The Party and the State have always paid attention to improving institutions and policies for cultural development, considering it a prerequisite for making culture a spiritual foundation, an objective as well as a strong motivation for the cause of national construction and defense. This is affirmed at the Culture Workshop 2022 held last December in Bac Ninh province under the theme “Institutions, Policies and Resources for Cultural Development”. Vietnam Law & Legal Forum magazine would like to introduce to readers this article, which is based on the speech delivered by Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung, member of the Party Central Committee, at the workshop.

“Putting enterprises at the center” is an important policy orientation that has posed many challenges for the science and technology industry in recent years. On the occasion of the Lunar New Year, Minister of Science and Technology Huynh Thanh Dat talks to Tin Tuc Newspaper about some of the solutions that will help businesses play a pivotal role in building innovation incentives.

The Law on the Mobile Police Force, Law on Cinematography, Law on Insurance Business and Law Amending a Number of Articles of the Law on Intellectual Property are four laws that take effect from January 1.

The 15th National Assembly passed the Law Revising a Number of Articles of the Law on Intellectual Property (the 2022 Law) at its 3rd session in June this year.

Technology evaluation constitutes an important stage of the process of commercialization and transfer of technologies and intellectual assets. Yet, Vietnam’s current policies on technology evaluation activities seem to be inadequate, particularly the lack of supportive measures of the State. This prompts the need to work out solutions to improve relevant regulations to promote these activities in the country.

After 19 sitting days, the third session of the 15th National Assembly has finished a great workload with high consensus, and decided on many important issues not only for 2022 but the whole 2021-25 period and subsequent years.

National Assembly deputies on June 1 discussed the implementation of the socio-economic development plans and the state budget in 2021 and in the first months of 2022 as well as the settlement of bad debts of credits institutions.

The National Assembly on May 31 confirmed the necessity of completing legal provisions on the dissemination and use of the National Flag, the National Emblem and the National Anthem to meet the requirements and ensure the sanctity of the national symbols.

Over the past time, Vietnam’s legal system on intellectual property (IP) has been built and regularly revised, forming a fundamental legal foundation to regulate issues related to intellectual property rights (IPRs) protection and enforcement. Today, in the face of the requirements of an increasingly intensive, extensive and comprehensive international integration process, it needs further improvements to ensure effective implementation of international commitments and promote the application of scientific and technological research outcomes to production and business, contributing to the national socio-economic development.