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Profile of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is located in Indochina and has an area of approximately 330,000 km2, about nine-tenths that of Japan. As of 2004, the population of Vietnam stood at 82.1 million, 90% of whom are ethnic Vietnamese. There are also about 60 ethnic minorities. The national language is Vietnamese, and the major religions are Buddhism (80%), Christianity, and Cao Daism. The capital city is Hanoi.
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| Counterpart organization |
| | National Office of Intellectual Property of Viet Nam： NOIP
Address：384-386 Nguyen Trai, Hanoi, Vietnam |
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| 1) | In June 2005, the JPO dispatched two JICA experts for a technology cooperation project to support NOIP IP information System. |
| 2) | The JPO has provided a variety of assistance concerning the improvement of the examination system and offered advice regarding industrial property policy through the dispatch of JICA experts. |
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| Modernization of Industrial Property Administration Project |
The Modernization of Industrial Property Administration Project was carried out from April 2000 to June 2004 with the goal of improving the administrative processing environment at the NOIP. Standardization and greater efficiency of administrative processing through unified digitization, from receipt of the application to the final decision, registration and appeals, was realized through this project.
Along with instructing NOIP counterparts on the development and management of administrative processing systems, the project experts also instructed all application processing staff on new digitized operations.
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| The Project for Utilization of Intellectual Property Information |
| Since January 2005, the Second phase of the project (“Utilization of Intellectual Property Information in Vietnam”) has been carried out. Through the utilization of the IP Information System, efficient application processing, management, and information services of intellectual property will be available in NOIP. |
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A JPO expert (far left) providing technical instruction to counterparts on the operation of the server |
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A JPO expert (rear left) in a monthly meeting with NOIP Director-General Dr. Chuong (front right)
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A NOIP official conducting training on system functions and PC operation for NOIP staff |
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The Inauguration of the Project for Utilization of Intellectual Property Information
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