On August 18^th, the Department of Science and Technology held an advisory council to select organizations and individuals to implement the project "Investigating the current status of valuable medicinal plants in BR-VT with the aim of use management, conservation and sustainable development". Mr. Mai Thanh Quang - Director of the Department of Science and technology chaired the Council.

On August 18^th, the Department of Science and Technology held an advisory council to select organizations and individuals to implement the project "Investigating the current status of valuable medicinal plants in BR-VT with the aim of use management, conservation and sustainable development". Mr. Mai Thanh Quang - Director of the Department of Science and technology chaired the Council.

The main objective of the project is to develop a list of valuable medicinal plants in BRVT as well as the growth, cultivation and use of about 15 to 20 main medicinal plants and propose schemes for use management, development and conservation of these plants.

There were two application dossiers, including:

1.      The first dossier: MSc. Tran Van Lam, project leader and his team from the the High-Tech Agricultural Park of Ho Chi Minh City.

2.      The second dossier: Dr. Tran Thi Lien, project leader and her team from the Institute of Medicine.

After reviewing the dossiers, Dr Tran Thi Lien and her team were selected to implement the project. The Council also required the team to modify some contents before implementation.