Decision No. 150/2005/QD-TTg Approves the Plan for the Structural Adjustment of Agricultural, Forestry, and Aquaculture Production Nationwide until 2010 and Vision 2020

Pursuant to …;

Approves the planning for restructuring agricultural, forestry, and fisheries production throughout the country until 2010 and with a vision to 2020.

Approves the planning for restructuring agricultural, forestry, and fisheries production throughout the country until 2010 and with a vision to 2020.

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PRIME MINISTER

Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government dated December 25, 2001;

Considering the proposal of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Minister of Fisheries.

DECISION:

Article 1. Approves the planning for restructuring agricultural, forestry, and fisheries production throughout the country until 2010 and with a vision to 2020, with the main contents as follows:

I. VIEW ON THE MASTER PLAN

1. The planning for restructuring agricultural, forestry, and fisheries production aims to increase income value per hectare of cultivated land, create more jobs, and rapidly increase income for farmers, fishermen, salt workers, and forest workers.

2. The planning for restructuring agricultural, forestry, and fisheries production must be based on market demand; leverage the advantages and natural conditions of each region, apply scientific and technological progress to achieve high productivity, good product quality, and enhance the competitiveness of Vietnamese agricultural, forestry, and fisheries products.

3. The planning for restructuring agricultural, forestry, and fisheries production must be closely linked with the industry of preservation, processing, and consumption markets, forming concentrated production areas.

4. The planning for restructuring agricultural, forestry, and fisheries production must be tied to the restructuring of labor in agriculture and rural areas, adjusting population distribution, and training human resources to meet the requirements of commodity production with increasingly advanced technology and techniques.

5. The planning for restructuring agricultural, forestry, and fisheries production must be synchronized with mechanisms and policies, mobilizing all economic resources from various sectors combined with state support to ensure effective, sustainable, and environmentally safe production.

II. DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES

1. General objectives

Building a strong, diverse, and sustainable commodity-based agricultural sector (including forestry and fisheries) based on leveraging comparative advantages; applying science and technology to produce high-quality products that meet diverse domestic needs and enhance international market competitiveness; improving the efficiency of land, labor, and capital use; rapidly increasing income and living standards for farmers, fishermen, salt workers, and forest workers.

2. Specific targets

Period 2006 - 2010

a) The average annual growth rate of the value of agricultural, forestry, and fisheries production reaches 4 - 4.5%, with aquaculture growing at an average of 8 - 9% annually;

b) The average annual growth rate of rural economy reaches 7.5 - 8%;

c) Agricultural economic structure: crop cultivation 65%, animal husbandry 30%, services 5%;

d) Forest coverage ratio reaches 43 - 44%;

đ) Expand new agricultural land by 120,000 - 150,000 hectares annually;

e) Export turnover of agricultural, forestry, and fisheries products reaches 11 billion USD, of which forest products 7 billion USD, aquatic products 4 billion USD;

f) Average output value per hectare of agricultural land reaches 30 million VND;

g) Average rural per capita income doubles that of 2000.

Vision year 2020

a) The average annual growth rate of the value of agricultural, forestry, and fisheries production reaches 4%;

b) The average annual growth rate of rural economy reaches 8 - 10%;

c) Agricultural economic structure achieves: crop cultivation 50%, animal husbandry 35%, and services 15%;

d) Forest coverage ratio reaches 50%;

d) Export turnover of agricultural, forestry, and fisheries products reaches 17.5 - 18 billion USD, of which forest products 9.5 - 10 billion USD, aquatic products 8 billion USD;

e) Average output value per hectare of agricultural land reaches 50 million VND;

f) Average rural per capita income reaches 1,000 USD/person/year.

