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A workshop aimed at equipping intellectual property managers, researchinstitutes, universities and relevant agencies with knowledge onintellectual property assessment opened in Hanoi on June 5.

The event, jointly held by the Vietnamese Ministry of Science andTechnology (MST)’s Intellectual Property Department and the WorldIntellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), emphasised the necessary ofintellectual property assessment in commercialising intellectualproperty.

Addressing the workshop, MST DeputyMinister Tran Van Tung underlined the importance of intellectualproperty in every aspect of the economy, especially in the context ofcurrent globalisation and international economic integration.

Developing an intellectual property protection system as well asencouraging and supporting the development of intellectual property nowbecome a global requirement and one of the important tasks in Vietnam’s socio-economic development, he said.

Intellectual property assessment is now a concern of not only businessesbut also law and policy makers as well as macroeconomic managers, headded.

During the three-day event, foreign experts,who are working in the field of intellectual property, will introducebasic contents on intellectual property assessment in the two phases ofpre-commercialisation and commercialisation.-VNA

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