WIPO chief confirms VN’s IP boom

VGP - Meeting Permanent Deputy PM Nguyễn Sinh Hùng in Hà Nội on Tuesday, Dr. Francis Gurry, General Director of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), stated that Việt Nam has all conditions to realize intellectual property rights.

January 19, 2010 7:21 PM GMT+7

Deputy PM Nguyễn Sinh Hùng (R) receives Dr. Francis Gurry, General Director of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Hà Nội, January 19, 2010 – Photo: VGP/Kiều Liên

The WIPO chief highly appreciated Việt Nam’s clear activeness in realizing intellectual property (IP), which has significantly contributed to the country’s socio-economic development achievements over the past years.

Mr. Francis Gurry predicted that Việt Nam will see an IP boom thanks to local demand and foreign investment.

He said Việt Nam had a right assessment of IP’s important role and possesses a good technological background which facilitates the IP development.

Deputy PM Hùng highly spoke of close cooperation between WIPO and Việt Nam in IP field. Stating that Việt Nam always considers IP rights protection an important issue in national socio-economic, scientific and technological development strategies, the host leader emphasized the country’s accession to various in international IP treaties and regional agreements on IP rights protection.

The Deputy PM expressed his wish that WIPO continues help Việt Nam in IP field, particularly in making IP policy and law, enforcing related institutions, development of human resources, and improving people’s awareness of IP.

By Hoàng Nguyên