The US is willing to provide lecturers and training manuals for Vietnam to build a training network for officers enforcing the Intellectual Property Law, a US District judge has affirmed.

US District Judge Ronald Lew, the Central District of California, is a participant in a six-day symposium discussing the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR) in border areas.

The event, which began on Oct. 15 and will run through Oct. 23, will visit three locations during that time: the northern city of Hai Phong , Ho Chi Minh City and the central city of Da Nang .

Vietnamese and US lawyers, judges, customs officers, and prosecutors have shared their own methods of enforcement and experiences in dealing with IPR infringements, involving the detection of counterfeit goods on the market and bogus products in border areas, the legal procedures to be taken against violators, as well as prosecution and enforcement of the law.

Based on specific fieldwork cases, the participants have also discussed methods of cooperation that require various agencies’ involvement in handling IPR violations.

The US Mission in Vietnam and the Vietnam People’s Police Academy co-organised the event./.