Vietnam: Agricultural Biotechnology Annual

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During 2016, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) continued its policy of adopting agricultural biotechnology and has made significant progress in reviewing and approving individual biotech traits for cultivation and food and feed use. Following official commercialization in 2015, Vietnam is estimated to have grown approximately 3,500 ha of biotech corn during 2015. Vietnam also continued to make progress reviewing and approving biotech events for food and feed use and is preparing to enforce mandatory biotech labelling for certain pre-packaged food products in early 2017.

Vietnam: Agricultural Biotechnology Annual

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East Asia and the Pacific, Vietnam

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