IP/N/1/VNM/14, IP/N/1/VNM/C/5  
IP/N/1/VNM/I/12, IP/N/1/VNM/E/11  
IP/N/1/VNM/O/19  
7 April 2021  
(21-2896)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
VIET NAM : LAW NO. 42/2019/QH14 DATED 14 JUNE 2019 - AMENDMENTS TO SOME ARTICLES  
OF LAW ON INSURANCE BUSINESS AND LAW ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY  
Notifying Member  VIET NAM 
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title LAW No. 42/2019/QH14 DATED 14 JUNE 2019 - AMENDMENTS TO SOME 
ARTICLES OF LAW ON INSURANCE BUSINESS AND LAW ON INTELLECTUAL 
PROPERTY  
Subject matter  Copyright and related rights; Industrial property (general); Enforcement; 
Other  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2021/IP/VNM/21_2181_00_e.pdf  
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[X] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[  ] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/VNM /O/1; IP/N/1/VNM/I/1  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
Amendments to Law on Intellectual Property No. 50/2005/QH11 amended some articles in 
accordance with Law No. 36/2009/QH12. The amended IP Law includes 11 points of 
amendment/supplementation relating to patents, trademarks, geographical indications and 
enforcement. The amendmen t/supplementation aims to make the current laws and regulations 
comply with the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans -Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) 
that took effect in Viet Nam on 14 January 2019 in which Viet Nam is one of the contract parties.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Entry into force  1 November 2019; except some provisions on intellectual property rights 
that take effect from 14 January 2019 applying to the following:  
 
(a)  Applications for industrial property rights submitted from 
January  14, 2019;  
 IP/N/1/VNM/14 • IP/N/1/VNM/C/5 • IP/N/1/VNM/I/12 • IP/N/1/VNM/E/11 • IP/N/1/VNM/O/19  
 
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  (b)  Requests for invalidation of patent, utility solution, geographical 
indication registration certificates granted on the basis of applications 
for industrial property rights submitted from January 14, 2019;  
 
(c)  Reque sts for termination of trademark registration certificates 
submitted from January 14, 2019;  
 
(d)  Lawsuits over infringement of intellectual property rights accepted by 
competent authorities from January 14, 2019; other requests relevant 
to intellectual pr operty protection carried out from January 14, 2019.  
 
Other date   Adoption: 14 January 2019  
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  19 March 2021  
Other information  Amended Law on Intellectual Property No. 50/2005/QH11: 
https://www.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/en/vn/vn063en.pdf  
 
Law No. 36/2009/QH12: 
https://www.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/en/vn/vn047en.pdf  
 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Intellectual Property Office of Viet Nam  
vietnamipo@ipvietnam.gov.vn  
 
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.