THE PRIME MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No: 17/2006/QD-TTg
Hanoi, January 20, 2006
 
DECISION
ON CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRIME MINISTER'S DECISION NO. 225/1999/QD-TTG OF DECEMBER 10, 1999, ON THE PROGRAM ON PLANT VARIETIES, LIVESTOCK BREEDS AND FOREST TREE VARIETIES TILL 2010
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the Ordinance on Plant Varieties and the Ordinance on Livestock Breeds passed on March 24, 2004, by the National Assembly Standing Committee;
At the proposal of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development,
DECIDES:
Article 1.- To continue implementing the Prime Minister's Decision No. 225/1999/QD-TTg of December 10, 1999, on the Program on plant varieties, livestock breeds and forest tree varieties, with some adjustments and supplements toward 2010, and the following principal contents:
I. OBJECTIVES:
1. To raise the percentage of plant varieties, livestock breeds and forest tree varieties created by technical advances which are used in production to over 70%, in service of export and substitution for imported farm produce, contributing to raising competitiveness, agricultural production efficiency and increasing incomes of farmers.
2. To raise the capability to select and create varieties and breeds, apply variety and breed production technologies in order to create many new varieties and breeds of good properties, high yield and quality; to select and create hybrid varieties and breeds at home to substitute imported ones; to revitalize local specialty varieties and breeds together with developing their brands and geographical indications.
3. To encourage organizations and individuals of all economic sectors to invest in research into, selection, creation and production of varieties and breeds in order to perfect the variety and breed production and supply system suitable to the market economy; to form a modernized industry for producing varieties and breeds.
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