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According to the Notice No. 3392/TB-SHTT dated April 19, 2018 of the National Office of Intellectual Property (NOIP) of Vietnam, as of June 01, 2018; the new version of IPC (2018.01) under Strasbourg Agreement shall be officially applied for the classification of technical solutions which claim protection in the application for patent registration in Vietnam. Besides the versions in two authentic languages as English and French provided by WIPO, the Vietnamese version also translated from English to assist individuals or organizations to register patent in Vietnam.

In addition to the Nice Agreement on the International Classification of Goods and Services, the Vienna Agreement on the International Classification of the Figurative Marks also applied for trademark registration in Vietnam. Accordingly, the Vienna Classification is essential for trademark registration in Vietnam in case that trademark consisting of the figurative elements, by the way facilitate the trademark search and examination on its registrability.

Copyright in Vietnam is Intellectual Property assets protected in Vietnam under the Intellectual Property Law and the Berne Convention in which Vietnam is a member to. On the basis of practical requirements, the Government of Vietnam has issued the Decree No. 22/2018/ND-CP (Decree 22) on February 23, 2018 to replace the Decree 100 and Decree 85. This Decree shall officially come into effect since April 10, 2018 with the following major changes

Further to the agreement signed with the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) that allows the owners of granted Singaporean patents to re-register their patent in Cambodia, the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft (MIH) has made another effort in Biletaral Intellectual Property (IP) Cooperation by signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the State IP Office of China (SIPO) on September 21, 2017. This MOU shall come into effect on April 1st, 2018; accordingly, MIH will recognize patents granted at SIPO.

Recent years witness the rushing foreign investment, especially from Chinese, Singaporean and EU investors into Myanmar, the conflicts and disputes in the field of Intellectual Property (IP) in Myanmar appear more and more frequent as a consequence, however, the current legal system of Myanmar is not sufficient to regulate such disputes. Recognizing the indispensability of an IP law system to protect the IP assets of foreign investors and further attract investment capital, the Government of Myanmar has made strong commitments to establish an IP Law system.

Following the bilateral agreement between the National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam (NOIP) and the Japan Patent Office (JPO) in October 2015, the PPH Pilot Program has undergone two seasons since 2016 with aim of reducing local backlog of Patent examination.