USAID supports training to protect intellectual property rights

The Vietnam Supreme People's Procuracy, with the help of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), organized a training course on intellectual property protection on August 24 in Hanoi.

At the training, officials from the US Patent and Trademark Office and the US Department of Justice will discuss the importance of effective enforcement of intellectual property laws with about 200 prosecutors. senior member of the Institute of People's Procuracy and some Northern provinces. A similar training course will be held in Ho Chi Minh City on August 31, 2006 for more than 100 southern regional prosecutors.

Protection of intellectual property rights is a key requirement in the US-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement and of the World Trade Organization. Vietnam has just passed a new law on intellectual property. Strict and effective enforcement of this law will significantly improve Vietnam's ability to protect the intellectual property rights of inventors, software developers, brand keepers, authors and technology. Vietnamese, as well as American and other countries.

This is very important for the continued development of a rapidly growing bilateral economic relationship between the US and Vietnam.

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