Dear Colleagues,
In order to streamline and reorganize its operations, the Vietnam Intellectual Property Office (VNIPO) has issued Notice No. 2351/TB‑SHTT dated June 26, 2025, informing that, as of July 1, 2025, it will suspend acceptance of requests for the following 19 administrative procedures in the industrial property field as follows:
1. Procedures Relating to Industrial Property Representation
1. Grant of Certificate of Practice for Industrial Property Representation Service (Code: 1.011.922)
2. Re‑issuance of Certificate of Practice for Industrial Property Representation Service (1.011.923)
3. Revocation of Certificate of Practice for Industrial Property Representation Service (1.011.924)
4. Registration of Individual Industrial Property Representative (1.011.925)
5. Recognition of Organizations Eligible to Provide Industrial Property Representation Services (1.011.926)
6. Recording of Changes to Information of Organizations Providing Industrial Property Representation Services (1.011.927)
7. Removal of Organizations from the List of Industrial Property Representation Service Providers (1.011.928)
8. Removal of Individuals from the List of Industrial Property Representatives (1.011.929)
9. Registration for the Examination of Professional Competence in Industrial Property Representation (1.011.921)
2. Procedures Relating to Industrial Property Assessment
10. Issuance of Intellectual Property Assessor Cards (1.011.931)
11. Re‑issuance of Intellectual Property Assessor Cards (1.011.932)
12. Revocation of Intellectual Property Assessor Cards (1.011.933)
13. Registration for the Examination of Professional Competence in Industrial Property Appraisal (1.011.930)
3. Procedures Relating to Certificates and Contracts
14. Issuance of Certified Copy of Industrial Property Protection Certificate and Re‑issuance of Protection Certificate/Certified Copy (1.011.912)
15. Registration of Contract for Transfer of Exploitation Rights in Industrial Property Subject Matter (1.011.914)
16. Recording of Amendments, Extensions, or Early Termination of Contracts for Transfer of Exploitation Rights in Industrial Property Subject Matter (1.011.915)
17. Issuance of Certified Copy and Re‑issuance of Certificate of Registration of Contract for Transfer of Exploitation Rights in Industrial Property Subject Matter (1.011.918)
4. Procedures under the Compulsory Licensing Mechanism for Inventions
18. Issuance of Decision on Compulsory Licensing for the Exploitation of a Patented Invention (1.011.916)
19. Request for Termination of Exploitation Rights of a Patented Invention Pursuant to a Compulsory Licensing Decision (1.011.917)
Submission of Applications
From July 1, 2025 onward, organizations and individuals requiring any of the above procedures are requested to filing their dossiers to the People’s Committee of the province where they are domiciled or established.
For applications already filed with the VNIPO prior to July 1, 2025, but not yet processed, the VNIPO will continue to handle them in accordance with current regulations.
Read the full text of Notice No. 2351/TB‑SHTT, please click here: [Full Notice].
