On August 22, 2019, the Prime Minister issued Decision No. 1068 / QD-TTg approving the Intellectual Property Strategy until 2030. This Decision takes effect from the date of signing.
Directive viewpoint of the Prime Minister The Intellectual Property Strategy to 2030 has the following key contents:
– Developing a comprehensive and effective intellectual property system at all stages of creation, establishment, exploitation and protection, enforcement of intellectual property rights, creating an environment to encourage innovation and response. meet international integration requirements, turn intellectual property into an important tool to enhance national competitiveness and promote socio-economic development;
– Intellectual property policies for copyright, related rights, industrial property rights and rights to plant varieties constitute an integral part of economic and cultural development strategies and policies. national society and sectors;
– Intellectual property activities with the active participation of entities in the society, including research institutes, universities and creative individuals, especially enterprises playing a leading role in creating and exploiting intellectual property.
On the basis of the above-mentioned orientation and direction, the Prime Minister has set intellectual property goals by 2030, including:
1. Vietnam belongs to the group of ASEAN leading countries in terms of creativity, protection and exploitation of intellectual property rights.
2. The establishment of industrial property rights and rights to plant varieties ensures fast, transparent, fair and timely response to the requirements of enterprises and society. The enforcement of intellectual property law has been significantly improved, the infringement of intellectual property rights significantly reduced.
3. New intellectual property of Vietnamese individuals and organizations increases both in quantity and quality, dramatically improving Vietnam’s intellectual property indicators in the global innovation index ( GII):
– The number of applications for invention and patent protection increases an average of 16-18% / year;
– The number of applications for registration of industrial designs increases by an average of 6 – 8% / year;
– The number of trademark applications increases by 8-10% / year on average;
– The number of applications for protection of plant varieties increases an average of 12-14% / year, 10 – 12% of which are registered for protection abroad; making Vietnam a center for plant variety protection with the establishment of an ASEAN + regional plant variety protection agency.
5. The effectiveness of intellectual property rights is improved and significantly increases the number of products with high intellectual property content.
In order to realize these goals, the Prime Minister also identified the tasks and solutions that must focus on improving policies, improving capacity, efficiency of state management and promoting creative activities, exploit and enforce intellectual property rights and assistance. The Ministry of Science and Technology will be the focal point to summarize the implementation of the strategy and annual reports to the Government.