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Council for Trade-Related Aspects 
of Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English/anglais/inglés  
 
 NOTIFICATION OF OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT 
VIET NAM 
This document reproduces the text1 of the unofficial translation of Decree No. 119/2010/ND-CP 
amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Government's Decree No. 105/2006/ND-
CP of September 22, 2006, detailing and guiding a number of articles of the Law on Intellectual 
Property regarding protection of intellectual prop erty rights and state management of intellectual 
property, as notified by Viet Nam on 14 Au gust 2013 under Article 63.2 of the Agreement 
(see document IP/N/1/VNM/5). 
 
Conseil des aspects des droits de propriété 
intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce 
AUTRES LOIS ET RÉGLEMENTATIONS CONSACRÉES À LA  
PROPRIÉTÉ INTELLECTUELLE NOTIFIÉES AU TITRE 
DE L'ARTICLE 63:2 DE L'ACCORD 
VIET NAM 
Le présent document contient le texte1 de la traduction non officielle du Décret 
n° 119/2010/ND-CP modifiant et complétant certains articles du Décret gouvernemental n° 105/2006/ND-CP du 22 septembre 2006 donnant des détails et des orientations pour la mise en 
œuvre de certains articles de la Loi sur la propriété intellectuelle relatifs à la protection des droits 
de propriété intellectuelle et à l'administration par l'État de la propriété intellectuelle, notifié par le Viet Nam le 14 août 2013 au titre de l'article 63:2 de l'Accord (voir le document IP/N/1/VNM/5). 
 
Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad 
Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio 
OTRAS LEYES Y REGLAMENTOS DEDICADOS A LA PROPIEDAD 
INTELECTUAL NOTIFICADOS EN VIRTUD DEL PÁRRAFO 2 
DEL ARTÍCULO 63 DEL ACUERDO 
VIET NAM 
En el presente documento se reproduce el texto1 de la traducción no oficial del Decreto 
Nº 119/2010/ND-CP, por el que se modifican y complementan varios artículos del Decreto del 
Gobierno Nº 105/2006/ND-CP, de 22 de septiembre de 2006, que contiene disposiciones detalladas y directrices con respecto a varios artículos de la Ley de Propiedad Intelectual en 
relación con la protección de los derechos de propiedad intelectual y la gestión pública de la 
propiedad intelectual, notificado por Viet Nam el 14  de agosto de 2013 en vi rtud de lo dispuesto en 
el párrafo 2 del artículo 63 del Acuerdo (véase el documento IP/N/1/VNM/5).   
                                               
1 In English only./En anglais seulement./En inglés solamente. IP/N/1/VNM/O/8 
 
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THE GOVERNMENT 
-------  SOCIALIST  REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM 
Independence - Freedom – Happiness 
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No. 119/2010/ND-CP Hanoi, December 30, 2010  
  
 
DECREE 
 
Amending and supplementing a number of articles the Government's Decree 
No. 105/2006/ND-CP of Sept ember 22, 2006, detailing and guiding a number of 
articles of the Law on Intellectual Property regarding protection of intellectual property 
rights and state management of intellectual property  
  
THE GOVERNMENT  
 Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;  
 
 Pursuant to the November 29, 2005 Law on Intellectual Property, amended and 
supplemented on June 19, 2009;  
 
 At the proposal of the Minister of Science and Technology, 
 
 
DECREES: 
 
Article 1 . To amend and supplement a number of ar ticles of the Government's Decree 
No. 105/2006/ND-CP of September 22, 2006, deta iling and guiding the implementation of a 
number of articles of the Law on Intellectual Proper ty on protection of industrial property rights 
and on state management of intellectual property, as follows:  
 
1. To amend Article 1 as follows:  
 "Article 1.  Scope of regulation  
 
This Decree details and guides the implementati on of a number of articles of the Law on 
Intellectual Property regarding determination of violating acts, nature and extent of infringement of intellectual property rights, determination of damages, requests for handling of infringements 
and settlement of those requests, handling of infringements of intellectual property rights, control 
of exports and imports related to intellectual property, assessment of intellectual property, and state management of intellectual property."  
 
2. To amend Clause 1, Article 14 as follows:   
"Article 14 . Infringing elements of plant varieties  
 1. An infringing element of a plant variet y may take one of the following forms:  
 
a/ Use of a propagative material of a protected plant variety to commit the acts specified 
in Clause 1, Article 186 of the Law on Intellectua l Property without permission of the protection 
title holder;  
 
b/ Use of a propagative material or any plant variety specified in Article 187 of the Law on 
Intellectual Property;  
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  c/ Use of the name of a plant variety of the same species or a species close to the species 
of a protected plant variety that is identical or confusingly similar to the name of the protected plant variety;  
 
d/ Points a and b of this Clause also apply to harvested materials if the protection title 
holder has no reasonable conditions for exercising his/her rights to the propagative material of the same plant variety."  
 
