Viet Nam
Viet Nam possesses an old system of traditional medicine. Medicinal plants have made a tremendous
contribution to the national health, and the Vietnamese people, especially in the countryside and the
mountains, have used locally available medicinal plants for medical treatment and certain vegetables and
spices as food to protect their health. The government has adopted a policy of integrating modern and
traditional systems of medicine and pharmacy. To implement this policy of integration, scientific research on
medicinal plants plays an important role