HUMAN RESOURCEDEVELOPMENT OF IP EXPERTS IN
VIET NAM
Dr. Phan Quoc Nguyen
Viet Nam National University, Hanoi
Cell phone: 0913078792
Email: pqnguyen77@yahoo.com
1Speaker’s scientific background- Lecturer at VNU, Hanoi; IP Consultant; IP Attorney: having
profound expertise, 15 years of teaching experience inmanagement of IP assets, management of innovation,management of technology and technology transfer.
- The founder of the Vietnam Trademark and Patent Company(SANVIC).
- Chief Representative of the World Invention and IP
Associations in Vietnam.
- Director of Innovation Center, Vietnam VP9 Company- The Ambassador of Innovation, Euroinvent.
- Founder member of IP Management and Technology Transfer
Section in some leading technical universities in Viet Nam.
- Representative of Vietnam (03 times) to present Country
Report at the WIPO Forum on Technology Transfer.
- Sole Vietnamese scholar accepted by Asia-Pacific Innovation
Conference (APIC) in successive years to be speaker at
National University of Singapore (2011), Seoul National
University (2012), National Taipei University (2013),
University of Technology Sydney (2014), Kyushu University(2016).
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Speaker’s scientific background- Being a critic expert of the TV Program on Inventions and Solutions on VTV2.
- Being awarded more than 20 awards as invention instructor and leading Vietnamesedelegations of inventors to International Invention & Innovation Competition inTaiwan, Korea, Romania, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Croatia, Canada, Poland, Moldova.
- Being an international judge: KIE, KIDE (Taipei), i-ENVEX (Malaysia), EuroInvent,Inova (Croatia), WICC (Korea), HKIE (Hong Kong), ICAN (Canada)…
- Being team leader of a Viet Nam working group on IP policy and IP
commercialization policy for ASEAN.
- Being a drafting team member for revising the Decision No.78/2008/QD-BGDDT ofthe Ministry of Education and Training on IP activities in universities.
- Being editor-in-chief of the textbook on IP, Technology Transfer and Patent
Information Utilization (Bach Khoa, 2008, 2010); the book Technology Administration
and Innovation (TOPICA, 2012), co-author of the training material on technology
transfer (Management Training Institute, 2010), the book “Case-study on Successful
Commercialization of Intellectual Property” (WIPO, 2012); The Fundamentals of
Innovation, (Science and Technology Publishing House, 2012); IP in Global Era (JIPII,2015), Exploitation of IP assets for the green economy development in Vietnam(National Economics University Publishing House, 2016), etc.
- Having been granted more than 30 certificates by domestic and foreign organizationsin the fields of IP assets, technology transfer and innovation. Being the first Vietnameseexpert granted WIPO’s certificates: “Technology transfer and commercialization of IP
assets for senior technology experts” in California University, the US, 2012; “Supportservices and management of innovation support services” in Switzerland, 2006, etc.3

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Part 4
Part 3
Part 2
Part 1

Demand for
Human
resource

development

National

Status of
Human
Resource
Developmentof IP expertsConclusion

Strategyfor IPof IP experts

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DEMAND FOR HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT OF IP EXPERTS• Economic development is quite high and stable during
2011-2017, economic growth reaches 6.81% in 2017(source: VNA).
• FDI is highly raising: Only for 12 months of 2017, the totalof newly registered capital, addition and share contributionof foreign investors is of 35.88 billion USD, more than
44.4% in comparison with the same period of 2016 (source:MPI).

• Industry 4.0: Economic structure shifts from agriculture toindustry, based more on technology.
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DEMAND FOR HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT OF IP EXPERTS• Business environment criteria are counted based on the following
points (according to the report of Global Management Consulting
Firm-A.T. Kearney, 4/2004, surveying 25 developing countries):– Risks of business environment (social-economic environment,investment attraction capacity, Governmental supports, …)– Quality of infrastructure (telecommunication, IT base…)– Cultural adaption (individual exchange and Globalization Index)– Protection of IP (copyright infringement rate, etc.)→ Regarding the IP base of the report, Vietnam was the last (IP: 0.01point) while Canada, Australia and Singapore reached the first, second
and third position.

