Workshop to Introduce Vietnam's Circular for GM Crop Biosafety Regulation

Participants to the workshop include representatives from different ministries, experts and scientists from research institutes, universities, and companies.

(DA NANG Vietnam) - The Department of Biodiversity Conservation of the Vietnam Environment Administration (VEA) organized a seminar to introduce Circular No.08/2013/TT-BTNMT dated May, 2013 on June 21, 2013 in Hanoi.

The Circular came into force on July 1, 2013 and stipulates the order and procedures to grant and revoke the certificate of biological safety for genetically modified crops.

Speaking at the workshop, Mrs. Hoang Thi Thanh Nhan, Deputy Director of the Department of Biodiversity Conservation said that in line with the policy of stimulating biotechnology application, especially in agriculture, the Party and the Government has issued guidelines and policies and many legal documents.

These include the Environment Protection Law (2005), Biodiversity Act (2008), Law on Food Safety (2010), Decree 69/2010/ND-CP and Decree 108/2011/ND-CP, which will ensure the application of biotechnology with safety to the environment, biodiversity and human health. She also said that the Department of Biodiversity Conservation will be working closely with ministries and its branches as well as with scientists and experts in related fields, to implement Circular No. 08/2013/TT-BTNMT to ensure biological safety to the environment and biodiversity, while applying GM technology in Vietnam.

The Circular also stipulates the functions and tasks of the Biosafety Council, the appraisal standing body and the expert panels. Participants to the workshop include representatives from different ministries, experts and scientists from research institutes, universities, and companies.

For details of the workshop, contact Hien Le of Agbiotech Viet at hientttm@yahoo.com.

Chuck Palazzo is a Marine Corps Vietnam Veteran, Interim Editor for Agent Orange, and works with Agent Orange Action Group http://aoag.org/ and Hoa Binh Chapter, Veterans For Peace http://vfp-vn.ning.com/ Chuck Palazzo has spent years since the war studying the impacts and effects of Agent Orange, a defoliant chemical sprayed by the U.S. govt. on the jungles of Vietnam. He says Dioxins have been re-discovered to cause all sorts of damage to humans. These include Heart Disease, Parkinsonism, Diabetes et cetera. Dioxins are already known to produce serious birth defects and a variety of cancers. The chemical is still sold in Third World Countries and is causing the same problems.

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pinkfloyd July 3, 2013 2:46 pm (Pacific time)

Thanks salem-news for bringing this to my attention. I cant keep up with it all anymore..thanks. Anyway, the department of biodiversity conservation is owned by the CSIC, from Spain, which only shares their information in spanish. The VEA however, translates into english. Both departments are nothing more than an overall world program (thru the U.N.)promoting Agenda 21. You need to study what agenda 21 is, but in a paragraph, to herd us all into cities, (8 x 8 rooms), to control us, with GMO food, what we eat, the water, smart meters controlling and watching what you do at home etc. Remember that movie with Bruce Willis called, the fifth element? Remember where Bruce lived? That is a picnic compared to what they have planned for humanity. I have come to the conclusion, that this has been going on too long while the sheep slept, and not feeling too good about it getting any better. But I still think we have an obligation to share this information while it is still allowed to be shared. May God be with us, and our humanity that He created.

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