USD 11 million to create a primate breeding area for scientific research

On the morning of November 14, Mr. Tran Hoa Nam, vice chairman of Khanh Hoa Provincial People’s Committee, said that this Provincial People’s Committee and Nha Trang Pasteur Institute recently signed an agreement with Eco & Tech Company (Korea) to build a high Have done. -Tech Farming Park Project. and import and export of primates. The project will be built in an area of ​​18.7 hectares with a total investment of US$ 11 million.

According to Mr. Tran Hoa Nam, vice chairman of Khanh Hoa Provincial People’s Committee, it is the first livestock farm to meet CRO standards in Vietnam. It is expected that this project will provide the best quality primates (long-tailed macaques, golden monkeys) annually for scientific research.

In Phase 2 of the project, it is expected to develop a complex of CRO paraclinical research and modern pharmaceutical biotechnology along with advanced technology laboratory research areas. It is expected that the project will invest in an organic system. The entire process from animal supply, paraclinical experiments, vaccine manufacturing, modern medicine…

At the signing ceremony, Mr. Lee Seung Hyok, Chairman of Eco & Tech Company, said that the project will ensure the source of the best raw materials for the biotechnology industry.

“We are selecting and rearing carefully selected, good quality primates with the aim of investing in a high-tech biotechnology research complex in Khanh Hoa” – shared Mr. Lee Seung Hyok.

Conservation of a group of rare monkeys raised by an old woman on Hon Tra Island

Tết – After Tuếi Tra newspaper published the article “The old woman and her herd of wild monkeys”, in which Mrs. Ut Chat raised wild monkeys for many years on Hoan Tra Island (Binh Dong Commune, Binh Son District, Quang Ngai) The story of has been told. When the officials inspected and investigated, it was found that it was a group of rare monkeys.