3. To amend Clause 1, Article 23 as follows:  "Article 23.  Documents and evidence accompanying petitions for handling of 
infringements  
 1. A requester for handling of an infringement shall file a petition for handling of 
infringement together with the following documents and evidence to prove the request:  
 a/ Evidence proving that the requester is th e right holder, if the requester is the right 
holder or an assignee, heir or successor of the intellectual property rights;  
 b/ Evidence proving the actual occurrence of the act of infringement; proving the suspicion 
of infringing imports or exports, for petitions for suspension of customs clearance for imports or 
exports suspected of infringement;  
 c/ Other documents and evidence to prove the request."  
 
4. To amend and supplement Clauses 1 and 2, Article 24 as follows:   
"Article 24 . Evidence to prove the right holder status  
 1. For inventions, industrial designs, lay-out designs, marks, geographical indications, 
plant varieties, copyright, rights of performers , rights of producers of phonograms or video 
recordings or rights of broadcasting organization s already registered, evidence to prove the right 
holder status may be any of the following documents:  
 
a/ A copy of the invention, utility solution or  industrial design patent; the layout design, 
mark or geographical indication registration certificate; the plant variety protection title; the copyright or related right registration certificate; enclosed with the original for comparison, unless 
the copy has been duly authenticated;  
 b/ An excerpt from the national register of industrial property; an excerpt from the 
national register of copyright and related rights; an  excerpt from the national register of rights to 
protected plant varieties, issued by a compet ent agency that has registered those subject 
matters.  
 
2. For an internationally registered mark, the ev idence to prove the right holder status is a 
copy of the certificate of protection in Vietnam of  such internationally registered mark issued by 
the state management agency in charge of indust rial property, enclosed with the original for 
comparison, unless the copy has been duly authenticated."  
 5. To change the title of Chapter IV as follows:   
"Chapter IV. Handling of infringements of intellectual property rights" 
 6. To amend Clauses 1 and 2, Article 28 as follows:  
 
"Article 28.  Determination of the value of infringing goods  
 
1. Infringing goods are defined as follows:  
 a/ Infringing goods are parts or details (below referred to as components) of products 
which contain infringing elements and can be circulated as independent products;  
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  b/ If it is impossible to detach the infringing element as an independent component of a 
product which can be independently circulated under  Point a of this Clause, then the infringing 
goods shall be the whole product that contains the infringing element.  
 
2. The value of infringing goods shall be determined by the infringement-handling agency 
at the time of occurrence of the infringement and based on the grounds which are arranged in the following priority order:  
 
a/ The quoted price of the infringing goods;   b/ The actual selling price of the infringing goods;  
 
c/ The cost of the infringing goods (if not yet put into circulation);   
d/ The import price of the infringing goods."  
 7. To annul Article 33.  
 
8. To amend Clause 1, Article 36 as follows:   "Article 36.  Procedures for processing petitions  
 
1. Within 20 days after receiving a petition for inspection or supervision of imports or 
exports, or within 24 working hours after rece iving a petition for suspension of customs 
clearance, the customs office shall consider and issu e a notice of acceptance of the petition, if the 
petitioner has performed the obligations provided at  Points a, b and c, Clause 1 and 2, Article 217 
of the Law on Intellectual Property. In case of rejection, the customs office shall reply in writing 
to the petitioner, clearly stating the reason."  
 9. To amend Clause 1 of, and add Clause 3 to Article 39 as follows:   
"Article 39.  Contents and areas of intellectual property assessment  
 1.  Intellectual property assessment covers the following contents:  
 
a/ Determining the scope of protection of the intellectual property right subject matter 
under Article 6 of this Decree;  
 
b/ Determining whether or not an object in question fully meets the conditions for being 
treated as an intellectual property right infringing element under Clause 2, Article 5, and Articles 7 thru 14 of this Decree;  
 
c/ Determining whether or not there exists an identicalness, equivalence, similarity, 
confusability, indistinctness or duplicability between an object in question and a protected object;  
 
d/ Determining the value of the intellectual property rights and the value of damage.   
3. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Ministry of Science and Technology and 
the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shall specifically guide the intellectual property assessment in the areas specified in Clause 2 of this Article which fall under their respective management."  
 
10. To amend and supplement Article 42 as follows:   
 
"Article 42 . Intellectual property assessment organizations  
 1. The organizations defined in Clause 2, Article 201 of the Law on Intellectual Property, 
which are allowed to conduct intellectual property assessment, include:  
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  b/ Cooperatives and unions of cooperatives established and operating under the law on 
cooperatives;  
 c/ Non-business units;  
 
d/ Law-practicing organizations established and operating under the law on lawyers, 
excluding subsidiaries of foreign law-practicing organizations, wholly foreign-owned limited 
liability law firms, limited liability law firms in the form of joint ventures between Vietnamese law-
practicing organizations and foreign law-practicing organizations.  
 2. An intellectual property assessment organization must satisfy the following conditions:  
 
a/ Having at least one intellectual property assessor;   
b/ Having a working office, equipment and facilities;  
 c/ Having a necessary database for assessment.  
 
