# Registration guides

Source: https://luatbanquyen.com/en/registration-guide

Dossiers, filing channels, workflows, costs and timelines for each right.

### [Which procedure to use, and what it costs](/en/registration-guide/which-procedure-to-use)

A comparison of the four registration procedures by cost, time and what you actually get — plus two fee reliefs running to the end of 2026.

### [Filing internationally — PCT, Madrid and The Hague](/en/registration-guide/filing-internationally-pct-madrid-hague)

Three international filing systems let one application hold your place in many countries — the prerequisites, deadlines and traps of each.

### [Renewing and maintaining your titles](/en/registration-guide/renewal-and-maintenance)

Every right is maintained differently — trademarks renew forever, patents pay annually, designs cap at 15 years. Forgetting a fee is the most common way to lose a right.

### [When to engage an industrial property representative](/en/registration-guide/when-to-hire-an-ip-representative)

Foreign applicants must go through a representative; Vietnamese applicants need not. So when is one worth hiring, and how do you pick someone who will not wreck your file.

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Reference material only; it does not replace legal advice on a specific matter.