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Table 1: Patents /utility solution patents granted from 2010 to 2016(source: NOIP)

Patents

Utility Solution Patents

Year
The Vietnamese

The foreigner

Total

The Vietnamese

The foreigner

Total

2010

29

793

822

35

2358

2011

40

945

985

46

23

69

2012

45

980

1,025

59

28

67

2013

59

1,203

1,262

74

33

117

2014

36

1,332

1,368

66

20

86

2015

63

1,325

1,388

86

31

117

2016

76

1,347

1,423

114

24138

Total

348

7925

8273

480

182

662
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Table 2: Number of invention assignment agreements, invention license
agreements registered in NOIP period 2003-2014 (source: NOIP)
Year

Concluded invention/utility

Concluded invention/utility solution

solution license agreements

assignment agreements

200302004

125

2005

123

2006

0172007022

2008

32820092202010

225

2011

418

2012

12882013

442

NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR S&T
1/ The Strategy for Science and Technology Development for the 2011-2020 period (Decision
No. 418/QD-TTg, dated on 11 April, 2012 of the Prime Minister Approving the Strategy for
Science and Technology Development for the 2011-2020 period) with specific targets:
a/ By 2020, S&T will contribute a significant part to the economic growth and restructure of the economy,
value of hi-tech products and hi-tech application products will account for about 45% of the GDP. The
speed of technology and equipment innovation will reach over 20%/year for the 2016-2020 period.
Transaction value of the science and technology market will increase 15-17%/ year on the average.
b/ The number of international announcements from research themes funded by the State budget will
increase 15-20%/year on the average. The number of inventions registered for protection for the2011-2015 period will increase 1.5 times higher as compared to those of the 2006-2010 period andthe number of the 2016-2020 period will be twice higher than that of the 2011 - 2015 period,
especially the number of inventions innovated from State key S&T programs will be increased fast.
c/ It is strived to increase the total social investment in S&T at the level of over 2% of the GDP by 2020. It
is ensured that investments from the State budget in science and technology reach at least 2% or more of
the total annual State budget expenditure.
d/ By 2020, the number of officers in charge of scientific research and technological development willreach 11-12 persons per ten thousand people; training and examination are of the international standards,
10,000 engineers are fully capable of managing and operating hi- tech production lines of the country’s
branches and fields of development priority.
dd/ By 2020, 60 basic research and use organizations of the regional and international levels , which are fully
capable of solving issues of national importance relating to science and technology; 5,000 science andtechnology enterprises; 30 hi-tech technology incubators and hi-tech enterprise incubators will beformed.
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5. Development of S&T services
b/ Intellectual property• To improve capacities and facilities of the invention
information system. To strengthen socialization of invention
information services in order to ensure access, search andexploitation of invention information sources to look foravailable inventions and technologies and apply them toproduction, business and directions of science research andtechnology development, in which special attention is paid
to new inventions and technologies.
• To set up and develop a network of organizations which
support consultancy services on establishment, assessment,valuation, evaluation, exploitation and development of10
intellectual property.

DRAFT OF NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR IP• The Draft composes of 03 main contents:- Point of view and general objective of IP system;- Specific targets by 2030 and- Strategic missions.
• General Objective: by 2030, IP system becomesmain tool for promoting innovation to create
intellectual assets, satisfying the demand for newproducts, in particular, contributing to create
domestic technologies to develop industries, and tothe corporate development and economic growth.
11DRAFT OF NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR IP• Specific objectives:- Raising the effectiveness of IP registration activities.
- Organs and activities to protect IPRs are well used
to against the infringements, in particular, thecounterfeiting.
- People are easily accessible to IP information anddata for better R&D.
- Socializing some phases of the IP registration.

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DRAFT OF NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR IP• The Strategy is conducted according to 03 phases: 20182020, 2021-2025, 2026-2030.
• Specific missions are conducted via programs:- Program on perfecting IP laws;- Program on human resource development for IPexperts;- Program on upgrading capacity of IP technology
information exploitation, in particular patents, for R&D andtechnology transfers;- Program on supporting the development of intellectualassets;- Program on mobilizing social resources for IP national13
administration to socialize some other services.

PROGRAM FOR IP DEVELOPMENT 2016-2020
Divided into 02 types (central and local-scale management)
and focuses on the 04 main following contents:
1/ Raising the awareness, capacity for creation anddevelopment of intellectual assets: dissemination ofknowledge, training course development for IP experts
and other (1.000), material publication, IP search support,
set-up of IP management division, etc.
2/ Supporting the IP registration, management andprotection
3/ Supporting the commercial exploitation and developmentof intellectual assets
4/ Supporting the application of intellectual assets intopractice14

STATUS OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT OF IP EXPERTS

1/ WIPO helps Vietnam build national strategy on
intellectual property• The MOST and WIPO on March 22, 2017 signed aMemorandum of Understanding (MOU) on cooperation inbuilding a national strategy on IP for Vietnam.

