Director of Department of Science and Technology Nguyen Viet Dung affirmed that, for promoting science and technology activities and innovation in Ho Chi Minh City, the two main factors are quality productivity and intellectual property.

In recent years, Vietnam (VN) has promoted the construction of geographical indications with the aim of improving the value of agricultural products, especially in exports. However, very few Vietnamese geographical indications are registered for protection in foreign markets - this causes damages and risks to Vietnam's agricultural exports.

On February 15, 2002, the Representative Office of the Institute of Intellectual Property Science (Institute of Science and Technology) in Ho Chi Minh City will officially operate.

The National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam issued a certificate of registration of geographical indication number 00071 for custard apple products "Cat Lo Ba Ria - Vung Tau". Rural Development Department of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province is the organization managing this geographical indication.

On January 31, 2019, the National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam issued Decision No. 471 / QD-SHTT on granting a certificate of registration of geographical indication number 00070 for products of longan "Ba Ria - Vung Tau". Rural Development Department of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province is the organization managing this geographical indication.

WIPO IPAS system has the ability to flexibly adjust and extract information to help process industrial property applications faster.

In 2018, the National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam implemented many important projects through international cooperation activities, typically implementing the electronic application management system - a project of cooperation with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

Hanoi functional force has just discovered a confectionery production facility of Kim Thien Phat Company that acts as a counterfeit brand and does not guarantee food safety and hygiene.

2018 marked a new milestone in Vietnam's multilateral foreign intellectual property activities when Vietnam first took over the position of President of the WIPO General Assembly for a two-year term.

Recently, Science and Technology Division, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HUTECH) organized a training course on "Raising intellectual property awareness in universities" with experts from the National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam.