THE PRIME MINISTERDECISION No_ 14/2008/QD-TTg OF JANUARY 22, 2008, APPROVING THEMASTER PLAN ON BIOTECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION IN VIETNAM UPTO 2020THEPRIME MINISTERPursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Goverrmt^nt;Pursuant to the Prime Ministers DecisionNo. I88/2005/QD-TTg of July 22r 2005, prvnudgating the Governmentsprogram of action for implementation of Directive No. 50-CT/TW of March 4,2005, of the Secretariat of the Party Central Committee, on stepping upbiotechnology development and application for national industrialization andmodemizjation;At the proposal qftheMinister of Science and TechnologyDECIDES:Article L- To approve the master plan on biotechnology development andapplication in Vietnam up to2020(below referred to as the master plan fttfshort) with the following principal contents:I. GUIDING VIEWPOINTS1. Biotechnology research, development andapplication must meet the requirement on developing a key scientific andtechnological orien...