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STATUS OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT OF IP EXPERTS• An official cooperation mechanism between MOST andWIPO is created to develop the strategy to solve thecountry’s specific demands and priorities in the long, middle
and short terms.
• WIPO and Vietnamese experts work together to discuss thereal situation of IP, develop a strategic orientation as well ascompleting a draft strategy to submit to the Vietnamese
Government. (Source: khoahocphattrien.vn)

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STATUS OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT OF IP EXPERTS

WIPO’s Enabling Intellectual Property (IP) Environment
Project• The Project, aiming to enhance the capacity of developing
and less developed countries to innovate, manage andcommercialize technologies, has been deployed in Malaysia,
Thailand, the Philippines, India, Iran and Mongolia. InVietnam, the project will be implemented over five years,
from 2018 to 2022.
• The training courses run from 25 until 29, September,providing the participants with the necessary knowledge andskills to negotiate and draft technology transfer contracts,
assess the prices of intellectual assets, and make policies
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related to technology transfer.

STATUS OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT OF IP EXPERTS

Meanwhile, during these events, WIPO officials introduced the “Hub andSpoke” Structure and officially select the units to participate in theproject. At present, the NOIP is connecting a network of 30 Technologyand Innovation Support Centers (TISC) at universities and research
institutes, of which 20 units have registered to join the project aided by18
the WIPO.

STATUS OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT OF IP EXPERTS
2/ APEC intensifies the effectiveness of IP protection system* At APEC meeting (SOM 1), 18-19/2/2017, more than 100 participantsfrom 21 economies of APEC met for 44th APEC Meeting on IPexperts (IPEG 44) with the following points:- IP Policy;- Raising effectiveness of IP protection system,- Implementing TRIPS,- Implementing effectively Collective Action Plan (CAP) on IP to reachobjectives of Bogor, APEC on trade and investment freedom by 2020;- Human resource development on IP experts for developing and lessdeveloped members.
* Award on “Innovation, research and education of APEC” (ASPIRE).

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STATUS OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT OF IP EXPERTS

18/2/2017, 9th Meeting of Panel for Partnership of Science, Technologyand Innovation (PPSTI)
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STATUS OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT OF IP EXPERTS
3/ Memorandum of Cooperation between the NOIP and the JPO on
13 February 2012 in Vietnam and 22 February 2018 in Japan, underwhich, the JPO assists NOIP to improve the effectiveness of theVietnamese intellectual property system, thus facilitating trade andinvestment between Vietnam and Japan.

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STATUS OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT OF IP EXPERTS• Cooperative activities within the framework ofthe MOC focus on the following areas,
namely:(i) consolidating IP policies,(ii)supporting the examination process,(iii)strengthening the automation of IP
administration system,(iv)enhancing public awareness of IP and(v)training human resources.
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STATUS OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT OF IP EXPERTS
4/ Training of IP Experts
18/1/2018, School of Law, VNU, Hanoi introduces and starts the Project “Training of IP
Experts at the North and Middle of Vietnam”.
• General Objectives: disseminating the knowledge of IP to raise the awareness ofpeople, raising the capacity of IP owners and players, in particular universities,research institutes, enterprises and IPRs implementation organs under Industry 4.0.

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STATUS OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT OF IP EXPERTS• Project organizes 17 in-depth training courses (including 04
pilot and 13 official ) in the North and Middel ofVietnamwith more than 400 participants.
• Program uses for 5 groups:(1)Lecturers of technological and technical universitites;(2)Lecturers of economic and financial universities andenterprises;(3)Lecturers of social and human, artistic, architecturaluniversities;(4)Officials implement IPRs such as market controllers,custom, police;(5)Officials implement IPRs at courts and procuration.

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TRAINING COURSES OF IP EXPERTS
1• Program C for IP Experts to get IP Attorney license
by NOIP, USSH (2004) and HCM Ulaw (2005)• Program B for IP Experts by NOIP
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• Program A for IP Experts by NOIP

• Local IP Manager (2008) by S&T Dept. and VIIPR

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CONCLUSION
International
cooperation

Human Resource
Regional
cooperation

Development forIP Experts

Bilateral
cooperation

National Programs
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PHAN QUOC NGUYEN
Cellphone: 0913078792

Email: pqnguyen77@yahoo.com
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