Nearly 81,000 genetic resources collected, preserved nationwide

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.

The figures were announced at a workshop held by the Ministry of Science and Technology in Hanoi on July 29.

The Plant Resources Centre, under the Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences, has collected over 10,000 genetic resources from various crop groups.

Meanwhile, the Vietnam Academy of Forest Sciences and universities with forestry faculties, have collected and preserved nearly 2,000 genetic resources from 70 species of forestry plants.

They include many rare species, with 100% local genetic resources planted in several regions, such as Son La, Lao Cai, Ba Vi, Phu Tho, Lam Dong, Dak Nong and Binh Thuan.

Over 7,000 valuable medicinal genetic resources have been discovered and preserved. This material is extremely valuable for breeding new varieties with better yields, quality and higher value.

Vietnam has so far conducted preliminary evaluations on over 55,800 genetic resources, and detailed evaluations on over 14,100 genetic resources./.