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This is for your information. Thanks chi Hoa - SRD for sharing
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Best regards,<br>
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agreed on a proposed ban on the production of
genetically-modified (GM) food as
one of the business fields suggested for
prohibition in draft amendments to the
Investment Law and the Enterprise Law to be
sent to the National Assembly at
its eighth sitting later this year.</span></em><span
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font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Meanwhile, the
Ministry of Agriculture and
Rural Development has recently allowed using GM
corn for food and is taking
some final steps to realize mass cultivation.<o:p></o:p></span></big></p>
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deputy director of the HCMC
Biotechnology Center, said Vietnam will go
against the world’s scientific
advancement if the country bans production of GM
food.<o:p></o:p></span></big></p>
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astounding scientific
achievement. Vietnam is developing toward the
market-oriented economy but it is
now considering imposing a ban on GM food
production. In other words, the
country could be left far behind the common
development trend of the world,”
Binh added.<o:p></o:p></span></big></p>
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production of GM food will also go
against the Biodiversity Law, certain decrees on
food safety and GM animals,
and the strategy for applying biotechnology to
agriculture, said a senior
executive of Dekalb Vietnam Company.<o:p></o:p></span></big></p>
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from College of Rural
Development under Can Tho University said there
are two movements with
conflicting opinions about GM crops.<o:p></o:p></span></big></p>
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by the U.S. regard GM crops
as a significant scientific development with an
effort to address food security
problems given the rising global population
while the other movement mainly
supported by the European Union is worried that
these crops may pose a threat
to human health.<o:p></o:p></span></big></p>
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legalize mass cultivation
of GM crops but the country in fact has imported
a large volume of GM food such
as corn and soybean to make animal feed, De
added.<o:p></o:p></span></big></p>
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not actually in favor of
growing GM crops, fearing that it would have a
profound impact on the national
export of agricultural products to certain
countries that strongly oppose GM
crops, especially the EU.<o:p></o:p></span></big></p>
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director of Can Tho City’s
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development,
said further research should
be done before legalizing GM crops.<o:p></o:p></span></big></p>
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Agriculture and Rural
Development has approved the use of four strains
of GM corn to produce food for
humans and feed for livestock, including BT11
and MIR62 of Syngenta Vietnam Co.
Ltd., and MON 89034 and NK603 of Dekalb Vietnam
Co. Ltd. under Monsanto Group.<o:p></o:p></span></big></p>
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Ministry of Natural Resources
and Environment still has not granted
Certificates of Biosafety for these GM
corns for mass cultivation.<o:p></o:p></span></big></p>
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several years, scientists in
Vietnam are divided into two groups. One is in
favor of GM crops while the
other wants the Government to exercise prudence.<o:p></o:p></span></big></p>
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of mixed opinions, the
agriculture ministry still gave the nod to
testing certain strains of GM corn
and will facilitate mass cultivation in the
coming time.<o:p></o:p></span></big></p>
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