Notice of operation of the National Office of Intellectual Property

Due to the recently complicated situation of the Covid-19 epidemic, especially the appearance of new clusters unidentified infections in residential areas, offices, and enterprises, and to implement guidance of the Prime Minister, National Steering Committee for prevention and control, and Ministry of Science and Technology, and the guidance of the emergency dispatch no. 11/CD-UBND dated May 24^th 2021 of Chairman of Hanoi People’s Committee on strengthening of measures to prevent and control Covid-19, to contribute to the protection of public health, The National Office of Intellectual Property (NOIP) would like to announce:

From May 27^th 2021, NOIP will stop receiving and releasing results of application for industrial property (IP) at NOIP (no. 386 of Nguyen Trai street, Thanh Xuan district, Hanoi). IP application and dispatches, documents submitted to NOIP office only received through online form or post.

NOIP also stops consulting at NOIP office (386 of Nguyen Trai street, Thanh Xuan district, Hanoi). Accordingly, consulting activities on IP in general and procedure for IP application in particular, only are implemented through telephone or email.

The receipt of application and consulting activities at Representative office of NOIP at Ho Chi Minh city and Da Nang will still go on as usual.

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