54 businesses receive national trademark awards in 2012

The 54 businesses who have been recognised with national trademark awards were announced at a press conference in Hanoi on December 28.

The 54 businesses who have been recognised with national trademark awards were announced at a press conference in Hanoi on December 28.

Do Thang Hai - Head of the Trade Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and General Secretary of the National Trademark Program - reported the program’s council has instructed the Trade Promotion and Agency and relevant agencies to help businesses recognise the importance of building trusted trademarks.

During 2012 participating businesses signed contracts worth more than US$1.58 billion. The program has also conducted more than 40 trade promotion training courses, providing useful information to thousands of businesses and boosting promotional activities in such major markets as the US, Australia, the EU, and Japan.

MoIT Deputy Minister, Tran Tuan Anh said  the ministry and relevant agencies should coordinate assisting trademark development and urge associations to defend the intellectual property rights of potential export items.