On 26 and 27 August 2010, WIPO dispatched an expert mission to the National Office of Intellectual Property of Viet Nam (NOIP) to discuss on their cooperation in the establishment of a Center for IP Assets Support Development.

Before working with NOIP, the WIPO delegation made a courtesy call to Vice Minister for Science and Technology, incumbent Chairman of Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park, Mr. Nguyen Van Lang and paid a visit to NOIP's Standing Office and businesses and research institutions at the Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park.

HA NOI — A new decree intended to encourage international investment in science-and-technology (S&T) research will become effective on Wednesday, September 1.

The Science and Technology Ministry's Technology Assessment and Inspection Department wrote the decree that will replace all of Viet Nam's prevailing laws governing international investment and co-operation in science and technology.

Ho Chi Minh City — Legal and trade experts from Australia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Sweden, Thailand, the United States, Viet Nam and the World Trade Organisation began a three-day conference in Ho Chi Minh City yesterday to discuss transfer of technology between developed and developing countries.

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