III. DIRECTION FOR PLANNING TO RESTRUCTURE PRODUCTION STRUCTURE OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, AND FISHERIES BY SECTOR UNTIL 2010 AND WITH A VISION TO 2020

1. Land use planning

a) Reclamation to add agricultural land from 2002 to 2010 is 975 thousand hectares;

b) Agricultural production land in 2010: 9.67 million hectares; allocate annual crop land 6.1 million hectares, including: paddy fields 3.96 million hectares, garden land 370 thousand hectares, perennial crop land 2.9 million hectares, grassland 300 thousand hectares. Vision year 2020 agricultural production land 10.18 million hectares; allocate annual crop land 6.3 million hectares, including: paddy fields 3.8 million hectares; miscellaneous garden land 190 thousand hectares; perennial crop land 3.3 million hectares; grassland 390 thousand hectares;

c) Aquaculture land up to 2010 is approximately 1.44 million hectares, of which freshwater aquaculture land: 640 thousand hectares, brackish water and saline water aquaculture land: 800 thousand hectares. Vision year 2020 aquaculture land is approximately 2.0 million hectares, of which freshwater aquaculture land: 700 thousand hectares, brackish water and saline water aquaculture land: 1.3 million hectares;

d) Increase additional forestry land up to 2010 and direction to 2020 is 4.3 million hectares. Forestry land is 16.7 million hectares; allocate productive forest land 7.4 million hectares, protective forest land 5.4 million hectares, special-use forest land 3.9 million hectares.

2. Food crops

Ensure stable rice production around 40 million tons, grain production around 45 million tons, implement the national food security strategy, based on balancing sufficient domestic consumption needs for people and as feedstock for animal husbandry, exporting about 3.5 - 4 million tons of rice annually.

By 2010, reduce 102 thousand hectares of paddy fields converted to aquaculture and other crops; dedicated paddy fields remain at 3.96 million hectares. Invest to complete irrigation systems on 1 million hectares of export-oriented rice fields in the Mekong Delta, using high-yield, high-quality rice varieties and applying intensive farming methods and cost reduction measures to rapidly increase productivity and improve product quality and competitiveness on the international market.

In mountainous areas, especially remote and highland regions, invest in small-scale irrigation projects tied to terrace construction, strengthen agricultural extension work, and support farmers to produce staple foods for local needs.

Expand the area and intensively cultivate corn and cassava to meet industrial raw material needs for animal feed processing. By 2020, there will be approximately 1.5 million hectares of corn.

3. Coffee trees

Continue to reduce areas in unsuitable locations without irrigation and low yields; stabilize the area at 450 - 500 thousand hectares, determine appropriate coffee varieties in suitable regions. Allocate the main area in the Central Highlands, Southeast Region, and North Central Coast.

4. Rubber trees

Continue planting new rubber trees in areas with sufficient conditions, replanting old and deteriorated rubber plantations with new high-yield varieties. By 2010, aim to stabilize at a level of 500,000 to 700,000 hectares by 2020. Allocate these in Southeastern Region and Central Highlands; reduce part of the rubber plantation area in Southeastern Region for other crops and purposes that have higher economic efficiency.

5. Tea plants

Stabilize the area at 120,000 to 140,000 hectares, allocate in the midlands and mountainous regions of Northern Vietnam, Central Highlands, and coastal North Central Vietnam. Quickly introduce new high-yield varieties into production, apply clean and safe agricultural practices, strengthen inspection, supervision, and strictly control the use of plant protection chemicals.

6. Cashew trees

Continue expanding the area in places with suitable conditions, especially in the gray soil areas of the Central Highlands, focusing on intensive cultivation and replacing old cashew varieties with new high-yield and quality varieties. By 2010, the area will reach approximately 450,000 to 500,000 hectares, aiming to stabilize at 500,000 hectares by 2020. Allocate planting in Southeastern Region, Central Highlands, and coastal South Central Vietnam.

7. Pepper trees

By 2010, aim to maintain the scale of area at 50,000 hectares by 2020, focusing on intensive cultivation and improving product quality. Allocate mainly in Central Highlands, Southeastern Region, and coastal South Central Vietnam.

8. Soybeans

By 2010, the area will be about 400,000 hectares, aiming to reach about 450,000 hectares by 2020. Allocate mainly in coastal North Central Vietnam, Southeastern Region, midland and mountainous regions of Northern Vietnam, and Central Highlands.

9. Fruit trees

In the coming years, expand the area of 11 types of fruit trees with advantages; specifically, only plant new varieties of lychee and longan with staggered flowering periods and high quality, and renovate mixed gardens. The area of fruit trees will reach 1 million hectares by 2010, aiming for about 1.3 million hectares by 2020. Allocate mainly in midland and mountainous regions of Northern Vietnam, Mekong Delta, Southeastern Region, Red River Delta, and other regions with suitable conditions.

