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 November 2005, but notes some remaining deficiencies and ambiguities. The United States looks forward to seeing regulations that provide clear, strong guidance for implementation in accordance with the United States-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) and the TRIPS Agreement. The United States encourages further progress on IPR enforcement initiatives and continued implementation of the intellectual property provisions of the BTA, under which Vietnam agreed to provide high standards of IPR protection. Despite these improvements, however, IPR infringement remains rampant in Vietnam, with reports from the U.S. copyright industry that in some cities, 100 percent of the CDs, VCDs, and DVDs sold are pirated. Responsible authorities have considerable work to do with respect to IPR enforcement. The United States looks to Vietnam to continue to build upon its public commitment to IPR protection by successful implementation of the new IPR law, including measures that result in the imposition of deterrent penalties for criminal IPR infringement and the seizure and destruction of infringing goods and the equipment and materials used to make them. Vietnam also passed new legislation to provide protection against unfair commercial use of undisclosed test and other data submitted by pharmaceutical companies seeking marketing approval for their products, and the United States looks forward to seeing this new law implemented successfully. The United States and Vietnam have been working together to address IPR issues during WTO accession discussions, and continued progress is anticipated this year.