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MINISTRY OF
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF VIETNAM
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence - Freedom – Happiness
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No. 20/2026/TT-BKHCN
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Hanoi, May 25, 2026
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CIRCULAR
AMENDMENTS TO CERTAIN ARTICLES OF
CIRCULARS ON REDUCTION AND SIMPLIFICATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES UNDER
THE STATE MANAGEMENT SCOPE OF THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Pursuant
to Law on Promulgation of Legislative Documents No. 64/2025/QH15, as amended by
Law No. 87/2025/QH15;
Pursuant
to the Government's Decree No. 78/2025/ND-CP elaborating certain articles and
measures to organize and guide the implementation of the Law on Promulgation of
Legislative Documents, as amended and supplemented by Decree No. 187/2025/ND-CP;
Pursuant
to the Government’s Decree No. 55/2025/ND-CP defining functions, tasks, powers
and organizational structures of the Ministry of Science and Technology;
Pursuant
to the Government's Resolution No. 66.18/2026/NQ-CP on delegation, reduction,
and simplification of administrative procedures and business conditions;
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the request of the Director of the Legal Affairs Department;
The
Minister of Science and Technology hereby promulgates the Circular amending and
supplementing a number of articles of Circulars on reduction and simplification
of administrative procedures under the state management scope of the Ministry
of Science and Technology.
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AMENDMENTS
TO CERTAIN ARTICLES OF CIRCULAR NO. 36/2025/TT-BKHCN ON FRAMEWORK ON PROCEDURES
FOR FORMULATING, APPRAISING, PROMULGATING, MANAGING, AND ORGANIZING THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND INNOVATION PROGRAMMING; AND
PROCEDURES FOR SPONSORSHIP EVALUATION, ORDERING, CONTRACT SIGNING, CONTRACT
EXECUTION, CONTRACT TERMINATION, CONTRACT LIQUIDATION FOR ASSIGNED TASKS; AND
EVALUATION OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND INNOVATION TASKS
Article 1. Amendments to Clause 1 Article 5
“1. Based on the Notice of sponsorship and order plan issued
by the managing agency specified in Article 10 of Decree No. 267/2025/ND-CP, organizations
and enterprises shall submit an (01) set of application for sponsorship
evaluation or task ordering to the managing agency.”.
Article 2. Amendments to point a Clause 2 Article 6
“a) Based on the contract signed between the parties, the
presiding organization shall send a written proposal for adjustment according
to Form BM-21 in the Appendix attached hereto and relevant documents (if any)
to the managing agency;".
Chapter II
AMENDMENTS
TO CERTAIN ARTICLES OF CIRCULAR NO. 43/2025/TT- BKHCN ON THE MANAGEMENT OF
SUPPORT FOR ENHANCEMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL CAPACITY
Article 3. Amendments to Article 13
“Article 13. Support for science and technology capacity
enhancement for organizations
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a)
Support for research activities of postdoctoral researchers;
b)
Support for research activities of doctoral candidates in doctoral training
programs and students in master's degree training programs;
c)
Support for research activities of outstanding scientists with remarkable
achievements in scientific research and technological development;
d)
Support for talented young scientists and talented young engineers.
2. Support contents shall comply with Clause 1, Article 48;
Clause 1, Article 49; Clause 1, Article 50; and Clause 1, Article 54 of Decree
No. 267/2025/ND-CP corresponding to each type of supported activity.
3. Conditions for support consideration shall comply with
Clause 2, Article 48; Clause 2, Article 49; Clause 2, Article 50; and Clause 2,
Article 54 of Decree No. 267/2025/ND-CP corresponding to each type of supported
activity.
4. Criteria for support consideration shall comply with Clause
3, Article 48; Clause 3, Article 49; Clause 3, Article 50; and Clause 3,
Article 54 of Decree No. 267/2025/ND-CP corresponding to each type of supported
activity.
5. An application includes:
a) An
application for support of science and technology enhancement for organizations
made using Form NCNL-16 in the Appendix enclosed herewith;
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c) A
budget estimate for support of science and technology enhancement for
organizations made using Form NCNL-18 in the Appendix enclosed herewith;
Article 4. Annulment of Articles 12, 14, and 18
Article. Replacement of certain phrases in Circular No.
