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After Official Dispatch No. 38/CD-TTg dated May 5, 2026 of the Prime Minister, a series of cases of copyright infringement and related rights in the field of digital content and music were prosecuted by the Ministry of Public Security. This move is considered a strong shift in intellectual property law enforcement, especially with regard to illegal exploitation of content for commercial purposes on digital platforms. Download Defendant Diep Van Lap and defendant Nguyen Hai Binh According to Official Telegram No. 38, the Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Public Security to preside over and coordinate with relevant ministries, branches and agencies to focus on verifying, investigating and prosecuting a number of cases of serious infringement of copyright, related rights, trademarks and geographical indications according to the provisions of law; At the same time, destroy websites and organizations operating online copyright infringement websites with large traffic, especially websites that host and provide movies, music, mobile video games, and pirated television programs that use Vietnamese and foreign languages, especially English. Talking with the Government Electronic Newspaper, a representative of the Police Department investigating crimes of corruption, economics, and smuggling - C03 (Ministry of Public Security) said, implementing the Prime Ministers Official Dispatch, dated On May 6, 2026, the Minister of Public Security issued Telegram No. 38/DK-HT to open a peak in the fight against intellectual property infringement crimes, requiring professional units and local police to simultaneously deploy tasks, and at the same time assign specific targets to the units. After a week of implementing the Official Telegram, the Ministry of Public Security and professional units issued 3 professional directives to send to professional units and local police to assign instructions. targets and instructions for implementing professional measures. Along with that, the Ministry of Public Security has reported and proposed to the Party and Government leaders on issues related to the enforcement of intellectual property rights in Vietnam. The Ministry of Public Security also coordinated with press and media agencies to deploy 4 thematic broadcasts on VTV to propagate to the people and intellectual property rights holders, thereby raising awareness and responsibility in complying with intellectual property laws. Department representative. C03 said that as a result, after a week of peak deployment, the police force discovered, investigated and verified 18 cases of intellectual property infringement; prosecuted 9 cases with 12 defendants; confiscated evidence worth 4,403,765,000 VND; Administratively handled 2 cases, fined 38 million VND. Currently, the authorities are continuing to investigate and verify 7 cases. Particularly, the Police Department investigating crimes related to corruption, economics, and smuggling has prosecuted 5 cases with 7 defendants for infringing copyright and related rights according to Article 225 of the Penal Code. 5 typical cases Among the detected cases, many cases related to units operating in the field of digital content and entertainment have attracted the attention of public opinion. On May 15, based on the results of the investigation and collection of documents and evidence, the Police Investigation Agency of the Ministry of Public Security decided to prosecute 5 criminal cases for Infringement of copyright and related rights according to the provisions of Article 225 of the Penal Code. Specifically, the case occurred at Bihaco Media Services and Trading Joint Stock Company (BH Media), the investigation agency prosecuted defendant Nguyen Hai Binh, General Director of BH Media Company. At Lululola Entertainment Co., Ltd., defendant Vo Van Nam, director of the company, was also prosecuted. For the case related to 1900 Group, the investigation agency prosecuted two defendants, including Nguyen Minh Duc, owner of Doi Sun business household, and Ngo Thanh Tung, owner of Thong Zeo business household. In the case at Saigon Rattan Company Limited, the two defendants prosecuted are Vo Hoang Viet and Nguyen Trung Truong Huy, Director of Saigon Rattan Company Limited. In addition, in the case at the Center for the Voice of a Lifetime, the authorities prosecuted Diep Van Lap, the centers owner. Talking with a reporter from the Government Electronic Newspaper, Attorney Tran Manh Diep (M.I.T Intellectual Property Company Limited), specializing in intellectual property, acknowledged that the Prime Ministers issuance of Official Dispatch No. 38 along with a series of cases of intellectual property rights infringement in the field of music and digital content such as BH Media, May Sai Gon, Lululola, 1900 Group or The Voice of a Lifetime have been dealt with recently, showing that the approach and enforcement of copyright law in Vietnam is clearly changing in a more drastic and substantive direction. Lawyers say that in the past, copyright infringements in the digital environment were often difficult to handle because even though there were legal regulations, the enforcement mechanism was not clear and the handling of violations was not really taken seriously. However, recent moves show that management agencies have begun to pay more attention to violations on digital platforms, especially cases of illegal content exploitation for commercial purposes. In addition, management agencies have focused on the element of commercial exploitation from infringing content. This means that not only simple copying, but also the use of copyrighted content to attract views, advertise, sell services or build brands on digital platforms can be considered more strictly legal. According to the LawProfessor Tran Manh Diep, the development of digital platforms and technology today both facilitates and poses many challenges for detecting and handling copyright infringement. On the one hand, technolog
