The National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam (NOIP) is an Agency under the Ministry of Science and Technology, assuming the functions of exercising the State management and providing services in the field of intellectual property stipulated in the Article 1 and Article 2(6) of Decree No. 54/2003/ND-CP dated 19 May 2003 of the Government providing for functions, duties, competence and organizational structure of the Ministry of Science and Technology, which was modified and amended in Article 1(3) of Decree No. 28/2004/ND-CP dated 16 January 2004 of the Government modifying and amending some provisions of Decree No. 54/2003/ND-CP.