43/2025/TT-BKHCN
The
phrase “các Điều 12, 13, 14 và 18 của Thông tư này” (“Articles 12, 13, 14, and
18 of this Circular”) is replaced with the phrase “Điều 13 của Thông tư này”
(“Article 13 of this Circular”).
Chapter III
AMENDMENTS
TO CERTAIN ARTICLES OF CIRCULAR NO. 01/2026/TT- BKHCN GUIDING THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF CERTAIN ARTICLES OF THE GOVERNMENT'S DECREE NO. 295/2025/ND-CP
DATED NOVEMBER 15, 2025 ELABORATING LAW ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGARDING
PUBLIC-UTILITY TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACTIVITIES AND FINANCIAL MECHANISMS FOR
IMPLEMENTATION OF PUBLIC–UTILITY TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACTIVITIES
Article 6. Amendments to point C Clause 6 Article 4
c) Based on the Order placement registration issued by the
Vietnam public-utility telecommunications service fund as specified in Point b,
Clause 6, Article 7 of Decree No. 295/2025/ND-CP, within 05 working days from
the date of receiving the Order placement registration, the ordered
organization shall submit an (01) set of application for ordering specified in
Clause 7 of this Article to the Vietnam public-utility telecommunications
service fund.”.
Article 7. Amendments to point c Clause 8 Article 4
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Article 8. Amendments to point d Clause 8 Article 11
“d) A written invitation for contract negotiation on
ordering support for using public-utility telecommunications services according
to Form No. 04;”
Article 9. Replacement of forms in Appendix I and Appendix VI
1. Replace Form No. 03 in Appendix I attached to Circular No.
01/2026/TT-BKHCN with Form No. 01 in Appendix I attached hereto.
2. Replace Form No. 04 in Appendix VI attached to Circular No.
01/2026/TT-BKHCN with Form No. 02 in Appendix I attached hereto.
Chapter IV
AMENDMENTS
TO CERTAIN ARTICLES OF CIRCULAR NO. 10/2026/TT-BKHCN ELABORATING SEVERAL
ARTICLES AND IMPLEMENTATION MEASURES OF LAW ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DECREE
NO. 65/2023/ND-CP DATED AUGUST 23, 2023 OF THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM ON
ELABORATION ON SEVERAL ARTICLES AND IMPLEMENTATION MEASURES OF LAW ON INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY REGARDING INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, PROTECTION OF INDUSTRIAL
PROPERTY RIGHTS, RIGHTS TO PLANT VARIETIES, AND STATE MANAGEMENT OF
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, AMENDED BY DECREE NO. 15/2026/ND-CP DATED JANUARY 14,
2026, DECREE NO. 33/2026/ND-CP DATED JANUARY 21, 2026, AND DECREE NO.
100/2026/ND-CP DATED MARCH 31, 2026
Article 10. Amendments to Article 2
Article 2. Regulated entities
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Article 11. Amendments to Article 108
Article 108. Maintenance/Renewal of validity of protection titles
1. An application for maintenance/renewal of validity of a
protection title shall include:
a)
Declaration according to Form No. 01 in Appendix II of this Circular; In case of renewal of
validity of multiple industrial design patents and certificates of trademark
registration, the protection title numbers must be specified in the declaration;
b)
Original industrial design patent or certificate of trademark registration
(where the applicant requests recording of the renewal on the protection title);
c)
Letter of authorization (if submitted through a representative). In cases where renewal is
requested only for certain variants or for part of the list of goods and
services for a certificate of trademark registration, the authorization must
specify the corresponding scope of renewal.
2. An application for maintenance/renewal of validity of a
protection title and fee for examination of the maintenance/renewal request,
maintenance/renewal fee, fee for use of the protection title, registration fee,
and fee for disclosure of the decision on renewal of validity shall be
submitted:
a)
before the expiration date of the invention/utility solution patent;
b)
Within 06 months before the expiration date of the industrial design patent or
certificate of trademark registration;
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3. An industrial design patent may be renewed for up to 2
consecutive terms, each for 5 years. Where the protected industrial design includes multiple
variants, the patent may be renewed for all or some variants, provided that the
basic variant is included.
A
certificate of trademark registration may be renewed consecutively for an
unlimited number of terms, each for 10 years, for all or part of the list of
goods and services.
