Soils and Fertilizers Research Institute (SFRI) was established on 6th March 1969 by the Decision No. 13/NN-QD of the Ministry of Agriculture and rearranged the organization by the Decision No. 220/2005/QD-TTg on 9th September 2005 of the Prime Minister.

SFRI is a public science unit belonging to Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences (VAAS), and has functions on scientific researching, technology transferring, producing and trading in the areas of soil, fertilizer and microbiology on the whole Vietnam.