The area planted with medicinal plants nationwide has reached nearly 59,000 hectares.

According to information from the workshop "Potential and Development Orientation of Medicinal Plants" chaired by Dr. Vu Manh Ha, Permanent Deputy Minister of Health (held in Hanoi on May 15), Vietnam possesses more than 5,117 species of medicinal plants, the area of ​​medicinal plants nationwide has reached nearly 59,000 hectares; and manages 107 varieties belonging to 58 species that have been published for circulation.

At the workshop, Ms. Dao Thuy Ha, General Director of Traphaco Joint Stock Company, stated that the development of medicinal plants primarily involves building a supply chain and value chain, based on the "four stakeholders" model: the state creating policy frameworks and planning; businesses acting as the coordinating core; scientists transferring seeds, processes, and standards; and farmers as the main producers, organized, trained, and guaranteed output of raw materials that comply with standard processes. This will develop medicinal plants into industrial products with high scientific content. Simultaneously, it is necessary to organize a product ecosystem based on the same source of medicinal plants to expand the market, increase the value of use, increase consumer access, create a more stable output for growing regions, and develop the medicinal plant economy , instead of treating medicinal plants as mere raw materials with low value.

Artichoke cultivation areas in Sa Pa ( Lao Cai ) meet GACP-WHO standards, providing raw materials for many high-quality traditional medicine products and bringing stable income to families.

PHOTO: THUY ANH

According to the Ministry of Health leadership, they are finalizing policies on medicinal herbs in a synchronized and unified manner, focusing on the Law on Traditional Medicine; increasing investment in the investigation and conservation of medicinal herb resources, building cultivation areas that meet GACP-WHO standards; improving the capacity of the testing system and strictly controlling the quality of medicinal herbs; and simultaneously promoting the attraction of businesses to invest, supporting people with technology, seeds, and building stable markets, gradually forming large-scale commercial medicinal herb growing areas, linked to the development of a national medicinal herb product development program.

The Ministry of Health is implementing a program to support the development of valuable medicinal plant cultivation areas, focusing on 23 medicinal plants, as part of the National Target Program for the period 2026-2035.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/dien-tich-cay-duoc-lieu-ca-nuoc-dat-gan-59000-ha-185260519180219445.htm