(HQ Online) - On March 1, 2024, Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department Do Thanh Quang chaired a meeting and working session with the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) on combating counterfeit goods and intellectual property infringement.
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Mr. Yasuaki Naito, Intellectual Property Attaché - JPO in Southeast Asia, Director of the Intellectual Property Department - JETRO Bangkok, spoke at the meeting. |
The delegation was led by Ms. Ogawa Eri, representative of the Japanese Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City, and Mr. Naito Yasuaki, JPO Intellectual Property Attaché in Southeast Asia and Director of the Intellectual Property Department - JETRO Bangkok.
During the meeting, both sides exchanged views on various issues related to the enforcement of intellectual property rights in Vietnam. Deputy Director Do Thanh Quang and leaders of the Customs Control Team, Anti-Smuggling and Violation Handling Department introduced the JETRO delegation to the legal regulations and policies, system improvement programs, capacity building programs, difficulties and obstacles in the process of combating counterfeit goods and intellectual property infringement; and some cases discovered by the Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department in the past.
Representatives from JETRO also highlighted fraudulent practices and violations related to intellectual property rights, signs of counterfeit goods, and intellectual property infringements against Japanese businesses' products in the Vietnamese market. They also requested the Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department to provide solutions to detect and prevent these violations in order to protect the legitimate rights of Japanese businesses and Japanese goods in the Ho Chi Minh City market in particular, and the Vietnamese market in general.
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The Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department and the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) pose for a commemorative photo. |
Agreeing with the JETRO representative's remarks, Deputy Director Do Thanh Quang stated that Vietnamese people highly appreciate and trust Japanese goods due to their good quality, smart features, ease of use, and safety for health. The Deputy Director also suggested several solutions for the Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department to cooperate with JETRO in the coming period to reduce trade fraud and intellectual property rights violations, and to promote the prevention and combating of counterfeit and intellectual property-infringing goods at border gates and throughout Ho Chi Minh City.
Deputy Director Do Thanh Quang also emphasized that, in recent times, the Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department has always paid attention to the fight against smuggling, trade fraud, and counterfeit goods and intellectual property rights violations within its jurisdiction. The Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department will proactively cooperate with JETRO and Japanese businesses to prevent violations and ensure a healthy competitive environment for businesses engaged in import and export activities in general, and Japanese businesses in particular, in Ho Chi Minh City.
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| Deputy Director Do Thanh Quang presented a commemorative gift to Ms. Ogawa Eri, representative of the Japanese Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City. |
During the meeting, leaders from both sides agreed on areas of cooperation in the coming period to promote the exchange, cooperation, and learning of experiences in goods management with the most effective measures to ensure that intellectual property rights are not infringed; and at the same time, to help specialized units of the Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department and the entire Customs sector further improve their in-depth skills in detecting counterfeit goods and goods infringing intellectual property rights in Ho Chi Minh City in particular and throughout Vietnam in general.
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| Deputy Director General Do Thanh Quang presented a commemorative gift to Mr. Naito Yasuaki, JPO Intellectual Property Attaché in Southeast Asia, Director of the Intellectual Property Department - JETRO Bangkok. |
The JETRO representative expressed gratitude for the warm welcome and the valuable information shared by the Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department and Deputy Director Do Thanh Quang personally. Looking ahead, JETRO hopes to continue receiving the cooperation, support, and assistance of the Ho Chi Minh City Customs Department in combating counterfeit goods and intellectual property infringement in Vietnam, thereby promoting a more comprehensive and developed trade cooperation between the two countries.
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