Vietnam to sign deals for up to $17 bln in US goods, services: prime minister

Vietnam will increase the import of high technologies and services from the U.S. Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on Tuesday he would sign deals for U.S. goods and services worth $15 billion to $17 billion during his visit to Washington, D.C., mainly for high technology products and for services. “Vietnam will increase the import of high technologies and services from the United States, and on the occasion of this visit,...

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Trademark registration services in Vietnam

Trademarks are an important part of client company’s competitive edge. ANT Lawyers IP practice helps you protect these valuable intellectual assets, through trademark registration, oppositions, and other trademark protection resolutions in Vietnam. In particular, ANT Lawyers IP practice offers client services as following: Trademark Availability Searches Trademark Watch Service Trademark Filings & Trademark...

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Google promises to work with Vietnam to remove 'bad' content: report

The tech giant has been asked to open a representative office and coordinate with Vietnamese authorities. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked that Google open a representative office in Vietnam to better manage its increasingly popular services in Vietnam, including preventing bad content on YouTube, according to a report on the government's website. Phuc said during a meeting with Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google’s...

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Retro Nokia phone hits the right buttons on return to Vietnam

Nearly two decades after being crowned the king of Vietnam's cellphone market, Nokia’s classic 3310 has made a successful return to the mobile-crazy country, proving that its charms still work. The classic talk and text phone, which was reintroduced in a brightly colored version at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last February, hit Vietnamese shops on Monday and has already become a phenomenon. “It has triggered a hunt like when...

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Decree No. 30/2013/ND-CP on aviation business and operations

On Apr 8th, 2013, the Government issued Decree No. 30/2013/ND-CP on business air transport and general aviation operations to replace Decree 76/2007/ND-CP dated May 9th, 2007. The new Decree regulates on conditions and procedures for granting business permits for air transport, general business aviation license for commercial purpose, registration certificate of general aviation operation for commercial purpose, the use of brand, franchise businesses...

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Nokia sues Apple for patent infringement

Apple was using Nokia's technology in its products without paying for it.  Nokia announced Wednesday it is suing Apple in German and U.S. courts for patent infringement, claiming the U.S. tech giant was using Nokia technology in "many" products without paying for it. Finnish Nokia, once the world's top mobile phone maker, said the two companies had signed a licensing agreement in 2011, and since then "Apple has declined subsequent offers made...

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Nokia, Apple bury hatchet in patent dispute

It's an upgrade in the relationship between two companies. Nokia and Apple said Tuesday they were burying the hatchet in a bitter patent dispute with a cooperation agreement and an undisclosed cash payment by the U.S. tech giant to the Finnish group. By settling their ongoing intellectual propertydispute, the two companies would "move the relationship... from being adversaries in court to business partners," Nokia's chief legal...

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The Benefit from Protecting Invention Patent

How to Register invention in Vietnam? Invention protection shall bring advantages for the owner of invention including the usage and application within the duration of 20 years. As Law on intellectual property of Vietnam, an invention patent shall be valid from the grant date until the end of twenty (20) years after the filing date. Besides, Invention patent can bring its owner the followings: The steady position on the market: with...

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Transfer of Investment Projects in Vietnam

What steps to be taken to transfer an Investment Project in Vietnam? Under the current Law on Investment, investors are entitled to transfer part or all of the project to another investor when satisfied the specific conditions and conducting to procedure of project adjustment under the regulation of law. The conditions of project transfer ·         The project is not terminated in the cases...

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Conditional Investment Sectors and Investment Conditions in Vietnam

When setting up a trading company in Vietnam, beside other conditions, the foreign investors have to prove experience in trading area.  Areas such as banking, financial services, real estate, security services will require minimum investment. Foreign investment lawyers should be consulted for advice on investment licensing matters. In general, foreign investors making investment in Vietnam are encouraged.  However, there...

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How to Terminate Representative Office in Vietnam?

Termination of operation of representative offices of foreign trader in Vietnam Foreign Traders wishing to terminate the operation of representative office in Vietnam need to complete the procedure at Tax authorities, the Provincial Department of Industry and Trade and the procedure to return the seal at the police. Pursuant to the provisions of the Vietnam laws, the termination of operation of representative offices of foreign traders...

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Granting Investment Registration Certificate in Vietnam

How to obtain an Investment Registration Certificate in Vietnam? As Vietnam integrates further into the global supply chain, foreigners are more and more encouraged to invest in Vietnam in many areas for pursuing profit.  The foreign direct investment of the foreigners is required to be registered at Vietnam state authority to protect the rights of the investor. According to the Law on Investment 2014, investment projects of...

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Opposition of Applications for Registration of the Mark Protection

How to Oppose Applications for Registration of the Mark Protection in Vietnam? Vietnam Law on Intellectual Property allows any third party to have right to denounces the opposition of trademark applications for registration which have identical or confusingly similar signs. As from the date an application for registration of mark is published in the Official Gazette of Industrial Property up until prior to the date of issuance of a decision...

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