(VOVworld) – Vietnam has underlined its cooperation with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The Director General of Vietnam’s National Office of Intellectual Property, Ta Quang Minh, acknowledged increasing cooperation between Vietnam and the WIPO over the years, and WIPO’s assistance to Vietnam through programs on distance learning and specialized database access, raising the capacity of Vietnam’s intellectual property system.

Vietnam is keen on development programs of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). (Photo: VNA)

Minh led a Vietnamese delegation to the 51st session of the WIPO General Assembly, which concluded on Wednesday in Geneva.

Vietnam took this occasion to meet its partners and to call for closer bilateral ties. The National Office of Intellectual Property signed a cooperation agreement with the Russian Patent Office. It delegates held bilateral talks with the Eurasian Patent Organization and Australia’s Intellectual Property Ministry. The Vietnamese delegation and other ASEAN member countries held meetings with WIPO and the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market.