The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) is developing a network to connect ASEAN Heritage Parks (AHPs) in Vietnam, as part of activities in implementing the National Biodiversity Strategy to 2030, with a vision for 2050.
As of 2023, Vietnam had collected and preserved nearly 81,000 endemic, precious, and rare genetic resources, including genetic resources of agricultural plants, forestry plants, medicinal plants, animals, aquatics, and microbe.
As of 2023, Vietnam had collected and preserved nearly 81,000 endemic, precious, and rare genetic resources, including genetic resources of agricultural plants, forestry plants, medicinal plants, animals, aquatics, and microbe, heard a workshop held by the Ministry of Science and Technology in Hanoi on July 29.
The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) on July 29 organised a conference to evaluate the programme to use genetic resources sustainably in the 2015-2024 period and orient its implementation in the 2025-2030 period.
A nature reserve in the northern province of Thanh Hoa has successfully multiplied three endangered orchid species – the Hai Van Bac, Hai Long and Thuy Tien Huong species – native to the north-central region.
Kien Giang has reportedly gained encouraging outcomes in conserving rare animal and plant genetic resources to serve socio-economic development, a plan this Mekong Delta province implemented between 2014 and 2020.
A scientific project to preserve and develop the genetic resources of the medicinal plants Ba Kich (Morinda officinalis How) and Sa nhan tim (Amomum Longiligulare T.L.Wu) is underway in Pu Hu Nature Reserve, the northern central province of Thanh Hoa.
A conference discussed preparations for a project on building capacity for ratifying and implementing the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits.
Relevant agencies are applying themselves to preserving and optimising genetic resources in Vietnam, one of the countries with the richest biodiversity in the world.
The Prime Minister has approved the project to develop competency for the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on genetic resources access and benefit-sharing in Vietnam.
The implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on genetic resources access and benefit-sharing in Vietnam was reviewed at a seminar held in Hanoi on September 28.
