Vietnam

International Treaties

National IP Legislation

• WTO
  Member since 11 January 2007
• UPOV Convention
  Accession: 24 Nov 2006; entry into force: 24 December 2006
• Madrid Protocol
  Entry into force: 11 July 2006
• Brussels Convention relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite
  Accession: 12 Oct 2005; into force 12 Jan 2006
• Phonograms Convention
  Accession: April 2005;
  entry into force: July 2005
• Berne Convention
  Acc.: July 2004; into force: Oct. 2004
• PCT
  Acc.: Dec. 1992;
  into force: March 1993
• WIPO
  Entry into force: July 1976
• Madrid Agreement (Marks)
  Entry into force: March 1949
  + Stockholm Act (1967) Acc.: April 1981; into force: July 1976
• Paris Convention
  Entry into force: March 1949
  + Stockholm (1967) into force: July 1976

• Decree No 172 /2007/NĐ-CP on penalties for the administrative violations in the field of Plant Varieties
• Decision No 56/2007/QD-BNN on the Supplement of 12 Species into the List of Protected Species in Vietnam
• Decree No 105/2006/ND-CP providing guidelines for the implementation of certain Articles of the Law on Intellectual Property regarding Protection of Intellectual Property Rights and State management of intellectual property
  (Enacted: September 2006)
• Decree No 104/2006/ND-CP guiding the implementation of articles of the IP Law concerning rights on plant varieties
  (Enacted: September 2006, Entry into force: November 2006)
• Decree No 103/2006/ND-CP providing guidelines for implementing certain Articles of the Intellectual Property Law concerning industrial property
  (Enacted: September 2006)
• Decree No 57/2005/ND-CP on Penalties for the Violations in the field of Plant Variety Protection
• Intellectual Property Law 2005
  (Enacted: November 2005, Entry into force: 1 July 2006)
• Civil Code 2005
  Enacted 06/2005
• Circular No. 132/2004/TT-BCT guiding the Collection, Payment, Management and Use of Industrial Property Fees and Charges
  Enacted 12/2004
• Circular No. 129/2004/TTLT/BTC-BKHCN guiding the implementation of border measures concerning the industrial property rights for export and import goods
  Enacted 12/2004
  no english text version currently available
• Civil Procedure Code
  Enacted 06/2004
  no english text version currently available
• Ordinance on Plant varieties
  Enacted 03/2004
  no english text version currently available
• Criminal Procedure Code of 2003
  Enacted 11/2003
  no english text version currently available
• Circular 30/2003/TT-BKHCN of November 05, 2003 of the Ministry of Science and Technology guiding the implementation of procedures for establishing industrial property rights to inventions/utility solutions
  Enacted 11/2003
• Circular 29/2003/TT-BKHCN of November 05, 2003 of the Ministry of Science and Technology guiding the implementation of procedures for establishing industrial property rights to industrial designs
  Enacted 11/2003
  no english text version currently available
• Joint Circular 58/2003/TTLT-BVHTT-BTC of October 17, 2003 of the Ministry of Culture and Information and the Ministry of Finance guiding the copyright protection of exportations and importations at customs offices
  Enacted 10/2003
  no english text version currently available
• Decree 42/2003/ND-CP of May 2, 2003 of the Government on the protection of industrial property rights to layout designs of semiconductor integrated circuits
  Enacted 05/2003
• The Ordinance of 2002 on procedures for judgement of administrative violations
  Enacted 07/2002
  no english text version currently available
• Decree No. 61/ND-CP of 11th June 2002 of the Government on Royalty regime
  Enacted 06/2002
• Decree 101/2001/ND-CP of December 31, 2001 of the Government on detailed provisions for the implementation of the Customs Law
  Enacted 12/2001
• Circular 119/2001/TT-BNNPTNT of December 21, 2001 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development guiding the implementation of the Decree 13/2001/ND-CP of April 20, 2001 of the Government on the protection of new plant varieties
  Enacted 12/2001
• Joint Circular 01/2001/TTLT-TANDTC-VKSNDTC-BVHTT of December 5, 2001 of the Supreme People Court, the Supreme People Prosecution Institute and the Ministry of Culture and Information guiding the application of certain provisions of the Civil Code in judgement of copyright cases
  Enacted 12/2001
• The Customs Law of 2001
  Enacted 06/2001
• Decree 31/2001/ND-CP of June 26, 2001 of the Government on administrative measures against violations in the field of culture and information
  Enacted 06/2001
  no english text version currently available
• Circular 27/2001/TT-BVHTT of May 10, 2001 of the Ministry of Culture and Information guiding the implementation of the Decree 76/CP of November 29, 1996 and the Decree 60/CP of June 6, 1997 of the Government guiding the implementation of provisions on copyright of the Civil Code
  Enacted 05/2001
• Decree 13/2001/ND-CP of April 20, 2001 of the Government on the protection of new plant varieties
  Enacted 04/2001
• Decree 54/2000/ND-CP of October 3, 2000 of the Government on the protection of industrial property rights to trade secrets, geographical indications, trade names and the protection of rights against industrial property - related unfair competition
  Enacted 10/2000
• Circular 825/2000/TT-BKHCNMT of May 3, 2000 of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment guiding the implementation of the Decree 12/1999/ND-CP of March 6, 1999 of the Government on administrative measures against violations in the field of industrial property, as amended and supplemented by the Circular 49/2001/TT-BKHCNMT of September 14, 2001 of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment
  Enacted 05/2000
• Joint Circular 10/2000/TTLT-BTM-BTC-BCA-BKHCNMT of April 27, 2000 of the Ministry of Trade, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment guiding the implementation of the Directive 31/1999/CT-TTg of October 27, 1999 of the Prime Minister
  Enacted 04/2000
  no english text version currently available
• Criminal Code of 1999 (Section 131 - on copyrights, Section 156, 157, 158 - on counterfeits, Section 170, 171 - on industrial property)
  Enacted 12/1999
  no english text version currently available
• Directive 31/1999/CT-TTg of October 27, 1999 of the Prime Minister on combating the production of and trading in counterfeiting goods
  Enacted 10/1999
  no english text version currently available
• Decree 12/1999/ND-CP of March 6, 1999 of the Government on administrative measures against violations in the field of industrial property
  Enacted 06/03/1999
• Criminal Procedures Code of 1988
  Enacted 06/1998
  no english text version currently available
• Circular 23/TC-TCT of May 09, 1997 of the Ministry of Finance on industrial property fees and charges
  Enacted 05/1997
• Circular 3055/TT-SHCN of December 31, 1996 of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment guiding the implementation of industrial property procedures provided for in Decree 63/CP of October 24, 1996 of the Government on detailed provisions concerning industrial property
  Enacted 12/1996
  no english text version currently available
• Decree 76/CP of November 29, 1996 of the Government guiding the implementation of provisions on copyright protection
  Enacted 11/1996
• Decree 63/CP of October 24, 1996 of the Government on detailed provisions concerning industrial property, as amended and supplemented by the Decree 06/2001/ND-CP of February 1, 2001 of the Government
  Enacted 10/1996
• The Civil Code of 1995 (Part Six: provisions on industrial property and copyright)
  Enacted 10/1995