(20/04/2006) - The Vietnamese Prime Minister signed this Decision on March 21, setting forth the following major scientific and technological objectives, orientations and tasks for the 2006-2010 period:
- To raise our countrys scientific and technological level up to the regional level;
- To adequately and timely supply scientific grounds for national industrialization and modernization;
- To raise the quality and efficiency of scientific researches, increase the number of international-level scientific researches to those of regional countries;

(20/04/2006) - This Decision, issued on January 20 by the Vietnamese Prime Minister, aims to carry on the implementation of his Decision No. 225/1999/QD-TTg of December 10, 1999, on the Program on plant varieties, livestock breeds and forest tree varieties, providing some adjustments and supplements to this Program toward 2010.

(20/04/2006) - The Prime Minister issued this Decision on January 12, approving a key program on biotechnological development and application in the domain of agriculture and rural development up to 2020.

(08/12/2005) -

DECISION No. 212/2005/QD-TTg OF AUGUST 26, 2005, PROMULGATING THE REGULATION ON MANAGEMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SAFETY OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS; PRODUCTS AND GOODS ORIGINATING FROM GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS

THE PRIME MINISTER

(04/08/2005) - The agricultural science and technology sector needs a long term development strategy until 2025, said Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem at a recent national conference on the subject in Ha Noi.He said the industrialisation and modernisation of rural agriculture had been given top priority by the Party and Government. Khiem said science and technology were the driving force for agricultural development, but they needed back up from good policies and infrastructure.