Vice Director of the Copyright Office of Vietnam Pham Kim Oanh addresses the conference. (Photo: VNA) The event, held within the framework of the ongoing 23rd VietnamFilm Festival in Da Lat city, drew more than 100 delegates who are managers, film makers, directors and actors across the country.
Addressing the event, Vice Director of the Copyright Officeof Vietnam Pham Kim Oanh said that violations of copyrights and cinematographicworks have still occurred, especially on the internet, causing damage to filmproducers.
To deal with the problem, Oanh held that it is necessary to roll outsynchronous measures, including completing the system of legal documentsregarding copyright protection, stepping up communications to raise publicawareness of copyright protection, increasing the application of informationtechnology in managing and observing copyrights, and handling infringements incyberspace.
Director and film producer Luong Dinh Dung held thatpunishments for violations of film copyrights on the cyber environment have yetto be strict enough. He also proposed greater attention to settling this issue.
Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Doan Van Vietunderlined that the development of the digital environment has been posing manychallenges in the self-protection of the rights of subjects as well asauthorised agencies’ enforcement of copyrights and related rights.
The conference aims to define difficulties and obstacles, and seek measures inprotecting copyright, thus completing the legal corridor on copyright andrelated rights in the film industry, said Viet.
Statistics showed that Vietnam’s film industry thrivedstrongly in the 2018-2022 period, with a growth rate of 8.03% in productionvalue each year and 7.94% in contributions to the economy annually.
Labour resources in the industry increased 8.05%, while the number of economicestablishments operating in the industry rose 8.39%. Cinema revenue reachedabout 3.4 trillion VND (140.49 million USD) in 2018 and over 4.1 trillion VNDin 2019. In 2020 and 2021, due to the impact of COVID-19, the figure decreasedsignificantly to only 750 billion VND and 1.15 trillion VND, respectively. In 2022, the industry's revenue saw good recovery, reaching about 70% of thefigure recorded in 2019./.
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