4. A single application for maintenance/renewal of validity
shall be deemed invalid in any of the following cases
a) The
application does not contain all documents prescribed in Clause 1 of this
Article or the documents are invalid;
b) The
applicant is not the corresponding protection title holder;
c) The
applicant fails to pay sufficient fees and charges as prescribed;
d) The
application for maintenance/renewal of validity is not submitted within the
time limit prescribed in Clause 2 of this Article;
dd)
Absence of information confirming that the holder of the protection title has
authorized renewal only for certain variants or part of the list of goods and
services (where the request is submitted through a representative).
5. An application for maintenance/renewal of validity of a
protection title shall be processed as follows:
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b)
Where the application is invalid, within 1 month from the date of receipt
of the application, the Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam shall issue a
notice of intended refusal of maintenance/ renewal, specifying the reasons, and
set a time limit of 2 months from the date of notification for the applicant to
remedy the deficiencies or provide objections;
c) If,
upon expiry of the time limit prescribed in Point b of this Clause, the
applicant fails to remedy the deficiencies, does not object, or provides
unsatisfactory remedies or unjustified objections, within 1 month from the
expiry of the above time limit, the Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam
shall issue a decision to refuse the maintenance/renewal of validity;
d) Apart
from the case prescribed in Point c of this Clause, the Intellectual Property
Office of Vietnam shall issue a decision to refuse the maintenance/renewal of
validity in the following cases:
d1)
The protection title has already been invalidated, or its protection term has
expired at the time the maintenance request is submitted;
d2)
The protection title's validity has been terminated at the time of submission
or during the processing of the application.
6. Where the applicant submits a written request to withdraw
the maintenance/renewal application, within 1 month from the date of receipt
thereof, the Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam shall process the
withdrawal request as follows:
a)
Where the withdrawal request is valid, the Intellectual Property Office of Viet
Nam shall issue a notice accepting the withdrawal request and terminate the
processing of the maintenance/renewal application. A withdrawn
maintenance/renewal application cannot be reinstated.
b)
Where the withdrawal request is invalid, the Intellectual Property Office of
Vietnam shall issue a notice of intended refusal of the withdrawal request and
set a time limit of 15 working days from the date of notification for the
applicant to remedy the deficiencies.
If,
upon expiry of the prescribed time limit, the applicant fails to remedy the
deficiencies or provides unsatisfactory remedies, the Intellectual Property
Office of Vietnam shall issue a notice refusing the withdrawal request.
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Article 12. Amendments to Article 110
“Article 110. Amendment of protection titles
1. Holders of protection titles, organizations or individuals
exercising the right to register geographical indications, and organizations
managing geographical indications shall have the right to request amendment of
the following information on protection titles, provided that they pay the fee
for examination of the request for amendment of the protection title, search
fee (for trademark assignments); trademark registration certificate issuance
fee (where only part of the list of goods and services bearing a trademark is
assigned); registration fee; and
disclosure fee for the amendment of the protection title:
a)
Changes to the name and address of the holder of the protection title; the
name, address, and nationality of the author of an invention, industrial
design, or layout design;
b)
Change of the holder of the protection title (transfer of ownership due to
inheritance, succession, merger, division, separation, consolidation, joint
venture, affiliation, establishment of a new juridical person by the same
owner, conversion of business form, or pursuant to a court decision or decision
of another competent authority);
c)
Amendment of the description of the geographical indication, the geographical
area corresponding to the geographical indication, regulations on the use of
collective marks, regulations on the use of certification marks, or assignment
of collective marks or certification marks. In such cases, the holder of the protection title shall
additionally pay the fee for substantive re-examination.
2. Holders of protection titles shall have the right to request
narrowing of the scope of protection in accordance with Clause 3 Article 97 of
the Law on Intellectual Property, provided that they pay the fee for
examination of the request for amendment of the protection title, the fee for
examination of the request for narrowing the scope of protection (if any), the
registration fee, and the fee for disclosure of the decision amending the
protection title in the following cases:
a)
Requesting the reduction of one or more independent or dependent claims
included in the scope of protection stated in an invention patent or utility
solution patent;
b)
Requesting the removal of one or more variants of an industrial design or one
or more products in a set of products stated in an industrial design patent;
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3. Application for amendment prescribed in Clauses 1 and 2 of
this Article shall include the following documents:
a)
Declaration requesting amendment according to Form No. 03 in Appendix II of
this Circular, specifying the requested amendment. A single declaration
requesting amendment may request the amendment of multiple protection titles
(for the same type of industrial property subject matter) with the same
amendment content, provided that the requester pays the prescribed fees for
each protection title;
b)
Original protection title where the protection title is issued in paper form;
c) Documents certifying
the change of name or address (originals or certified copies); decisions on
change of name or address; enterprise registration certificate recording the change
of name or address; or other legal documents proving the change of name or
address (originals or certified copies), where the requested amendment concerns
the name or address; except where the Intellectual Property Office of Viet Nam
can proactively exploit and use information available in databases published by
database managing authorities.
