The meeting was held for members of the Working Group on Intellectual Property, including geographical indications between Vietnam and the EU, to exchange and discuss contents related to the implementation of IP commitments intellectual property under the EVFTA Agreement. The Vietnamese side is chaired by Mr. Nguyen Van Bay, Deputy Director of the NOIP along with members of the Vietnamese side including representatives from the Copyright Office (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism), The National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam (Ministry of Science and Technology), Department of Crop Production (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development). Chairing the EU side is Mrs. Agata Gerba, Deputy Head of Investment and Intellectual Property Department, General Department of Trade (DG Trade) and members are representatives of DG Trade, DG Agri, DG Grow of the European Commission.

Regarding the content of copyright and related rights, the Vietnamese side provided information on the process of joining the WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) and the WIPO Performance and Sound Recording Treaty (WPPT) and other contents related contents in the Draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the IP Law.

Accordingly, a representative of the Copyright Office said that the accession to the WCT and the WPPT Treaty is in the process of drafting a dossier to submit to the Government. Currently, dossiers are being sent to relevant ministries and sectors for comments. It is expected that Vietnam will join these two treaties in 2022.