Firstly, the Trade Office exchanged information with Mr. Ho Quang Cua and suggested coordination of actions.

Second, Head of Trade Agency, Mr. Nguyen Phu Hoa actively discussed with the leaders of T&L Global foods Supply PTY LTD. Business leaders are very goodwill and said they will check the matter with the company's branding department. The deal still believes in the good news.

Third, the Trade Office sent an official dispatch and some accompanying documents and pictures to the Office of Intellectual Property of Australia (IP Australia) to clarify that the rice varieties named ST 24, ST 25 are due to Mr. Ho Quang Cua and Vietnamese scientists have successfully researched and produced, and have been granted protection certificates in Vietnam. ST24 rice, ST25 rice is a product processed from the same name slang variety, taken to the competition and won an international award. Products have been circulated in the market, widely recognized, including in Australia. This is an indisputable fact.

Ask IP Australia to consider the incident and avoid possible disputes; affecting exports of ST 24, ST 25 rice from Vietnam to Australia.

Fourth, the Trade Office is discussing with Australian lawyers to prepare for the next steps in accordance with IP Australia regulations.

Fifth, if things go badly, the deal will combine advocacy of Australian business networks, associations, and media in Australia and exchange channels to implement the overall plan.

The point of point, the Trade Office has suggested with Mr. Ho Quang Cua to speed up related procedures, because without T&L, sooner or later there will be another company doing the same jobs.

After the first 3 months of the year, rice exports from Vietnam to Australia increased 66% over the same period reaching more than 4.7 million USD.

Source: Vietnam Trade Office in Australia (now in the Philippines, Marxist Islands, Mexico, Serbia Islands )