President Triet received Dr. Francis Gurry, Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) at the premise of Presidential Palace on 20 January 2010.

Permanent Deputy PM of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, H.E. Nguyễn Sinh Hùng received Dr. Francis Gurry, Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Ha Noi on 19 January 2010. During the meeting,Dr. Francis Gurry said Viet Nam had a right assessment of IP’s important role and achieved great achievements in IP protection. He also highly appreciated the cooperation between Viet Nam and WIPO,and emphasized that IP had made a significant contribution to the country’s socio-economic development over the past years.

A high ranking Delegation of the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) headed by Mr. Jung-Sik KOH, KIPO’s Commissioner, paid an official visit to the National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam (NOIP) on 23 November 2009. The Director General of the NOIP, Mr. Tran Viet Hung, and Heads of NOIP Divisions received the Delegation and held a meeting where the two Offices exchanged information on their recent development of intellectual property system and international issues concerned by the Parties.

On November 6th 2009, the Opening Ceremony of a new Branch Office of the National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam (NOIP) was launched at Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park by Mr. Nguyen Van Lang, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology, Head of the Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park Management Board.

On the 30th of September 2009, the NOIP issued Decision No. 1895/QD-SHTT on granting GI Certificate No. 17 for the famous Đại Hoàng Ngự banana. People’s Committee of Ly Nhan district is the administration authority of “Đại Hoàng” GI for the Ngự banana product.