In cases where information
cannot be exploited or the exploited information is incomplete or inaccurate,
the Intellectual Property Office of Viet Nam shall send a written request to
requester, specifying the reasons and the time limit of 02 months to supplement
the application.. The time for requesting and supplementing such application
shall not be calculated into the administrative procedure processing time limit;
d) Set of photographs or
drawings of the amended industrial design where amendment of an industrial
design protection title is requested (5 sets if the dossier is submitted in
paper form); the amended description of the geographical indication and amended
map of the geographical area corresponding to the geographical indication where
amendment of a geographical indication protection title is requested (2 copies
if the dossier is submitted in paper form); the amended regulations on the use
of collective marks or certification marks where amendment of a collective mark
or certification mark protection title is requested (2 copies if the dossier is
submitted in paper form); trademark specimens where amendment of the trademark
specimen is requested in accordance with Point c Clause 2 of this Article (5
specimens if the dossier is submitted in paper form);
dd) Detailed explanatory
documents regarding the amendment contents;
e) Documents proving transfer
of ownership as prescribed in Point b Clause 1 of this Article (originals or
certified copies), where the request concerns a change of the holder of the
protection title;
g) Industrial property
assignment contract (original or certified copy) and accompanying documents,
including:
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g2) Written consent from
co-owners regarding the assignment of industrial property rights, if the
corresponding industrial property rights are under co-ownership; or from the
mortgagee in cases where the industrial property rights are used as mortgaged
assets;
g3) Regulations on the use of
collective marks or regulations on the use of certification marks of the
assignee as specified in Clause 5 and Clause 6, Article 69 of this Circular (in
case of assignment of collective marks or certification marks)
g4) Documents proving
the right to apply for certification mark or collective mark assignment
specified in Clause 3 and Clause 4, Article 87 of the Law on Intellectual
Property (in case of assignment of collective marks or certification marks);
h)
Letter of authorization (if submitted through a representative). For cases of amending a
protection title specified in Clause 2 of this Article, information on
authorization to narrow of the scope of protection must be provided.
4. A application for amendments of a protection title shall be
deemed invalid in any of the following cases:
a) The
application does not contain all documents prescribed in Clause 3 of this
Article or the documents are invalid; For cases of amending a protection title due to an
assignment of industrial property rights, documents shall be considered invalid
in cases where: The
contract does not bear all required signatures (and seals, if any) of the
assignor and assignee; the assignor's name or address in the contract is
inconsistent with the corresponding information in the protection title, letter
of authorization, or declaration; the assignee's name or address in the
contract is inconsistent with the information in the letter of authorization or
declaration; the copy of the contract is not duly certified; the contract lacks
mandatory contents or contains contents inconsistent with the restrictions on
assignment of industrial property rights prescribed in Articles 139 and 140 of
the Law on Intellectual Property; etc.
b) The
request for narrowing the scope of protection does not fall within the cases
prescribed in Clause 2 of this Article;
c) The
applicant fails to pay sufficient fees and charges as prescribed;
d)
There is no information confirming that the holder of the protection title has
authorized the request for narrowing the scope of protection (where the request
is submitted through a representative);
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e)
There are grounds to affirm that the assignment of industrial property rights
infringes upon the industrial property rights of a third party;
g) The
written request for a change of protection title holder due to an assignment of
industrial property rights where the assignment is conducted under multiple
contracts with different assignees.
