On August 24, 2023, Ho Chi Minh City Department of Science and Technology held a seminar "Implementing the metrological assurance program in the inspection, calibration and testing of measuring instruments and measurement standards", The Department of Standards, Metrology and Quality (SMQ, under Ho Chi Minh City Department of Science and Technology) is the implementing unit. Attending the workshop on the side of SMQ, there were Mrs. Vo Dinh Lien Ngoc - Deputy Director of the Department. On the side of the presenters, there were Mr. Phan Minh Hai - representative of the Professional Training Center for Standards, Metrology and Quality under the Directorate of Standards, Metrology and Quality, Ministry of Science and Technology; Mr. Mai Phuoc Vinh - Head of SMQ Measurement Management Division; Mr. Truong Trung Tin - Head of Metrology Division - HCMC technical Standards, Metrology and Quality Center (SMEQ, under SMQ) and nearly 100 delegates from units operating in the field of inspection, calibration and testing in the City.

On August 18, the 2023 Green Economy Forum with the theme "Net Zero - the way to sustainable development" was held by Saigon Economic Journal in Ho Chi Minh City.

On August 24, 2023, Can Tho city Department of Science and Technology established a Council to accept the results of the project "Completing the production process and developing products from Ha Chau strawberry." The study is carried out by MSc. Nguyen Hong Xuan. Can Tho Technology and Technology University is an implementation agency.

Within the framework of the fourth Quang Nam Provincial Innovation Startup Festival - TechFest Quang Nam 2023, Quang Nam province organized a display and introduction of products, technologies and equipment of the Departments of Science and Technology, institutes, universities and domestic and international businesses.

On June 27, 2023, Quang Nam Province People's Committee province issued Plan 4063/KH-UBND on the organization of the fourth Quang Nam Province Innovation Startup Festival – TechFest Quang Nam 2023 with the theme: "Spread the nation's startup aspirations."

On August 18, 2023, Directorate of Standards, Metrology and Quality organized a professional workshop in August on lean management - the journey of change from thinking to action. The workshop aims to exchange and share to raise awareness and action for lean governance.

On August 18, 2023, in Hanoi, the Institute of Livestock Production (NIAS) collaborated with Khon Kaen University (Thailand) to organize a workshop on "Effective use of agricultural biomass and forage crops for beef livestock." The conference attracted the participation of many managers and scientists from Vietnam and Thailand.

On August 18, 2023, Technical Standards, Metrology and Quality Center 1 under the Directorate of Standards, Metrology and Quality (SMQ) cooperated with Vinh Phuc Department of Science and Technology to organize a conference "Strengthening, renewing to improve the efficiency of SMQ management, technical support for verification, calibration and testing" and signed a memorandum of understanding.

The above information was said by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Minh Triet, Vice President of the Southern Information Security Association of VNISA, at a recent seminar.

Currently, the demand for shopping and consuming all kinds of goods and food is also increasing, in addition, the situation of counterfeit goods, and poor quality goods are also rampant in the market, especially counterfeit good. on intellectual property. Therefore, what types of goods are counterfeit in terms of intellectual property?