Attending the Conference, for the Institute of Science and Technology, there were Mr. Nguyen Huu Can - Deputy Director, Mr. Bui Tien Quyet - Head of Representative Office in Ho Chi Minh City; for the Ho Chi Minh City Market Management Department (Market Management) there were Mr. Nguyen Van Bach - Acting Director of the Department and nearly 100 officers of the Ho Chi Minh City Management Department; on METI side, there was Mr. Tadashi Kitanaka, Deputy Head of Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) - Production Industry Office; For JETRO, there were Mr. Hirai Shinji, JETRO Representative in Ho Chi Minh City, Mr. Yusuke Uchio, Head of Intellectual Property Division - Intellectual and Innovation Division and Mr. Norihisa Kato, Director of Asia Pacific Regional IP Department of JETRO Bangkok; On the side of Japanese enterprises, there were companies: Toyota, Canon, Panasonic, Yonex, Fast Retailing, Casio Computer, Ryohin Keikaku, Olympus, Asics, Wacoal, NHK Spring, Pentel.

The conference was organized within the framework of implementing the Capacity Building Program for IPR enforcement agencies with the aim of strengthening the skills of identifying real goods and counterfeit goods for Market Management Officers in Ho Chi Minh City.

Speaking at the conference, Mr. Nguyen Huu Can - Deputy Director of the Institute of Science and Technology emphasized that the organization of training courses on how to distinguish real products - counterfeit goods is essential to support the IPR enforcement officials in Vietnam have more information and skills to identify real goods - counterfeit goods on the market to effectively support IP protection and enforcement in Vietnam.

At the Conference, delegates were introduced and guided by representatives of Japanese enterprises to distinguish the real products - counterfeit goods through comparison images and visit the product display area to listen to share, detailed instructions on how to identify real goods - counterfeit goods to help IPR executives gain certain insights in order to contribute to improving the effectiveness of anti-counterfeiting and counterfeiting in Ho Chi Minh City.