10. Various vegetables

Invest in developing concentrated vegetable production areas using clean technology, high-quality vegetables, and food safety standards, develop bamboo shoots and mushrooms for domestic consumption and export. By 2010, the vegetable area will reach 700,000 hectares, aiming for about 750,000 hectares by 2020. Allocate mainly in Red River Delta, Southeastern Region, Central Highlands, Mekong Delta, and other regions with suitable conditions.

11. Sugarcane

Stabilize the area at 300,000 to 350,000 hectares. Allocate mainly in coastal North Central Vietnam, coastal South Central Vietnam, Southeastern Region, and Mekong Delta; focus on intensive cultivation, irrigated sugarcane areas, use new high-yield and high-sugar content varieties, and staggered flowering periods. Invest in developing raw material areas suitable for the capacity of sugar mills according to approved plans of localities.

12. Cotton

Develop cotton fiber to gradually replace imported cotton; by 2010, the cotton area will be about 35,000 hectares, aiming for about 40,000 hectares by 2020; allocate mainly in Central Highlands, coastal South Central Vietnam, Southeastern Region, and other regions with suitable conditions; of which 60% of the area will be irrigated.

13. Soybeans

By 2010, the area will be about 400,000 hectares, of which 200,000 hectares will be planted on dedicated crop land, the remainder will be allocated in rotation on two-crop rice land, one rice-one crop. Aim for about 430,000 hectares by 2020. Allocate mainly in Red River Delta, midland and mountainous regions of Northern Vietnam, Central Highlands, and Mekong Delta.

14. Tobacco

By 2010, aiming for 2020 to meet about 80-90% of raw materials for existing factories; the tobacco leaf area will be about 40,000 hectares. Allocate mainly in midland and mountainous regions of Northern Vietnam, coastal South Central Vietnam, and Central Highlands.

15. Coconut trees

By 2010, aiming for 2020, the area will be about 120,000 hectares. Allocate mainly in Mekong Delta and coastal South Central Vietnam.

16. Livestock breeding

Develop livestock and poultry towards commercial production, forming concentrated livestock breeding areas in the form of farms, industrial farming, linked with processing facilities and waste treatment.

a) Pigs: concentrate on developing pig herds suitable for consumption and investment capacity of each region. Develop high-quality pig farming in some advantageous regions towards industrial production, ensuring disease safety and environmental hygiene. The pig herd will be about 35-40 million heads by 2010.

b) Cattle: develop high-yield beef cattle with good meat quality to meet meat and hide demands. By 2010, the total cattle herd will be from 6.5 to 6.7 million heads, buffalo herd from 2.8 to 3 million heads. Classify and evaluate to improve the quality of existing dairy cattle herds; develop dairy cattle herds mainly in areas with suitable conditions, reaching 200,000 heads by 2010, including 100,000 lactating cows, producing 300,000 tons of fresh milk annually.

c) Poultry: develop poultry herds to meet domestic demand for meat and eggs. Vigorously develop high-quality chicken and duck farming for export of meat, eggs, and feathers. By 2010, the number of poultry will be about 380-390 million heads. Strengthen veterinary work, gradually improve breeding methods to prevent and control diseases.

17. Forestry

Plan forest areas according to types of forests by 2010, the country will have 16.7 million hectares; of which protective forests 5.4 million hectares, special-use forests 3.9 million hectares, productive forests 7.4 million hectares.

- Focus on protecting existing forest capital, continue implementing assigned land and forest management contracts, encirclement and promotion of regeneration combined with supplementary planting to enrich forests.

- Develop high-quality and efficient economic forests. For planted forests, form forest raw material areas linked with processing facilities; apply tissue culture technology, ensure sufficient high-quality seeds for forest planting needs. For natural productive forests, follow the approach of encirclement and promotion of regeneration combined with supplementary planting, protect and enrich forests, manage sustainable forest harvesting.

18. Salt

By 2010, aiming for 2020, the salt production area will be 15,000 hectares, production volume 1.5 million tons; invest in modernization, high-quality salt production, meeting raw material needs for chemical industry and domestic consumption.

