This is an important activity prioritized for implementation in the Capacity Building Project for National Office of Intellectual Property Research, Training, Support and Consulting Center supported by WIPO IP Organization.

The program is implemented by the Vietnam Invention Association in collaboration with the Southern Office of the National Office of Intellectual Property, the Southern Office under the Ministry of Science and Technology and Service Development and Exploitation of Science and Technology Infrastructure Center from now until the end of the month June 2024.

On September 12, 2023, within the framework of implementing propaganda activities for the Intellectual Property Development Program of Can Tho City, the Department of Science and Technology organized a Conference to disseminate the Law amending and supplementing a Articles of the Intellectual Property Law and guidance on registration and development of intellectual property for nearly 100 officials working in the management and enforcement of intellectual property, intellectual property representation services, City departments, and agencies, districts, associations, institutes, schools and a number of businesses, law offices and related organizations and individuals.

This is what many experts and managers shared at the workshop: "Identifying difficulties and challenges in fighting against the production and trading of counterfeit goods and infringement of intellectual property rights" by the Department of Market Management (General Department of Market Management, Ministry of Industry and Trade) collaborated with the Vietnam Institute of Economics (Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences) to recently held in Hanoi.

On August 31, 2023, the Department of Science and Technology coordinated with the National Office of Intellectual Property to organize a training class "Managing and exploiting innovations" for more than 300 delegates who are representatives of management agencies and businesses, institutes, schools, hospitals, associations, unions, related organizations and individuals in the city.

To effectively manage intellectual property, enterprises need to ensure the availability of resources, including skilled human resources. Enterprises need to identify, provide and ensure the availability of human resources needed for IP asset management.

Intellectual property management includes activities aimed at forming, developing and exploiting intellectual property; preserve, protect and develop the value of intellectual property; management and use of revenue from commercial exploitation of intellectual property.

On August 22, 2023, in Ben Tre, the delegation of the Department of Science and Technology of Ho Chi Minh City had a meeting with Ben Tre Department of Science and Technology on coordinating to implement a number of contents on operation and development of Ben Tre Brand Space, connecting with localities in the Mekong Delta to promote technology transfer.

Recently, Hai Phong City Department of Science and Technology held a conference to disseminate and propagate the law on intellectual property. Deputy Director of Hai Phong Department of Science and Technology Pham Thi Sen Quynh presided the conference. Attending the conference, there were Deputy Head of the Legal and Policy Department under the National Office of Intellectual Property (Ministry of Science and Technology) Hoang Anh, along with representatives of departments, agencies and sectors in Hai Phong city.

On August 10, 2023, Ho Chi Minh City Department of Science and Technology held a training course "Exploiting industrial property information in the assessment of infringement of rights to industrial designs, trademarks and practical issues need to be noted in the assessment and handling of disputes over industrial property rights" for officials and civil servants who enforce the protection of intellectual property rights in the area of Ho Chi Minh City. The training course attracted more than 60 trainees from units under the City Police, the City Market Management Department and the City Customs Department.