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ARTICLE · 20 APRIL 2004

Border Measures Fighting Against Copyright Piracy

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In the bid for WTO accession, Vietnam has to implement the commitments to trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPs) including intellectual property (IP) and copyright enforcement.

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Trieu Duc Hung
Trieu Duc Hung

In the bid for WTO accession, Vietnam has to implement the commitments to trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPs) including intellectual property (IP) and copyright enforcement.

In the prevailing Vietnamese legal system, amongst the provisions on administrative, civil and criminal sanctions against copyright infringements, border remedies are another integral measures required to be comprehensively regulated and enforced.

On 17 October 17, 2003, the Ministry of Culture and Information and the General Department of Customs jointly issued Inter-Ministerial Circular No. 58/2003/TTLT-BVHTT-BTC (Circular 58), effective on and from 17 November 17, 2003, providing guidelines for protection of copyright by Customs Offices overseeing imports and exports.

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