5. An application for amendment of a protection title shall be
processed as follows:
a)
Where the application is valid, within 2 months from the date of receipt of the
application or from the expiry of the re-examination period prescribed in Point
d of this Clause, the Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam shall issue a
decision amending the protection title, record the amendment on the protection title,
register it, and disclose the decision on amendment in the Industrial Property
Official Gazette within 30 days from the date of issuance of the decision. In cases of amending a
protection title due to a partial assignment of the list of goods and services
bearing the protected mark, a certificate of trademark registration shall be
issued to the assignee, and the limit of the list of goods and services in the
protection title shall be determined for that assigned portion;
b)
Where the application is invalid, the Intellectual Property Office of
Vietnam shall issue a notice of intended refusal of amendment, specifying the
reasons, and set a time limit of 2 months from the date of notification for the
applicant to remedy the deficiencies or provide objections;
c) If,
upon expiry of the time limit prescribed in Point b of this Clause, the
applicant fails to remedy the deficiencies, does not object, or provides
unsatisfactory remedies or unjustified objections, within 1 month from the
expiry of the above time limit, the Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam
shall issue a decision to refuse the request to amend the protection title;
d) For
amendment requests specified in Point c, Clause 1, and Clause 2 of this
Article, the corresponding procedures for re-examination of the application
shall be conducted in accordance with Article 114 of the Law on Intellectual
Property;
dd)
Where, at the time of submitting the application, the protection title has
already been invalidated or expired under applicable regulations, the
Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam shall issue a decision refusing the
request for amendment of the protection title, except where the requested
amendment is intended to record accurate information existing prior to
invalidation. Where,
at the time of submitting the application or during the processing of the
application, the protection title’s validity has been terminated, the
Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam shall issue a decision refusing the
request for amendment of the protection title;
e) The
Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam shall suspend the processing of the
request for amendment of the protection title where it receives a written
request from a competent authority to suspend the processing for implementation
of related decisions or procedures in accordance with the law, or a written
notice that the industrial property subject matter under the protection title
is being used as collateral, or a copy of a notice of case acceptance from a
Court, or a copy of a notice from an Arbitration Center (or equivalent
document) regarding a dispute related to the industrial property assignment
contract. Within
15 working days from the date of receiving the document specified in this
Point, the Intellectual Property Office of Viet Nam shall issue a notice on the
temporary suspension of processing the amendment request and send it to the
relevant parties. Processing of the amendment request shall resume when the
Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam receives documents proving that the
related decisions or procedures have been terminated.
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a)
Where the request for withdrawal of the amendment dossier is valid, the
Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam shall issue a notice accepting the
withdrawal request and terminate the processing of the request for amendment of
the protection title. A withdrawn request for amendment of a protection title
cannot be reinstated.
b)
Where the withdrawal request is invalid, the Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam
shall issue a notice of intended refusal of the withdrawal request and set a
time limit of 15 working days from the date of notification for the applicant
to remedy the deficiencies.
If,
upon expiry of the prescribed time limit, the applicant fails to remedy the
deficiencies or provides unsatisfactory remedies, the Intellectual Property
Office of Vietnam shall issue a notice refusing the withdrawal request.
c) In
case one of the contracting parties to an industrial property assignment
contract wishes to withdraw the amendment application, the withdrawal request
prescribed in this Clause shall only be processed by the Intellectual Property
Office of Vietnam when obtaining the written consent of the remaining party,
except where the withdrawal is due to the inability to rectify deficiencies as
requested by the Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam.
7. Where deficiencies are discovered in a protection title, the
Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam shall, either on its own initiative or
at the request of the person discovering the deficiencies, revoke the
protection title and re-issue it with the amended information or record the
corrected contents in the original protection title.
For
physical paper protection titles, the holder must submit the original
protection title containing errors to the Intellectual Property Office of
Vietnam for revocation and re-issuance, or for recording the corrected contents
on the original protection title. Within 02 months from the date on which the Intellectual
Property Office of Vietnam receives the original protection title, the
Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam shall rectify the erroneous information
and send the result to the holder. The protection title holder must pay the examination fee for
the request to amend the protection title as specified in Clause 1, Article 97
of the Law on Intellectual Property, the registration fee, and the fee for
disclosure of the amended information, if the deficiency resulted from the
fault of the holder of the protection title, except where the deficiency
resulted from the fault of the Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam.
Article 13. Amendment to the title of Chapter XI
“ĐÀO TẠO PHÁP LUẬT VỀ SỞ HỮU CÔNG NGHIỆP” (“TRAINING ON
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY LAW”).
