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In the first 6 months of 2026, in the context of the number of industrial property applications continuing to increase sharply, requiring faster processing of documents along with the task of strengthening the enforcement of intellectual property rights, combating counterfeit goods, infringing goods and protecting intellectual property, the Department of Intellectual Property (Ministry of Science and Technology) has achieved many outstanding results in all three areas: Processing applications, completing policies and administrative reforms, and digital transformation. Download The National Office of Intellectual Property held a conference to summarize the work of the first 6 months of the year and deploy tasks in the last 6 months of 2026 - Photo: VGP/TGIn the first 6 months of 2026, the National Office of Intellectual Property received 89,816 industrial property applications, an increase of 20.7% over the same period in 2025; processed 115,819 applications, an increase of 15%; At the same time, 39,981 protection titles were granted. Compared to the assigned 2026 plan, application reception reached 50%, application processing reached 60%, and the number of protection titles granted reached 71.3%. Notably, many groups of applications had high increases such as patent applications and utility solutions; trademark application; applications and requests after granting protection titles; complaints, termination or invalidation of protection titles. Along with professional work, the National Office of Intellectual Property continues to promote institutional improvement. In the first 6 months of the year, the unit advised on promulgating documents detailing the implementation of the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Intellectual Property Law; Review and amend professional forms and industrial property application processing processes on the application management system. In the field of intellectual property rights enforcement, the Department has advised the Prime Minister to promulgate Directive No. 02/CT-TTg on strengthening the enforcement of intellectual property rights; Advise on the issuance of Official Dispatch No. 38/CD-TTg on focusing on fighting, preventing and handling acts of intellectual property rights infringement; At the same time, monitor and synthesize the situation of implementing telegrams during the peak period and coordinate to organize a national preliminary conference. Another important milestone is that the National Office of Intellectual Property has presided over the development of the Project Promoting intellectual property work to serve socio-economic development in the new situation, as a basis for the Politburo to issue Conclusion No. 51-KL/TW on June 17, 2026. According to the National Office of Intellectual Property, Conclusion No. 51-KL/TW is an important foundation to continue perfecting policies, improving the effectiveness of protection, enforcement and exploitation of intellectual property, meeting the countrys development requirements in the new period. In addition, in the context of the United States launching an investigation into Vietnam under Section 301 on intellectual property, the Department has proactively coordinated with ministries and branches to prepare content, data and deploy response tasks, to ensure national interests and fully implement regulations. Vietnams international commitments. Cut 26 administrative procedures, maintain 80% of online records. Administrative procedure reform and digital transformation continue to be bright spots in the activities of the National Office of Intellectual Property. Accordingly, the number of administrative procedures in the field of intellectual property has been cut from 57 to 31 procedures, equivalent to a reduction of 26 procedures. The total time for resolving administrative procedures also decreased sharply from 6,096 days to 2,719 days left, equivalent to a shortening of about 55%. Compliance costs for people and businesses decreased from 525.6 billion VND to 247.7 billion VND. Up to now, the rate of applications received and processed online continues to remain at about 80%, contributing to improving work efficiency and creating convenience for people and businesses. In the last 6 months of the year, the National Office of Intellectual Property will prioritize implementing Conclusion No. 51-KL/TW of the Politburo; continue to coordinate the response to the United States Section 301 investigation; Improve the quality of application processing, preventing the recurrence of overdue and backlogged applications. At the same time, the Department will complete the specialized data project on intellectual property; Expand application processing in the digital environment and promote the application of new technologies, especially artificial intelligence, in searching, appraising, consulting and providing industrial property information, aiming to build a modern, transparent and effective intellectual property system. Thu Giang See morePermanent Deputy Prime Minister: Fighting smuggling, counterfeit goods and IP infringement is a regular task, without stopping See moreConclusion of the Politburo on promoting intellectual property work Intellectual property serves socio-economic development in the new situation. See moreDeputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung: Opening a new peak period, tightening enforcement of intellectual property rights
