IP NEWS

1	New guidelines on criminal actions for infringement of IP rights
2	Issuance of Regulation on the acceptance of the Request for control of import/export goods related to intellectual property
3	Guidelines for industrial property assessments
4	Vietnam officially became member of the Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations
5	Application of the ninth edition of the International Classification of Goods and Services according to the Nice Agreement the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of Trademark Registration
6	Prime Minister inquiry on strengthening the protection of copyright to computer programmes
7	Decree making detailed provisions and providing guidelines on the implementation of certain articles of the Intellectual Property Law on copyright and related rights
8	Decree making detailed provisions and providing guidelines on the implementation of the Intellectual Property Law concerning industrial property
9	Decree making detailed provisions and providing guidelines on the implementation of the Intellectual Property Law concerning the protection of intellectual property rights
10	New Decree on penalties for administrative offence in the industrial property sector
11	Vietnam officially has become party to the Madrid Protocol from July 11, 2006
12	Vietnam National Assembly adopted new Intellectual Property Law
13	Vietnam officially joined the Brussels Convention as a party on January 12, 2006
14	Vietnam officially became member of the Geneva Convention for the protection of producers of phonograms against unauthorized duplication of their phonograms