3. An intellectual property assessment organization may conduct assessment only in 
operation areas it has registered."  
 
11. To amend and supplement Article 43 as follows:   
 "Article 43.  Rights and obligations of intellectual property assessment organizations  
 
1.   Intellectual property assessment organizations have the following rights:   
a/ To hire intellectual property assessors to conduct assessment on a case-by-case basis;  
 b/ To request agencies, organizations an d individuals to provide information and 
documents related to assessed objects for assess ment purposes, unless otherwise provided by 
law;  
 c/ Other rights provided by law.  
 
2. Intellectual property assessment organizations have the following obligations:   
a/ To operate only in areas indicated in their business registration certificates or operation 
registration certificates;  
 b/ To preserve and archive documents and dossiers related to cases of assessment;  
 
c/ To keep confidential information an d documents at the request of agencies, 
organizations and individuals that request or solicit the assessment, and to pay compensations for 
any damage caused to concerned agencies, organizations and individuals;  
 d/ Other obligations specified by law."  
 
12. To amend and supplement Article 44 as follows:   
 "Article 44.  Intellectual property assessors  
 
1. Intellectual property assessors are those with adequate professional knowledge and 
skills to assess and conclude on issues related to the contents of assessment, and being 
recognized and granted intellectual property assessor cards by a competent state agency.  
 2. Persons who fully satisfy the conditions specified in Clause 3, Article 201 of the Law on 
Intellectual Property may be recognized and gr anted intellectual property assessor cards by a 
competent state agency.  
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  3. Intellectual property assessors have the following rights:  
 a/ To operate either independently or as a member of an intellectual property assessment 
organization;  
 
b/ To refuse to conduct assessment when related documents are insufficient or invalid for 
making an assessment conclusion;  
 
c/ To use examination results or professional conclusions or expert opinions in assessment 
activities;  
 
d/ Independent intellectual property assessors  may request agencies, organizations and 
individuals to provide information and documents related to assessed objects for assessment purposes, unless otherwise provided by law;  
 
e/ Other rights provided by law.   
4. Intellectual property assessors have the following obligations:  
 a/ To compile assessment dossiers, to present themselves when summoned by 
assessment-soliciting agencies; to explain assessment conclusions when requested;  
 
b/ To preserve exhibits and documents related to cases of assessment;   
c/ To make independent assessment conclusions and take responsibility for these 
conclusions. In case they intentionally make wrong assessment conclusions, causing damage to concerned individuals and organizations, they shall pay damages;  
 
d/ To refuse to conduct assessment in case they have rights and interests related to 
assessed objects or cases of assessment or for other reasons which may affect the objectiveness of assessment conclusions;  
 
e/ To keep confidential information an d documents at the request of agencies, 
organizations and individuals that request or solicit assessment, and to compensate for any 
damage caused to concerned agencies, organizations and individuals;  
 f/ To comply with regulations on assessment order and procedures;  
 
g/ Other obligations specified by law."   13. To amend and supplement Clause 3, Article 50 as follows:  
 
"Article 50.  Additional assessment, re-assessment  
 
3. In case there is a divergence among assessment conclusions or between assessment 
conclusions and expert opinions of the state management agency in charge of intellectual property on the same matter subject to assessment, the assessment inviter or requester may 
solicit further assessment or request another assessment organization or assessor to conduct a 
re-assessment.  
 When necessary, the assessment-soliciting agency may set up an advisory council which is 
composed of experts and representatives of conc erned agencies and organizations, to collect 
expert opinions about an issue subject to assessment."  
 
14. To amend Clause 1, Article 51 as follows:  
 "Article 51.  Written assessment conclusions  
 
1. Written assessment conclusions serve as a source of evidence for competent agencies to 
handle cases. Written assessment conclusions do not conclude on intellectual property rights infringements or cases of dispute."  
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  15. To add Point f to Clause 1, Article 55 as follows:  
 "Article 55.  Responsibilities of the Ministry of Science and Technology  
 
f/ To develop a database system and establish a national information network on the state 
management of intellectual property and the protection of intellectual property rights."  
 
16. To replace the phrase "Ministry of Culture and Information" with the phrase "Ministry 
of Culture, Sports and Tourism" in Clause 1, Article 55; Article 56; Article 58; Clause 1, Article 60; and Clause 1, Article 63 of the Government's Decree No. 105/2006/ND-CP of September 22, 2006, detailing and guiding the impl ementation of a number of articles of the Law 
on Intellectual Property on the protection of  intellectual property rights and the state 
management of intellectual property.  
 
Article 2.  Come into effect  
 This Decree shall take effect on February 20, 2011.  
 
Article 3.  Implementation guiding responsibility  
 1. The Minister of Science and Technology, the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism and 
the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development shall guide the implementation of this Decree.  
 2. Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, heads of government-attached agencies 
and chairpersons of provincial-level People 's Committees shall implement this Decree.  
 
On behalf of the Government  
Prime Minister 
   
 
NGUYEN TAN DUNG 
 
 
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