Scheme for Restructuring of Vietnam’s Rice Industry by 2025 and 2030.

This Scheme for Restructuring of Vietnam’s Rice Industry by 2025 and 2030 is a sectoral policy document covering the period of 2021-2030. The policy document calls for continuing to restructure the rice industry by improving productivity and facilitating sustainable development with the following general objectives: (i) meet domestic demand, act as the core of national food security, (ii) improve quality and nutritional value, ensure food safety, (iii) establish and improve the rice chain value, (iv) adapt to and mitigate climate change, (v) utilize natural resources and protect the environment, (vi) increase farmer income and consumer benefits, and (vii) export high-quality and high-value rice.
Specific objectives by 2025 are set up in the policy document. Objectives by 2025 include: 1 Maintain paddy field area at 3,6-3,7 million ha, planting area at 7,0-7,2 million ha and rice yield at 40-41 million tonnes. 2. Export approximately 5 million tonnes of rice with fragrant rice, specialty rice and japonica rice accounting for 40%, glutinous rice 20%, high-quality milled rice 20%, medium- and low-quality rice 15% and rice products 5%; branded rice accounts for more than 20% of exported rice. 3. Use certified seeds on more than 80% and high-quality seeds on more than 70% of planting area; reduce direct seeding (80 kg/ha on average) by 70%; apply advanced cultivation processes and good production practices (VietGAP and equivalent, climate-smart rice cultivation, organic agriculture, etc.) on more than 60% and high technology and digital technology on 10% of planting area. 4. Reduce use of chemical fertilizers and agrochemicals in rice production by at least 30%. 5. Keep post-harvest loss under 8%. 6. Rice production automation reaches 70% on average and more than 90% in the Mekong Delta. 7. Increase planting area production upon which is connected with trade to more than 30%. 7. More than 30% of profit go to farmers. 8. Reduce greenhouse gas emission in rice production to 5%.
Objectives by 2030 include: 1. Maintain paddy field area at 3,5 million ha, use planting area flexibly and ensure annual rice yield of at least 35 million tonnes. 2. Export approximately 4 million tonnes of rice with fragrant rice, specialty rice and japonica rice accounting for 45%, glutinous rice 20%, high-quality milled rice 15%, medium- and low-quality rice 10% and rice products 10%; branded rice accounts for more than 40% of exported rice. 3. Use certified seeds on more than 90% and high-quality seeds on more than 80% of planting area; reduce direct seeding (80 kg/ha on average) by 80%; apply advanced cultivation processes and good production practices (VietGAP and equivalent, climate-smart rice cultivation, organic agriculture, etc.) on more than 70% and high technology and digital technology on 20% of planting area. 4. Reduce use of chemical fertilizers and agrochemicals in rice production by at least 40%. 5. Keep post-harvest loss under 5%. 6. Rice production automation reaches 80% on average and more than 100% in the Mekong Delta. 7. Increase planting area production upon which is connected with trade to more than 50%. 8. More than 30% of profit go to farmers. - Reduce greenhouse gas emission in rice production to 10%.
To achieve the objectives, the Scheme for Restructuring of Vietnam’s Rice Industry by 2025 and 2030 further proposes a set of solutions, covering the fields of: rice variety development (variety structure orientations and variety production and trade), application of good production practices, post-harvest, storage and processing, quality control and food safety, production reform, market development, enhancement of adaptability to climate change, adverse conditions and risks, efficient use of natural resources, environmental protection and preservation of rice-related cultural values, human resource developmentetc, gender issues in rice production, etc.