Law No. 50/2005/QH11 of 29 November 2005, on Intellectual Property.

This Law, consisting of 222 articles divided into 18 Chapters, establishes the Intellectual Property basic legislation. This Law provides for copyright, copyright-related rights, industrial property rights, rights to plant varieties and the protection of these rights. This Law applies to Vietnamese organizations and individuals; foreign organizations and individuals that satisfy the conditions specified in this Law and treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a contracting party. Subject matters of copyright include literary, artistic and scientific works; subject matters of copyright-related rights include performances, phonograms, video recordings, broadcasts and encrypted program-carrying satellite signals.
The Law is divided as follows: General provisions (I); Contents of, Limitations on and term of Protection of Copyright and related rights (II); Copyright Holders, Related Right Holders (III); Transfer of Copyright and Related Rights (IV); Certificates of Registered Copyright or Related Rights (V); Copyright and Related Rights Representation, Consultancy and Service Organizations (VI); Conditions for Protection of Industrial Property Rights (VII); Establishment of Industrial Property Rights to Inventions, Industrial Designs, Layout-Designs, Marks and Geographical Indications (VIII); Owners and Contents of, and Limitations on Industrial Property Rights (IX); Transfer of Industrial Property Rights (X); Industrial Property Representation (XI); Conditions for Protection of Rights to Plant Varieties (XII); Establishment of Rights to Plant Varieties (XIII); Contents of and Limitations on Rights to Plant Varieties (XIV); Transfer of Rights to Plant Varieties (XV); General Provisions on Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (XVI); Handling of Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights with Civil Remedies (XVII); Handling of Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights with Administrative and Criminal Remedies (XVIII).