There are a number of things they can do. Vietnam has joined almost all the fundamental international treaties on IP protection and enforcement, including those that set out substantive standards such as the Paris Convention, the Bern Convention and the TRIPs Agreement, and those that simplify registration procedures such as the PCT, the Madrid Agreement and the Madrid Protocol. Vietnam is also considering the possible adroption of the Hague Convention on International Registration of Industrial Designs and Models. In that context, IP owners have mutiple options for protecting their IP rights in Vietnam.