In fact, Vietnamese goods still face many barriers in complying with standards and regulations, such as export regulations or documents and procedures. Brand protection is also a painful problem for Vietnamese businesses.

In the morning of October 7, 2022, at Ninh Kieu 2 Hotel, Can Tho, Can Tho City Department of Science and Technology coordinated with the Coordination Office of the New Rural Development Program to organize intellectual property training “Building, exploiting and developing intellectual property for products under the OCOP Program” aims to promote protection registration for key and specific products, services and products associated with the OCOP Program of the city.

On September 20, in Hanoi, the Vietnam Music Copyright Protection Center (VCPMC) held a press conference to celebrate its 20th anniversary. Many artists were present and shared about the ups and downs of VCPMC.

On June 14, 2021, the Director of the National Office of Intellectual Property issued Decision No. 2176/QD-SHTT on the issuance of the Certificate of registration of geographical indications No. 00107 for the geographical indication "ICHIDA GAKI/ICHIDA KAKI" /ICHIDA persimmon” for dried persimmons. Minami Shinshu Agricultural Cooperative Association is the organization that manages geographical indications.

Luc Ngan lychee (Bac Giang province) was granted a geographical indication in 2008. Up to now, the locality has effectively exploited and developed this GI. From practice, science and technology is the only way to improve the value and brand of Luc Ngan lychee, thereby bringing income to farmers.

The first meeting of the Working Group on intellectual property, including geographical indications within the framework of the implementation of the EVFTA Agreement, was conducted online in the afternoon of May 21, 2021.

The National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam and the National Office of Intellectual Property of Korea have extended the implementation of the program for rapid examination of patent applications until 2023.

Doing business in the network environment, businesses need to understand the basic concepts of domain names, the content of a website and related intellectual property (IP) rights, namely trademarks in the process of doing business online commerce.

Reviewing the trade policies of member countries is one of the most important tasks of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to ensure transparency in the implementation of commitments and obligations under the WTO framework. According to regulations, Vietnam must carry out a review of its trade policy every 7 years. The second review session of Vietnam's trade policy for the period of 2013 - 2019 was held online on April 27 and 29, 2021 in Hanoi, Vietnam. In this review session, intellectual property is one of the issues that many WTO member countries are concerned about.

On April 29, 2021, the Director of the National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam issued the Decision No. /QD-SHTT on the grant of the Certificate of Geographical Indication Registration No. 00105 for the "Ha Giang" natural fish product. Ha Giang Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is the organization managing this GI.