Accordingly, to create substantial improvements and enhance the practical effectiveness of the fight against intellectual property rights infringements, thereby contributing to the establishment of a transparent and healthy investment and business environment and enhancing national credibility in international integration, the Prime Minister of Vietnam requests focus on the implementation of the following contents:
Competent forces are to be resolutely directed to launch a nationwide campaign, mobilize resources, and immediately implement necessary measures to combat, prevent, and handle acts infringing on intellectual property rights throughout the country from May 7, 2026 to May 30, 2026, strictly implement laws, and strictly handle violations under the principle of no prohibited areas and no exceptions.
- The Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam shall take charge and cooperate with ministries and relevant authorities in verifying, investigating, and prosecuting a number of serious cases involving infringements on copyright, related rights, trademarks, and geographical indications in accordance with the law; dismantle websites and organizations operating online copyright-infringing websites with large traffic volumes, especially websites storing and providing pirated films, music, mobile electronic games, and television programs in Vietnamese and foreign languages, particularly English.
- The Ministry of National Defense shall focus on directing the Border Guard, Coast Guard, and relevant forces to closely cooperate with the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam, relevant authorities, and local authorities in decisively implementing assigned tasks relating to combating, preventing, and handling acts infringing on intellectual property rights in accordance with regulations.
- The Supreme People’s Procuracy of Vietnam and the Supreme People’s Court of Vietnam are requested to intensify prosecutorial and adjudicatory activities over intellectual property cases and ensure strict, deterrent handling in compliance with the law, with a focus on the investigation, prosecution, and trial of several typical cases.
- The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam shall immediately conduct inspections of compliance with regulations on software copyright at enterprises and copyright relating to films, music, television programs, and electronic games in the online environment; promptly handle or transfer serious violations to competent authorities for handling in accordance with regulations, ensuring that the number of handled cases increases by at least 20% compared to May 2025. It shall direct media and press agencies to strengthen dissemination and communication so that citizens, enterprises, communities, and society at large can identify, combat, prevent, and stop acts infringing on intellectual property rights, thereby contributing to strict compliance with the law and improving the effectiveness and efficiency of intellectual property rights enforcement.
- The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam and the People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-affiliated cities shall, according to their functions, tasks, and powers, focus on directing market surveillance forces to closely cooperate with competent authorities in strengthening inspection, control, supervision, and strict handling of intellectual property rights infringement cases, particularly industrial property infringements and trademark-counterfeit goods, ensuring that the number of handled cases increases by at least 20% compared to May 2025.
- The Ministry of Finance of Vietnam shall direct customs authorities to closely cooperate with competent authorities in strengthening inspection of goods imported and exported across borders; proactively suspend customs procedures for goods where there are clear grounds indicating intellectual property counterfeiting; and ensure that the number of cases subject to suspension of customs clearance procedures and handling increases by at least 20% compared to May 2025.
- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam shall take charge and closely cooperate with the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam and relevant ministries and authorities in promptly providing full information and specific implementation results regarding Vietnam’s intellectual property rights enforcement efforts to international partners.
- Ministries, relevant authorities, and People’s Committees of provinces and centrally affiliated cities are required to strictly prepare daily rapid reports on the situation and results of detection, seizure, and handling of serious and complicated cases and incidents, and submit them to the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam for consolidation and weekly reporting to the Prime Minister of Vietnam or upon request; a consolidated implementation report up to May 30, 2026 must be submitted on May 31, 2026.
See more details in Official Telegram No. 38/CD-TTg promulgated on May 5, 2026.
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