On October 10, 2019, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Pham Cong Tac had a meeting and worked with Mr. Han-Keun Jung – Assistant Minister, Head of the Secretariat of the Intellectual Property Council of the Presidential Palace of the Republic of Korea. on the occasion of visiting and working in Vietnam.
Intellectual property: A bright spot in the Vietnam-Korea cooperation relationship. That is confirmed by Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Pham Cong Tac at a meeting and working session with Mr. Han-Keun Jung – Assistant Minister, Head of the Secretariat of the Intellectual Property Council of the Presidential Palace of the Republic of Korea.
Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Pham Cong Tac received Mr. Han-Keun Jung.
On October 10, 2019, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Pham Cong Tac had a meeting and worked with Mr. Han-Keun Jung – Assistant Minister, Head of the Secretariat of the IP Council of the Korean Presidential Palace on the occasion of his visit to the Republic of Korea. and work in Vietnam. Attending the meeting and working session were Mr. Dinh Huu Phi – Director of the Department of Intellectual Property, leader of the Department of International Cooperation, representatives of the Korean Embassy in Hanoi and functional units of the two sides.
Speaking at the meeting, Deputy Minister Pham Cong Tac said that Vietnam and Korea have many similarities in culture and society, so Vietnam learns a lot from Korea in economic development. society, science – technology in general and intellectual property in particular. The Deputy Minister said that Vietnam highly appreciates the effective support and cooperation that the Government, especially the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) has given Vietnam, in which the cooperation between the NOIP Intellectual Property Office (IP Vietnam) and KIPO are the bright spots in the cooperation relationship between the two countries.
At the meeting, the two sides shared and exchanged information on “intellectual property” issues such as the situation of each party’s IP rights protection for “inventions,” trademarks, and “industrial designs”; measures to prevent the distribution of counterfeit goods on the market; measures to support the creation and exploitation of intellectual property; promote cooperation between IPR Enforcement Agencies and between experts of the two sides, etc.
In his speech, the Director of the NOIP Dinh Huu Phi said that the contents discussed at the meeting are also very urgent issues of Vietnam, especially in the context that Vietnam has just participated in the meeting. participating in a number of new-generation free trade agreements such as CPTTP, EVFTA and The Hague Agreement on international registration of industrial designs. “In order to systematically solve the problem, the Prime Minister recently approved the National Intellectual Property Strategy to 2030. This shows the determination of the Government of Vietnam in developing develop a comprehensive and effective “intellectual property” system, effectively serving the country’s socio-economic development and international integration”, Mr. Phi said.
Mr. Dinh Huu Phi hoped that in the coming time, the two sides would continue to effectively implement the signed cooperation plans such as the Program for Rapid Examination of Patent Applications (PPH) with KIPO, the Technology Program in accordance with the provisions of this Law. cooperation with the Korea Patent Promotion Association (KIPA), KOTRA’s staff training activities and especially the Project “Strengthening the capacity of the IPR public administration system” that the NOIP is proposing to the Korean Government. National support.
Assistant Minister Han-Keun Jung thanked Deputy Minister Pham Cong Tac and functional units for taking the time to receive the delegation and said he was impressed by recent developments in Vietnam’s IP field. especially in the field of policy and law formulation.
Sharing the same view with Deputy Minister Pham Cong Tac, Mr. Han-Keun Jung said that Vietnam and Korea have many similarities, the wave of cultural exchanges between the two countries is developing strongly, so the potential for cooperation between the two countries is strong. The cooperation between the two countries is huge. In the field of IP, he affirmed the good cooperation relationship between the two NOIPs and emphasized the need to continue implementing the committed cooperation contents, especially on administrative procedure reform and personnel training. force. In addition, he also hoped that Vietnam would pay more attention to the field of copyright.
Source: Center for Science and Technology
