Under the theme “Encouraginginnovation and creativity”, the event drew the participation of hundredsof delegates from 184 WIPO member countries.
Vietnamese delegation, led by Ambassador Vu Dung, Head of the VietnameseDelegation to the United Nations, the World Trade Organisation andother international organisations in Geneva, reiterated Vietnam’scommitment to close work with the WIPO and its member countries inintellectual property to cope with challenges the WIPO are facing andwill have to face in the future.
On the sidelinesof the meetings, the Vietnamese delegation held talks with the JapanesePatent Office and the French National Intellectual Property Institute.The meetings are expected to open up a new direction for the cooperationbetween Vietnam and these two countries in the IP field.
On the occasion, Vietnam inked the first-ever agreement inintellectual property cooperation with the US Patent and TrademarkOffice, marking higher-level cooperation between the two countries inthis field. /.