VietNamNet Bridge - Southern Dong Nai province has kicked start a project to build a centre for biotechnology application research, with a total investment of VND530 billion.

VietNamNet Bridge - Southern Dong Nai province has kicked start a project to build a centre for biotechnology application research, with a total investment of VND530 billion.
The centre, built on 200ha in Cam My district, with carry out research on biotechnology application to produce high-quality and high-yield plant and animal varieties. It will also apply advanced biotechnologies in diagnoses of diseases and preventive medicine, and environment protection, while helping create a link between research establishments and farmers and businesses.
Initial infrastructure facilities of the centre are expected to be completed in 2010 for the application of biotechnology in creating plant and animal varieties.
By 2020, the centre will develop a number of biotechnology businesses to provide products and services for local and foreign markets.
The project is the first of its kind in Vietnam, paving a way for the formation of a biotechnology urban area in the future.
The centre, when completed, will attract more than 10,000 scientists and technicians.