Biotechnology in Viet Nam fcont.) As part of the process MARD has established a Feed and Food Safety Committee, consisting of 11 experts and scientists representing different Ministries including MONRE, MARD, MOH, MOIT, the Vietnam Academy of Sciences and Technology, VASS, and Ho Chi Minh City’s Biotechnology Centre, to review and evaluate applications. On 11 August 2014 the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development signed the first four Certificates for Food and Feed Safety for four genetically modified maize traits, one of which is glyphosate tolerant and the remaining three are insect resistant.