[governance-vn] LAW/AID: WIPO Pledges Support for Viet Nam

[Vern Weitzel]

Subject: [vnnews-l] LAW/AID: WIPO Pledges Support for Viet Nam
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:14:47 -0800
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ENP Newswire

January 25, 2010 Monday

WIPO Pledges Support for Viet Nam

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Geneva, - The importance of intellectual property (IP) in promoting
innovation and boosting national economic development in Viet Nam
topped discussions between Viet Nam's President Nguyen Minh Triet and
WIPO Director General Francis Gurry in Hanoi this week.

Mr. Gurry pledged the Organization's continuing support in further
enhancing Viet Nam's national IP capacity to innovate and achieve
sustained economic growth.

The President confirmed Viet Nam's commitment to protecting IP rights
and noted progress in the modernization of national IP legislative and
administrative frameworks. He called on WIPO's continued assistance to
support the country's full integration of IP into its national
development strategy to become a knowledge-based economy and producer
of high-end, value-added goods and services.

In a meeting with Mr. Gurry, First Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh
Hung stressed that the sustained development of the national IP system
in line with international obligations is a priority for his
government. He reiterated that continued support from WIPO in further
strengthening the national IP system would help facilitate the
country's on-going economic transformation.

Mr. Gurry noted Viet Nam's impressive rates of economic growth in
recent years and its resilience to the global financial crisis. He
called Viet Nam an 'exemplary role model in exercising IP rights' and
said its commitment to encouraging innovation helps to promote its
image and products abroad and attract investment. The Director General
promised support for Viet Nam's ongoing modernization of its national
IP system and the training of IP specialists. The aim, he said, is to
help enable state-of-the-art services to businesses, inventors and
creators through the IP system.

During his visit, from January 18 to 20, 2010, Mr. Gurry also held
talks with the Minister of Science and Technology Hoang Van Phong and
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Doan Xuan Hung. He met with senior
officials from the National Office of Industrial Property of Viet Nam
(NOIP), the Copyright Office of Viet Nam (COV) the Plant Varieties
Office of Viet Nam, and several academic institutions.

For further information, please contact the Media Relations Section at WIPO:

Tel: (+41 22) - 338 81 61 or 338 95 47

Fax: (+41 22) - 338 82 80

E-mail: publicinf at wipo.int

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