The first scientific findings of Sam vu diep (Panax bipinnatifidus Seem.) and Tam That hoang (Panax stipuleanatus H.Tsai et K.M.Feng) have laid the foundation for a new development of endemic species at Hoang Lien Mountains.

Though it has a diverse medicinal ecosystem, Vietnam still finds it difficult developing its medicinal herb treasury.

Tu Mo Rong district in Kon Tum province is famous for ginseng, or hong dang sam, and Codonopsis pilosula, a medicinal herb called "the ginseng of the poor", as it is cheap and effective in disease treatment.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen Thi Hong Thuong, 33, in Nam Tra My district in Quang Nam province, is the owner of a Ngoc Linh ginseng garden with 600 ginseng plants.

VietNamNet Bridge - Only in 2004 did Vietnam began implementing legal action to protect plant varieties. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam can access the world’s most advanced technology for genetic resource conservation, but most of the operations are being carried out manually.

VietNamNet Bridge - There is a cinnamon forest, hundreds of years old, on the Mount of Ngoc Linh. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam grows a precious species of ginseng allegedly even better than Korean ginseng.

Nam Tra My district of Quang Nam province is well known as the homeland of Ngoc Linh ginseng. However, it also produces Tra My cinnamon which has been growing there for hundreds of years.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese manufacturers have found it difficult getting a foothold in the cosmetics market, valued at VND15 trillion (nearly $700 million) with a high growth rate of 20 percent per annum.