19. Aquaculture

a) Increase the rapid production volume of aquaculture, especially brackish water aquaculture and marine farming; at the same time develop freshwater aquaculture in small ponds, rivers, and reservoirs. The aquaculture production volume by 2010 is approximately 2.0 million tons; main products of freshwater aquaculture: tra fish, basa fish, monosex tilapia, green shrimp; main products of saltwater and brackish water aquaculture: shrimp, marine fish, mollusks. Identify key aquaculture species suitable for the ecological conditions of each region and local area and market demand. Invest in building concentrated industrial aquaculture zones, apply standards for safe food production zones, strengthen environmental protection, diversify, and adjust the structure according to planning to achieve high economic efficiency.

b) Regarding marine product exploitation: rapidly shift the occupational structure of nearshore fishing, stabilize nearshore fishing production volume, increase the proportion of offshore fishing production volume. Marine product exploitation volume by 2010 is approximately 1.5 million tons, including nearshore fishing product volume about 700 thousand tons, offshore fishing product volume about 800 thousand tons. The sea areas are divided into: the Northern Gulf, Central Coast, Southeast Coast, Southwest Coast, and the central part of the East Sea; implement the division of sea routes to manage marine product exploitation activities in various sea areas;分级管理捕捞；集中有效投资渔港系统（区域领土中心、地方中心和各岛链）；建立后方服务和捕捞海产品消费系统。

IV. MAJOR SOLUTIONS

1. Regarding the market for agricultural, forestry, and aquatic products consumption

a) Implement commitments with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the agricultural sector, primarily food security, trade promotion, veterinary services, plant protection, forestry; prepare to implement commitments with the World Trade Organization (WTO) on agriculture, quarantine of animals and plants, investment, and services; continue signing agreements on plant and animal quarantine protection with importing countries of Vietnamese agricultural products.

b) Localities and enterprises continue to effectively implement the signing of sales contracts for agricultural products for producers through contracts pursuant to Decision No. 80/2002/QĐ-TTg dated June 24, 2002, of the Government Prime Minister.

c) Support and guide enterprises to expand export markets for agricultural, forestry, and aquatic products; coordinate with localities to organize trade promotion activities, build and manage the quality of agricultural goods, guide enterprises to register and protect brand names.

d) Improve and expand the information system of the industry, including production and market information, to help bases and producers invest in developing production according to market demands and effectively selling products.

2. Regarding research and technology transfer

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Fisheries Department shall study and submit to the Prime Minister a scientific management mechanism to enhance the effectiveness of research and technology transfer to farmers, fishermen, salt workers, and forest growers; link scientists with businesses and producers.

Coordinate with localities to strengthen and improve the quality of agricultural extension work. Implement the socialization of agricultural extension work in accordance with Decree No. 56/2005/NĐ-CP dated April 26, 2005, of the Government on agricultural extension.

Reform the management policy of science and technology, linking science with production.

3. Develop infrastructure to meet the requirements of structural transformation in agriculture, forestry, and fisheries

Continue to redirect investment towards developing infrastructure serving the structural transformation of agricultural, forestry, and fisheries production.

a) Regarding irrigation:

Continue to supplement and adjust irrigation planning to be consistent with the planning for the structural transformation of agricultural, forestry, and fisheries production, ensuring intensive crop cultivation and aquaculture needs, environmental safety, and soil fertility improvement. Rapidly shift the investment structure towards prioritizing irrigation facilities for industrial crops, fruit trees, vegetables, and aquaculture.

For provinces in the midland and mountainous regions of northern Vietnam, prioritize investment in constructing medium and small-scale irrigation works to serve rice, vegetable, tea production. In the Red River Delta, focus mainly on restoring and upgrading existing works, reinforcing irrigation channels to ensure proactive irrigation for high-quality rice fields, specialized vegetable growing areas, and export-oriented crops. Central coastal provinces should concentrate on building reservoirs and dams to provide water for irrigation and daily use, develop other economic sectors; reinforce key works, particularly water storage reservoirs, reinforce irrigation channel systems, construct salinity barriers and fresh water retention structures at major river mouths, prioritizing irrigation for dry land crops such as sugar cane, tea, cotton, peanuts. West Central Highlands and Southeastern provinces should prioritize building reservoirs and dams to supply irrigation water for coffee, pepper, sugar cane, rice, vegetables, daily use water, and other economic sectors. In the Mekong Delta, adjust irrigation planning towards multi-purpose use, not only for agricultural production but also for aquaculture and other economic sectors, daily use water; integrate irrigation planning with flood control, acid drainage, salinity intrusion prevention, sweet water retention, transportation development, and residential cluster construction.

