Vietnam speaks out about the US report related to intellectual property rights

The Office of the US Trade Representative yesterday released its annual assessment report on the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights globally. In particular, the US identifies Vietnam as a “priority foreign country”, meaning it belongs to the group that the US needs to pay priority attention to on this issue.

Commenting on the above move, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Pham Thu Hang today said: “In recent times, Vietnam has always made great efforts in protecting intellectual property, including in perfecting the regulatory system, raising people’s awareness, strengthening international cooperation with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the US and many other countries; resolutely combating and strictly handling intellectual property violations.”

According to the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this is both a high priority and a thorough policy of Vietnam to build a healthy, transparent business environment and transform the growth model with science – technology, innovation, and digital transformation as the main driving force.

“We ask the US side to have an objective and balanced assessment of Vietnam’s efforts and achievements in the field of intellectual property rights protection,” a Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman said.

According to Ms. Hang, Vietnam is cooperating very actively and effectively with the US in this field, ready to share information, clarify Vietnam’s policies and regulations and believes that the two sides need to continue to coordinate closely to adequately handle differences, for the benefit of both countries and towards building a stable, balanced and sustainable economic and trade cooperation framework.