Vietnam trademark search
How to search and register a trademark in Vietnam, from official sources. Signa does not sync the IP Viet Nam register yet. It holds WIPO Madrid designations that cover Vietnam.
Search the IP Viet Nam register
IP Viet Nam WIPO Publish trademark search is Intellectual Property Office of Viet Nam's own search tool.
- Search by
- word mark, applicant, representative, filing number, registration number, Nice class, Vienna class, filing, publication, registration and expiry dates
- Languages
- Vietnamese, English, French, Arabic, Japanese
- Free
- Yes
- Account required
- No
- Limits
- Interface labels can be switched to English, but record data such as applicant names and status values are shown in Vietnamese.
How to search
- Open the trademark search and pick the interface language from the selector at the top.
- Choose Basic or Advanced search.
- In Advanced search, enter the mark, applicant, Nice class, representative or a number, and add criteria such as dates or Vienna classes if needed.
- Run the search; results list the mark image, mark, filing number and date, publication date, registration number and date, applicant, Nice classes and status.
Register a trademark in Vietnam
What IP Viet Nam requires, as the official sources below state it.
- How to file
- National application at IP Viet Nam (paper or online); Madrid designation
- Filing languages
- Vietnamese
- Local representative required for applicants abroad
- Yes
- Several classes in one application
- Yes
- Classification
- Nice Classification
- Opposition
- 3 months from publication of the application (for applications published on or after 2026-04-01; 5 months before that date) (pre-registration)
- Term
- 10 years from the filing date, renewable for 10 years at a time
- Non-use
- Open to cancellation after 5 years without use
Good to know
- Foreign individuals not permanently resident in Viet Nam, and foreign organisations and individuals without a production or business establishment there, must file through a lawful representative in Viet Nam (Law on Intellectual Property, Article 89, as amended by Law No. 131/2025/QH15, in force from 2026-04-01).
- All application documents must be in Vietnamese; words in a foreign language in the mark must be translated into Vietnamese, and goods and services must be grouped by Nice class.
- A registration can be terminated if the mark has not been used without justifiable reason for five consecutive years before the request, unless use began or resumed at least three months before the request (Law on Intellectual Property, Article 95(1)(d)).
Madrid Protocol and regional systems
Vietnam is a member of the Madrid Protocol since 2006-07-11, so an international registration filed through WIPO can designate it.
What Signa holds for Vietnam
NOIP records are not covered by Signa yet. International registrations designating Vietnam are searchable through WIPO Madrid data.
Get this data via the API
Query the WIPO records that cover Vietnam in the same format as every other office.
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Where these facts come from
Checked 2026-11-12.
- ipvietnam.gov.vn/en_US/web/english
- WIPO Madrid Member Profiles (wipo.int)
- wipopublish.ipvietnam.gov.vn/wopublish-search/public/trademarks
- ipvietnam.gov.vn/en_US/web/english/trademarks
- wipo.int/wipolex/en/legislation/details/23828
- wipo.int/wipolex/en/legislation/details/21740
- wipo.int/wipolex/en/treaties/ShowResults