JPO acts as NOIP’s IPEA and ISA under the PCT system   |  

Hence, since the above date, Vietnamese applicants have one more option to select the international searching and preliminary examination authority for their PCT applications, apart from national IP offices of Russia, Sweden, Republic of Korea, Austria and the European Patent Office. Please refer to the attached notification of the NOIP on the said issue for further details.

National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam

Source: http://www.noip.gov.vn/web/noip/home/en?proxyUrl=/noip/cms_en.nsf/(agntDisplayContent)?OpenAgent&UNID=08F11F8977A0F19847257A85000EB181