US-Vietnam Sixth Annual Conference on Agri-biotech in Hanoi
October 2, 2013| |
The sixth annual conference entitled "Vietnam Biotech: Growing the Future" was co-hosted by the US Embassy and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Hanoi on September 24. The event brings together researchers, policy makers, and students to discuss the benefits of agricultural biotechnology for Vietnam's food security, health care, and climate change adaptation. Addressing the opening ceremony, Deputy Chief of the US Mission in Vietnam Claire Pierangelo expressed her hope that the gathering will help Vietnamese policymakers devise effective plans of applying biotechnology in agriculture to cope with the country's climate change challenges.
Among the noted speakers include Dr. Paul Teng, Dean of Office of Graduate Studies at Singapore National Institute of Education who made apresentation on the role of biotechnology to address climate change effects on Vietnam's food security. Dr. Dang Trong Luong, Vice Director of the Agriculture Genetics Institute talked about the research and application of biotechnology in Vietnam agriculture, stressing the results of field trials and risk assessments of several corn varieties such as Bt11, MON89034, TC1507, MIR162, GA21, NK603, MON89034x NK63 and Bt11xGA21 in the country.
For more information, pls contact Mr. Le Duc Linh –Agbiotechvietnam at ldlinh@gmail.com
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