Aiming at helping Vietnamese attorneys and arbitrators thoroughly understand the legislation of the US-Vietnam Trade Agreement, on November 2003, the Ministry of Trade and the Vietnam Central Lawyers Association co-organised training courses for Vietnamese attorneys, jurists and arbitrators on “The US-Vietnam Trade Agreement and Trade Arbitrator” in the framework of the cooperation program with STAR-VIETNAM. The training courses were organised in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang from 11-14 August, 20-23 August and 25-28 August 2003, respectively. Mr. Le Hoai Duong – Managing Partner of Lê & Lê Company was invited to give lectures on the special subject of “Protection of intellectual property rights in Vietnam and foreign countries”.