(VOVworld) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged ministries, sectors and localities to seek measures to promote traditional herbal medicines, thus taking advantage of the country’s potential in the field.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc addresses the conference (Photo: VNA)

Addressing a teleconference with leaders of 63 cities and provinces nationwide held in the northern province of Lao Cai on Wednesday, the Prime Minister noted that for thousands of years, Vietnam has used herbal medicines to protect people’s health. Mr. Phuc said with three quarters of its natural area being mountains and forests, Vietnam has more than 5,000 precious herbal plants with medicinal value, a great advantage for localities to tap these resources for domestic use and export.