Vietnam: Agricultural Biotechnology Annual
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As of October 2020, Vietnam has issued 45 Certificates of Food/Feed Approval for genetically engineered (GE) products for corn, soybeans, canola, sugar beets, alfalfa, and cotton. Among those, six cotton products and two alfalfa products were approved only for feed use. Biotech corn production area increased to 92 thousand hectares (ha) in 2019/2020, as Fall Army Worm (FAW) threats remain. Vietnam continues to amend Decree 69 on Biosafety to clarify provisions on environmental risk assessment for biotech crops. In addition, Vietnam extended the use of glyphosate until June 30, 2021. Vietnam remains a major importer of GE crops and products, including soybeans, corn, distiller's dried grains with solubles (DDGS), soybean meal, and cotton.
