Hanoi (VNA), April 11 -- The Prime Minister has approved a project on developing the agricultural biotechnology industry to 2030 with the aim of optimising the country's potential in researching, applying, and mastering advanced biotechnologies in the agricultural sector .

Vietnam is expected to master a number of new-generation biotechnologies by 2030 under the project, producing highly-applicable products and raising the number of biotechnology firms in the agro-forestry-fisheries sector by 30 percent compared to the 2021-2025 period.

By 2030, Vietnam's agricultural biotechnology industry is hoped to be at the same level of development as those in leading countries in the region and the world.

The project will support biotechnology f...