Automation Supply (Inauguration), 27 February 2007, Hanoi

HE Le Duc Tien, Vice Minister of Science and Technology (left) and HE Mr. Markus Cornaro (Right), Ambassador-Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to Vietnam during the inauguration ceremony.

The first training centre on Intellectual Property in Vietnam was inaugurated on 27 February 2007 by HE Dr Markus Cornaro, Ambassador-Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to Vietnam and HE Le Duc Tien, Vice Minister of Science and Technology. 

The training centre, located in the premises of the National Office of Intellectual Property (NOIP) in Hanoi, was equipped with a comprehensive set of IT equipment for up to 30 participants.  These materials will increase the efficiency of in-house and external training sessions such as seminars and workshops thereby further improving participants’ knowledge on IP.

During the inauguration ceremony, HE Markus Cornaro handed over IT equipment to other Vietnamese IP agencies. These beneficiary agencies included the People’s Supreme Court, the Market Control Department (MCD), the Ministry of Science & Technology, the Copyright Office of Vietnam (COV), the Economic Police and Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in Ho Chi Minh City.

The US$ 200,000 IT procurement to Vietnamese IP agencies forms part of ECAP II’s national programme in Vietnam.

Press Releases (English/Vietnamese) are available for downloading.

Donors and beneficiary agencies during the handing-over ceremony of IT equipment. From left: Mibu Yoshiaki, Chief Advisor of JICA Project; Pham Dinh Chuong, Director General of NOIP; Niclas Morey, ECAP II Director; Le Van Kieu, Chief of the Inspectorate of MOST; Nguyen Trong Hung, Deputy Director General of Department of Supervision and Control, General Department of Customs; Nguyen Van Luat, Deputy Director, Institute for Science and Judicial , Supreme People's Court; Pham Xuan Phuong, Director of Anti-IPR infringement Div., Economic Police; HE Le Duc Tien; Truong Thuy Trang, Director of DOST, HCMC; HE Dr Markus Cornaro; Nguyen Manh Hung, Deputy Director General of Market Control Department; Hoang Long Huy from the Copyright Office of Vietnam; Antonio Berenguer, EC Trade Counsellor; Tran Viet Hung, Deputy Director General of the NOIP; Daniel Keller, Local Partner of the Vietnam-Switzerland Special Programme of Cooperation in Intellectual Property.