Over recent years, the Da Nang Department of Science and Technology has focused on promoting scientific research activities, and as a result numerous scientific and technological innovations have been successfully applied in some local industries.

Representatives from the local authorities learning about the production of Lingzhi mushrooms at the Centre

The municipal Biotechnological Centre, under the direct management of the Department, has conducted successful research into methods of producing edible and medicinal mushrooms, as well as growing seedlings of such hi-quality flowers as Phalaenopsis and Mokara orchid, and planting potted flowers.

The Vice Director of the Centre, Mr Dang Ngoc Son, remarked that his unit is now providing breeds of oyster and Lingzhi mushrooms for local cooperatives, whilst providing seedlings of yellow chrysanthemums, gerbera and other kinds of hi-quality flowers for flower growing areas, and a variety of vegetable seeds for local farmers.

In late March, the municipal government issued strategies for promoting biotechnological applications in Da Nang for the 2017 - 2025 period, with a vision towards 2030 in a bid to boost the country’s industrialisation and modernisation. 

By 2025, the city targets to accelerate biotechnological applications in agricultural production, processing industries, environmental protection, food safety and hygiene, the pharmaceutical and medical sectors, and the upgrading of rural areas. 

Furthermore, the go-ahead will be given for the city to upgrade the existing municipal Biotechnological Centre into a centre for promoting biotechnological research and applications for the agricultural and pharmaceutical sectors of all southern and central localities.

In future years, the Biotechnological Centre will develop plans for producing a variety of hi-quality and disease-free plants and animals, and biological products used in the protection of plants and animals, plus the processing of agricultural, forestry and aquatic products. 

With regard to the pharmaceutical and medical sectors, greater efforts will be made to successfully apply molecular and biomedical technologies in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of certain diseases.