CropLife Vietnam Sector Committee

Aims & Objectives:

• Create uniform standards for registration of crop protection products from both foreign and domestic applicants.
• Create a robust system to protect property rights to registration data used to support crop protection products in Vietnam.
• Promote a robust patent system with vigilant enforcement for both crop protection products and products of agricultural biotechnology.
• Support the product stewardship programs funded by CropLife Asia for Vietnam.
• Promote the acceptance and use of agricultural biotechnology in Vietnam.
• Promote the requirement by the Vietnamese authorities of Good Manufacturing Practices for crop protection products.
• Promote the use of FAO specifications as quality standards for registrations of generic products in Vietnam.
• Raise awareness of the economic, social and health problems created by counterfeit crop protection products and counterfeit products of biotechnology in Vietnam.
• Promote the use of science-based risk management procedures by regulatory authorities in Vietnam.