The Making of Intellectual Property Law in Vietnam: From Colonial Laboratory to Socialist Legality 1864 - 1994

Tran Kien (Associate Professor, PhD) is Senior Lecturer in civil law at the Faculty of Private Law, University of Law--Vietnam National University, Hanoi. An alumnus of Vietnam National University, Hanoi (LLB in 2007) and University of Glasgow (LLM in 2010 and PhD in 2015), Kien has led a number of national and international research into a broad range of legal issues including but not limited to constitutional law, human rights, immigration law; contract and property; copyright and freedom of expression; social media and cyber security law: reflecting his interdisciplinary approach, intertwining legal scholarship with the sociopolitical settings across time and space in Vietnam. His research on the conflict between human rights and intellectual property rights was recently awarded the highest scientific and technological prize of Vietnam National University, Hanoi, in 2021. He is leading a national research project (2023 - 2025) on the reform of property law in the context of the rule of law and market-based economy in Vietnam funded by the National Foundation for Science and Technology Development of Vietnam. Kien’s works are also extended to community development and intervention projects in collaboration with local and international non-governmental organizations.