Thực hiện quy định tại Điều 56 của Luật Điều ước quốc tế năm 2016, Bộ Ngoại giao trân trọng thông báo:

Bản ghi nhớ giữa Chính phủ nước Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam và Chính phủ Bru-nây Đa-rút-xa-lam liên quan Điều 18.53 (Các biện pháp liên quan tới việc lưu hành một số dược phẩm nhất định) của Chương 18 (Sở hữu trí tuệ) của Hiệp định Đối tác Toàn diện và Tiến bộ xuyên Thái Bình Dương, ký ngày 08 tháng 3 năm 2018 tại San-ti-a-gô đờ Chi-lê, có hiệu lực từ ngày 12 tháng 7 năm 2023.

Bộ Ngoại giao trân trọng gửi bản sao Bản ghi nhớ theo quy định tại Điều 59 của Luật nêu trên./.

Your Reference:

Our Reference:

8 March 2018

His Excellency
Mr. Tran Tuan Anh
Minister of Industry and Trade
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam

Dear Minister,

I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of this date, which reads as follows:

“I have the honour to confirm the following understanding reached by the Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam (“Viet Nam”) and the Government of Brunei Darussalam (“Brunei Darussalam”) with regard to Article 18.53 (Measures Relating to the Marketing of Certain Pharmaceutical Products) of Chapter 18 (Intellectual Property) of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (the “Agreement”) signed on this day:

Viet Nam and Brunei Darussalam recognise that nothing in Article 18.53 (Measures Relating to the Marketing of Certain Pharmaceutical Products) of Chapter 18 (Intellectual Property) of the Agreement shall limit a Party from establishing conditions, limitations or exceptions when implementing the obligations set forth under that Article, provided that the Party continues to give effect to that Article.

I have the further honour to propose that this letter and your letter of confirmation in reply will constitute an understanding between our two Governments, which will come into effect on the date of entry into force of the Agreement as between Viet Nam and Brunei Darussalam.”

I have the further honour to confirm that the above reflects the understanding reached between the Government of Brunei Darussalam and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam during the course of negotiations on the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (the “Agreement”), and that your letter and this letter of confirmation in reply will constitute an understanding between our two Governments, which will come into effect on the date of entry into force of the Agreement as between Brunei Darussalam and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam.

Yours sincerely,

8 March 2018

The Honourable
Dato Erywan Pehin Yusof
Second Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Brunei Darussalam

Dear Minister,

I have the honour to confirm the following understanding reached by the Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam (“Viet Nam”) and the Government of Brunei Darussalam (“Brunei Darussalam”) with regard to Article 18.53 (Measures Relating to the Marketing of Certain Pharmaceutical Products) of Chapter 18 (Intellectual Property) of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (the “Agreement”) signed on this day:

Viet Nam and Brunei Darussalam recognise that nothing in Article 18.53 (Measures Relating to the Marketing of Certain Pharmaceutical Products) of Chapter 18 (Intellectual Property) of the Agreement shall limit a Party from establishing conditions, limitations or exceptions when implementing the obligations set forth under that Article, provided that the Party continues to give effect to that Article.

I have the further honour to propose that this letter and your letter of confirmation in reply will constitute an understanding between our two Governments, which will come into effect on the date of entry into force of the Agreement as between Viet Nam and Brunei Darussalam.

Yours sincerely,