Hanoi, Vietnam
December 14, 2006
Source: Vietnam News Agency
The Prime Minister has decided to
grant over VND11 billion ($700,000) to the Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Development to implement projects on
biotechnology development in agriculture.
The sum will be taken from the
finance for science and technology in 2006 that is currently
under the management of the Ministry of Science and Technology.
The PM assigned the Finance
Ministry to provide finance through the Ministry of Education
and Training for training public officials overseas for the
national key programme on biotechnology development and
application in agriculture and rural development through 2020.
The Finance Ministry was also
assigned to earmark VND591 million ($36,000) to buy equipment
for an office that manages the programme. |