Biotech Updates

Approval of A Biosafety Framework In Vietnam

July 20, 2007

On July 11, 2007, Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung approved Decision No. 102/2007/QD-TT, a comprehensive strategy to strengthen management capacity for the biosafety of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), including goods and products originating from them. This approval also covers the implementation of the Cartagena Protocol of Biosafety until 2010. The document recognizes that the management and prevention of potential risks, needed to protect human health and the environment, is an integral part of research and development of modern biotechnology.

The plan targets various aspects concerning biosafety such as setting up, issuing and completing legal and regulatory framework on biosafety; promoting management capacity in biosafety from centre to local; setting up of national information systems of biosafety; capacity building in biosafety research and analysis; raising public awareness; and information sharing and public participation in biosafety management.

For further details contact Hien Le at hienttm@yahoo.com.