(VOVworld) - With abundant mountains and forests, Vietnam has great advantages to grow medicinal herbs, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at a working session with the Vietnam Material Medical Society on Wednesday in Hanoi.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the working session on medicinal materials on March 30, 2017

PM Phuc said private businesses should be the driving force of medicinal herbs development. Mr. Phuc asked agencies to prepare for a national teleconference on medicinal materials in April, which he will chair for the first time.