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Vietnamese Circular for Exceptional Recognition of Biotechnology in Agriculture and Rural Development

September 18, 2014

The Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has issued Circular No. 29/2014/TT-BNNPTNT dated September 5, 2014 to amend Article 7 of Circular No. 23/2010/TT-BNNPTNT dated  April 7, 2010. The move will allow recognition and use of biotechnology techniques in agriculture and rural development in the country. In so doing, some specific cases, stipulations should be included in the biotech crop registration dossier in order to be included in this exceptional recognition.

The full text of Circular No. 23/2014/TT-BNNPTNT in Vietnamese can be downloaded from: http://vanban.chinhphu.vn/portal/page/portal/chinhphu/hethongvanban?class_id=1&_page=1&mode=detail&
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