With a view to bringing Vietnamese regulations on protection of collective marks and certification marks into closer conformity with the TRIPS Agreement and the US-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA), the National Office of Industrial Property of Vietnam (NOIP) held a seminar on protection of collective marks and certification marks on December 6, 2002 at the NOIP in Hanoi. Mr. Le Hoai Duong, Managing Partner of LÊ & LÊ, was invited to present on this topic. Participants were officials from the NOIP, Departments of Science, Technology & Environment, and IP local agents.