Decision No. 150/QD-TTg on approving the sustainable agriculture and rural development strategies for the period 2021 – 2030 with a vision toward 2050.

This policy document is a sectoral policy document at the national level. Vision toward 2050 is set up as: Vietnam is expected to become one of the leading agricultural countries of the world with a modern, efficient and environmentally friendly agricultural product processing industry. Rural areas will no longer have poor households and will become a "worth-living", civilized, green, clean and beautiful place with rural residents’ living conditions and incomes comparable with those of the urban area.
Specific objectives until 2030 have been identified, which include: 1. Growth of GDP from agriculture, forestry and fishing is expected to reach an average of 2,5% - 3%/year, growth of labor productivity in agriculture, forestry and fishing is expected to reach an average of 5,5 - 6%/year. 2. Expand and develop markets, especially export markets. Growth of the export value of agricultural, forested and aquatic products is expected to reach an average of 5 - 6%/year. 3. Increase people’s income; achieve sustainable poverty reduction. Rural residents’ income is expected to be 2.5 - 3 times higher than in 2020. Percentage of multidimensional poverty households in rural areas is expected to decrease on average by 1-1.5%/year. 4. Proportion of agricultural workers in the total social workers is expected to decrease to less than 20%, percentage of trained agricultural workers is expected to reach over 70%. 5. In the whole country, at least 90% of communes will meet the new rural standards, of which 50% of the communes will meet the newly enhanced rural standards. 6. Develop environmentally friendly and green agriculture; adapt to climate change, reduce rural environmental pollution, strive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 10% compared to 2020. The forest cover rate is expected to remain sustainably at 42%, the forest area with a certificate of sustainable forest management is expected to reach over 1 million hectares.
Strategic directions and tasks have been proposed in the policy document, including: 1. Completing the structure of agricultural production in association with competitive advantages and market requirements; 2.Organizing important stages in production to improve efficiency and ensure sustainable development; 3.Promoting cooperation and association to develop value chains and advanced agricultural models; 4. Developing rural economy to create jobs and increase incomes for rural populations; 5. Developing civilized and modern rural areas associated with urbanization, preserving traditional culture; 6. Inclusive development, assurance of equity of social welfare in rural areas through developing equal social welfare policies (house and settlement, health insurance, retirement regime, etc.) for rural residents and aiming for gender equality; 7. Developing a strong community to act as the key for rural development and agriculture production; 8. Protecting the ecological environment and landscapes in order to adapt to climate change.
Main measures to be taken include: 1. Carry out dissemination and education to innovate thinking and unify perception and actions; 2. Innovate production and business organizations, complete production relationship; 3. Improve the quality of vocational training; qualifications, efficiency of research, application and transfer of science, technology and innovation; 4. Develop domestic and foreign markets in order to ensure sustainable outputs for agricultural products; 5. Develop and complete infrastructure; 6. Carry out innovations and improve the capacity and effectiveness of state management; 7. Promote digital transformation in rural agriculture sectors; 8. Proactively adapt to climate change, manage risks.