Article 14. Amendments to Article 127
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The
recognition of institutions qualified to provide industrial property law
training shall be conducted as follows:
1. A training institution seeking recognition as eligible to
organize industrial property law training courses under Clause 2 Article 62 of
Decree No. 65/2023/ND-CP shall submit an application for recognition to the
Chairperson of the People's Committee of the province and central-affiliated
city.
2. An application for recognition prescribed in Clause 1 of
this Article shall include the following documents:
a)
Written request for recognition as an industrial property law training
institution, made according to Form No. 01 in Appendix III of this Circular;
b)
Documents proving that the organization satisfies the recognition criteria and
conditions, including: facilities and equipment; information on public
employees on the payroll who have taught intellectual property at the
university level for at least 5 years; a list of lecturers participating in the
training program; and an approved standard set of training materials consistent
with the prescribed structure of the Industrial Property Law Training Program.
3. The application for recognition of the training institution
for industrial property law shall be processed by the Chairperson of the
People's Committee of the province within 15 working days from the date of
receipt:
a) If
the application is valid, the Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam shall
issue a decision recognizing the institution for industrial property law
(specifying the name of the training institution, address of head office, tax
identification number, etc.), send it to the applicant and simultaneously
forward it to the Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam (Ministry of Science
and Technology) for recording into the List of eligible industrial property law
training institutions, and disclose such information on web portal of the
People's Committee of the province within 07 working days from the date of
decision issuance;
b) If
the dossier is invalid, the Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam shall
notify the applicant of the deficiencies and set a time limit of 1 month from
the date of notification for the applicant to remedy them;
c) If
the applicant fails to remedy the deficiencies or provides unsatisfactory
remedies, the Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam shall, within 15 working
days from the expiry of the time limit specified in Point b of this Clause,
issue a decision refusing the recognition, specifying the reasons therefore.
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Article 15. Annulment of a number of articles, Chapters, and
Appendices
1. Annul Articles 109, 129, 130, and 131.
2. Annul Chapter VIII.
3. Annul Part 2, Appendix III.
Article 16. Replacement and annulment of phrases and
appendix forms
1. Replace the phrase “Quyết định gia hạn hiệu lực” (“Decision on
validity renewal”) with the phrase “Thông báo về việc gia hạn hiệu lực”
(“Notice of validity renewal”) in point e Clause 2 Article 116.
2. Remove the phrase “, nộp hồ sơ đăng ký hợp đồng chuyển nhượng
quyền sở hữu công nghiệp” (“, submit the application for registration of the
industrial property assignment contract”) in Clause 1 Article 3.
3. Remove the phrase “Quyết định ghi nhận chuyển nhượng quyền
sở hữu công nghiệp, quyết định từ chối đăng ký hợp đồng chuyển nhượng quyền
sở hữu trí tuệ” (“Decisions recording the assignment of industrial property
rights; decisions refusing registration of industrial property assignment
contracts”) in point k Clause 2 Article 116.
4. Replace Form No. 01 in Appendix II attached to Circular No.
10/2026/TT-BKHCN with Form No. 01 in Appendix II attached hereto.
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6. Replace Form No. 01 in Appendix III attached to Circular No.
10/2026/TT-BKHCN with Form No. 03 in Appendix II attached hereto.
7. Add Form No. 03 after Form No. 02 in Appendix III attached
to Circular No. 10/2026/TT-BKHCN with Form No. 04 in Appendix II attached
hereto.
8. Annul Form No. 02, Form No. 06 in Appendix II, and Form No.
02 in Appendix III attached to Circular No. 10/2026/TT-BKHCN.
Chapter V
IMPLEMENTATION
Article 17. Transitional
provisions
1. Applications that were received by competent agencies or
persons before the effective date of this Circular but have not completely
handled shall continue to be processed in accordance with the applicable
regulations at the time o receipt.
2. Applications in the field of intellectual property that were
received by competent agencies or persons before the effective date of the
provisions in Chapter IV of this Circular but have not completely handled shall
continue to be processed in accordance with the applicable regulations at the
time o receipt.
Article 18. Implementation
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2. The provisions specified in Chapter IV of this Circular come
into force from July 1, 2026.
3. Any difficulties that
arise during the implementation of this Circular should be reported to the
Ministry of Science and Technology for consideration and guidance./.
MINISTER
Vu Hai Quan