Reform the management mechanism and improve the efficiency of irrigation systems.

b) Develop rural transportation and communication.

Mobilize all resources for rural transportation development to form a network ensuring smooth circulation of agricultural goods, especially in concentrated production areas for commodities such as sugarcane, pineapple, tea, coffee, forestry, salt, etc.

Quickly develop telephone networks down to every village, expand the coverage of villages connected to the Internet with the Market Information Center, especially in concentrated agricultural production areas.

c) Develop commercial facilities.

The State creates conditions and supports communes in building markets. Investment in constructing wholesale market systems near large cities, border markets, regional markets according to planning and projects approved by competent authorities; wholesale centers in concentrated agricultural product areas.

The State supports enterprises in building river and sea ports, bonded warehouses, and exhibition halls for introducing agricultural, forestry, and aquatic products in major markets such as Japan, Europe, Russia, and the United States to serve import and export activities.

4. Continue to innovate and reorganize agricultural, forestry, and aquaculture production.

Create conditions for household economies to develop based on encouraging households with capital, labor, and production experience to expand their scale and develop farms. Support and create favorable conditions for poor and disadvantaged households to develop production, eliminate hunger, reduce poverty, and strive to become wealthy.

Implement policies effectively to promote the rapid development of cooperative and private economies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises in rural areas, aiming to promote the transformation of production structures and labor structures.

Direct and guide state-owned corporations and localities to implement the restructuring, innovation, and development of agricultural and forestry farms according to Resolution 28 of the Politburo and relevant Government Decrees; effectively implement the restructuring, innovation, and development of state-owned enterprises.

Adjust policies to encourage domestic and foreign private investment in agriculture, forestry, and aquaculture in rural areas, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises.

5. Regarding land policy

a) Implement the Land Law of 2003 well, promptly complete the consolidation of land plots and issuance of land use right certificates in the fields of agriculture, forestry, and aquaculture, focusing on directing the resolution of residential and production land for ethnic minorities in place.

b) Develop policies to encourage and support farmers, fishermen, salt workers, and forest workers to implement production planning, concentrate land to form centralized commodity production areas; encourage the development of some potential industries: fruit tree cultivation, livestock breeding, poultry farming, aquaculture...

Continue to vigorously implement land allocation and forest management contracts in forestry; adjust policies to encourage people's participation in protecting natural forests and developing economic forest planting.

V. IMPLEMENTATION

1. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Ministry of Fisheries shall be responsible for:

- Building and submitting to competent authorities for approval the planning for the structural transformation of agricultural, forestry, and aquaculture production in economic regions.

- Guiding localities to review and adjust agricultural, forestry, and aquaculture planning.

- Building development planning for crops, livestock, and aquaculture within the scope of the Ministry's management, submitting it to competent authorities for approval; forming key investment programs in regions to attract investment.

- Organizing and directing the implementation of national planning for the structural transformation of agricultural, forestry, and aquaculture production.

2. The Ministry of Planning and Investment: based on approved investment planning and projects, allocate and balance funds for crop, livestock, processing, and preservation programs for agricultural, forestry, and aquaculture products as determined in the planning.

3. The Ministry of Finance: ensure financial policies to implement the planning for the structural transformation of agricultural, forestry, and aquaculture production.

4. Other Ministries and sectors shall participate according to their functions and responsibilities to create conditions to promote the process of transforming the structure of agricultural, forestry, and aquaculture production and rural economy.

5. Provincial People's Committees and municipal people's committees directly under the central government

a) Conduct reviews and supplements to the planning for the structural transformation of agricultural, salt, and aquaculture production in the locality.

Guide districts, towns, and cities under the province and communes and towns to build planning for the structural transformation of agricultural, salt, and aquaculture production.

Organize the implementation of planning throughout the province and city directly under the province.

b) Build development programs and projects for crops, livestock, aquaculture, and leading industries of the locality and implement them. Direct the construction and evaluation of effective transformation models and popularize them widely.

Article 2. The Standard Measurement Quality Control Department shall be responsible for organizing and guiding the implementation of the Regulations adopted herein.

Article 3. Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, Heads of agencies under the Government, Chairpersons of People's Committees of provinces and centrally governed cities are responsible for implementing this Decision.