In this article, the author will present the aspects of trade secret notion and the features of trade secret protection as the object of industrial property rights, compare the trade secret protection mechanism of Vietnam with those of other developed nations which have a lot of experience in this field as well as compare the requirements for trade secret protection to the international treaties that Vietnam has participated or will participate in. | VNU. JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, ECONOMICS-LAW, N01E, 2004 SOME IS S U E S CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF TRADE SEC R ET A N D THE COMPLETION OF TRADE SECRET PR O TECTIO N LEGISLATION IN VIETNAM N gu yen Thi Que A nh(,) Trade secret of m echanism of V ietn am w ith those of other intellectual p ro p e rty rig h ts is one of the developed nation s which have a lot of categories which extensively as the has studied. object been not experience in this field as well as compare addition, the th e still In re q u ire m e n ts for tra d e secret in te rn a tio n a l treaties p a rticip ated or will application of th e s tip u la tio n s related to protection tra d e secret is too little if we don’t w a n t to th a t V ietnam say th a t it h as not been in existence in p articipate in. Then, the a u th o r advances reality. The form ation of th e tra d e secret some proposals, aim ing a t completing the protection re g u la tio n s tra d e legislation can be considered incomplete. On th e o th e r in V ie tn am ’s to h an d, to th e has secret protection legislation in Vietnam. be son e 1. An O verview o f th e Trade S ecret P ro tectio n L eg isla tio n S ystem in the W orld scholars have show n t h a t a t p re s e n t the shortcomings of th e tr a d e secret protection system usually cause more inhibition to Trade secret is one of the traditional foreign in v estm en t th a n the lim itations in the protection of o th e r objects of intellectual property rights. In intellectual th e property objects {4, p . 88 }. Therefore, the completion of legislation tr a d e not only secret up secret. up th e economic U ntil the tr a d e secret of secret didn’t seơret of a p articu lar th e In d u s tria l n a tu re Revolution in of know-hows and tra d e secrets h ad gradu ally changcd. The fe a tu re s of tra d e s ec re t protection as the co m pare professional th e Europe, the the aspects .
