Vietnam’s policies towards plant varieties

Specifically, according to Article 5 of Ordinance on plant varieties 2004 of Vietnam, State’s policies towards plant varieties include:

One, to ensure the development of plant varieties along the direction of industrialization and modernization on the basis of the plant variety development strategies, plannings and plans.

Two, to prioritize investment in the following activities:

- Researching into, selecting and creating new plant varieties, preserving authored seeds;

- Conserving maternal plants, initial plants, variety gardens and variety forests;

- Investigating, collecting and conserving gene sources of precious and rare plants.

Three, to encourage and support organizations and individuals engaged in agricultural production, forestry or aquaculture to use new plant varieties of high yield, good quality and resistance to pests and unfavorable production conditions, and satisfying market demands.

Four, to encourage and create conditions for organizations and individuals to invest in collecting and conserving gene sources, researching into, selecting, creating, assaying, expertising, testing, producing, and trading in, plant varieties.

Five, to encourage agricultural forestry and fishery promotion activities in order to quickly transfer plant variety-related technical and technological advances; to link research to production.

Six, to support investment in material foundations and techniques in service of propagation and preservation of super-prototypal varieties, prototypal varieties, maternal plants, initial plants, forest plant variety gardens and variety forests.

View more details at Ordinance on plant varieties 2004 of Vietnam, effective from July 01, 2004.

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