Decision No. 1342/QD-TTg approving the Plan of Action to develop agricultural machinery industry in implementation of Vietnam’s industrialization strategy within the framework of Vietnam - Japan cooperation through 2020, with a vision toward 2030.

This Decision approves the Plan of Action to develop agricultural machinery industry in implementation of Vietnam’s industrialization strategy within the framework of Vietnam - Japan cooperation through 2020, with a vision toward 2030, under the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 1043/QD-TTg of 1 July. This Plan of Action, consisting of six sections, focuses principally on agricultural machinery for rice cultivation and production. Nonetheless, this model of mechanization, if successful, can be developed and applied to the cultivation and processing of other agricultural products such as sugar cane, maize, etc. The orientations through 2020 aim to modernize Vietnam’s agriculture, promote agricultural machinery industry to serve the rice cultivation and production and increase the rice production productivity and contribute to raising incomes for farmers.