue to be of great importance at APEC meetings as APEC member economies seek to find a way forward, Chair of the APEC SOM and Vietnamese Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Cong Phung said at the APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting yesterday. The two-day APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting was the first formal event of the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting week being held at Viet Nam’s National Convention Centre. In yesterday’s informal Concluding Senior Officials’ Meeting (CSOM), attended by 70 delegates, officials discussed what APEC can do through the APEC Ministerial Meeting (AMM) and the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting (AELM) to support the WTO and the Doha Round, the Ha Noi Action Plan to implement the Busan Roadmap, that will be submitted to the AMM and AELM for approval, and APEC reforms. The informal session of the Concluding Senior Officials’ Meeting at Ha … [Read more...] about APEC Week opens; trade tops agenda

APEC commits to resuscitating Doha talks (17-11-2006) Delegates at the plenary session of the 18th APEC Ministerial Meeting yesterday. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem and Trade Minister Truong Dinh Tuyen co-chaired the plenary session. — VNA/VNS Photo HA NOI — APEC members committed themselves to the resumption of the suspended Doha round of WTO talks and voiced broad agreement on ways to foster trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific, as the 18th APEC Ministerial Meeting (AMM) concluded in Ha Noi yesterday. In a joint statement, ministers reaffirmed their long-standing commitment to strengthening the multilateral trading system and agreed to explore every avenue to make this happen as quickly as possible, and to put the Doha trade initiatives on a path towards an ambitious and balanced outcome. They recommended that APEC Economic Leaders issue a Stand-alone Statement on the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) reaffirming APEC resolve … [Read more...] about APEC commits to resuscitating Doha talks

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem and Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen co-chair a session of the 18th APEC Ministerial Meeting. — VNA/VNS Photo APEC ministers meet backs multilateral trade process (16-11-2006) Ha Noi — The first day of the 18th APEC Ministerial Meeting concluded yesterday with agreement reached on a broad range of issues including support for reviving the Doha round of trade negotiations and strengthening the multilateral trade system, facilitating trade in the Asia-Pacific region, and new counter-terrorism initiatives. In the two-day session co-chaired by Viet Nam Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem and Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen, the ministers were expected to discuss regional trade arrangements and free trade agreements (RTA/FTAs); the Ha Noi Action Plan to Implement the Busan Roadmap; interaction with the APEC Business Advisory Council; and APEC reform and the future of the … [Read more...] about APEC ministers meet backs multilateral trade process

The production line of Phú Thọ Textile Ltd Company in Thụy Vân Industrial Park in northern province of Phú Thọ. Việt Nam’s textile sector is set to benefit from lower tariffs thanks to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). — VNA/VNS Photo Vũ Sinh Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Phạm Bình Minh delivered a report to the National Assembly yesterday to address a number of issues related to the approval of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) including the agreement’s impact, labour organisations and potential amendments to current laws and regulations necessitated by the signing of the partnership. Minh said various Government agencies are tasked with monitoring the impact of the partnership on Vietnamese businesses and the country’s economy as a whole. During the negotiation phase, Government agencies have been collecting feedback and opinions … [Read more...] about NA continue talks on implementing the CPTPP