Intellectual property law is gradually expanding the responsibilities of e-commerce platforms, social networks, and other digital platforms to enhance the protection of intellectual property rights in cyberspace.

Official Dispatch No. 38/CD-TTg, issued by the prime minister, calls for strengthened enforcement of intellectual property rights. Many people still believe that enforcing intellectual property rights is solely the responsibility of regulatory authorities, however, in reality it is also the proactive responsibility of each business to protect its own brand, products, and intellectual assets.

The Office of the US Trade Representative on April 30 released the 2026 Special 301 Report on the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights in the trading partners of the US, in which Viet Nam was placed on the “Priority Foreign Country” (PFC) list — the most severe warning level under this mechanism.