The Market Management Bureau
The Market Management Bureau includes:
• Vietnam Directorate of Market Surveillance, and
• Market Management Departments at the provincial level.
1. The Inspectorate of General Department of Market Surveillance
Address: 91 Dinh Tien Hoang, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi
Tel: 84-24-38255868
Fax: 84-24-39342726
Website: https://dms.gov.vn/
Vietnam Directorate of Market Surveillance is an organization directly under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, performing the function of advising and assisting the Minister of Industry and Trade in state management and organizing law enforcement on prevention, combat and handling acts of trading in smuggled goods; production and trading of counterfeit goods, banned goods, goods of unknown origin; acts of infringing upon intellectual property rights; acts of violating the law on quality, measurement, price and food safety; acts of violating the law on protection of consumer rights and acts of commercial fraud in accordance with the law.
2. The Market Management Departments at the provincial level
The Market Management Departments at the provincial level have the function of assisting the General Director of the General Department of Market Management in the state management and organization of law enforcement on the prevention, combat and handling of acts of trading in smuggled goods; production and trading of counterfeit goods, banned goods, goods of unknown origin; acts of infringing upon intellectual property rights; acts of violating the law on quality, measurement, price and food safety; acts of violating the law on protection of consumers’ interests and acts of commercial fraud in accordance with the law in the province; perform the function of specialized inspection according to the provisions of law.
| FYI ! In IPR enforcement in Vietnam, the Market Management forces are entitled to enforce against infringement over copyright, related rights, industrial property rights (except patent rights) relating to acts of trading and transporting the infringing goods in the marketplace. The Market Management forces can take enforcement actions against acts of manufacturing the infringing goods if they track down such (manufacturing) acts in the course of handling acts of trading and transporting the infringing goods in the marketplace. Right holders often opt for Market Management forces for quick action against small infringers. |
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