Hanoi, Jan. 31 -- The Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam (IP Vietnam) under the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) reported that it has received more than 156,000 applications to establish industrial property rights of all kinds last year, a year-on-year increase of 11%.

This includes 84,000 applications to register industrial property rights and 71,660 other types of applications and requests.

Notably, as the number of patent applications rose by 10.6%, industrial design applications rose by 11.8%.

With the high number of applications received last year, the IP Vietnam has processed 125,778 applications of all types, including 74,130 applications to register industrial property rights , up 13.2% year-on-year, and 51,648 ot...