Filing Requirements 

FILING GUIDANCE FOR TRADEMARK REGISTRATION
IN VIETNAM

REQUIRED INFORMATION

1. Full name, address and nationality of the applicant;
2. Description of the trademark: meaning, colors claimed, translation or transliteration of characters into English if the mark contains foreign characters;
3. List of goods/services to be covered by the trademark and if possible, the class(es) of the respective goods/services according to the International Classification;
4. If a priority is claimed: statement of country, application number and filing date of the original foreign application from which the priority is claimed.
   

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

1. A Power of Attorney from the applicant (as the attached form)
   ( pdf file ) ( doc file ) (notarization is not required);
2. 20 specimens of the mark (the size of each specimen is not smaller than 15mm x 15mm and not larger than 80mm x 80mm);
3. If the Convention priority is claimed: a certified copy of the priority document(s) and the English translation thereof.

   Note:

   A copy of the executed Power of Attorney can be accepted at the time of filing trademark application, but the original one must be submitted within 1 month from the filing date.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

1. A trademark application can cover more than one class;
2. The time limit from the filing to granting date is 9 months, of which 03 months is for formality examination and 06 months is for substantive examination;
3. The protection title of a trademark is a Trademark Registration Certificate, which is effective from the granting date;
4. The validity term of a Trademark Registration Certificate is 10 years from the regular filing date and can then be renewed indefinitely for consecutive periods of 10 years;
5. A Trademark Registration Certificate can be suspended by a request made by any third party if it is not used in five successive years without any proper reason.
   

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