What are responsibilities of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development regarding rice export business in Vietnam?

What are responsibilities of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development regarding rice export business in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 2 Article 22 of the Decree 107/2018/NĐ-CP stipulating responsibilities of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development regarding rice export business in Vietnam as follows:

2. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development:

a. Uniformly direct the localities in elaborating and implementing the master plans on commodity rice zones; to guide farmers in intensively growing quality and high value rice grain, with the aim to ensure food safety; applying scientific and technological advances in rice production, processing and maintenance; improving the Vietnamese rice brand in the market.

b. Take charge and cooperate with the People’s Committees of provinces and Vietnam Food Association in keeping track of the production process and rice output in order to balance the rice sources for export; take charge and cooperate with the ministries, sectors, localities and Vietnam Food Association in guaranteeing the national food safety, meeting the objectives and principles of rice export administration under this Decree.

c. Promulgate the mechanism and incentive policies or submit them to the competent authority for promulgation; such mechanism and incentive polices are provided for the traders that invest in high-tech rice production, produce and trade clean rice, organic rice and rice with high quality and high value, or produce byproducts from rice.

d. Develop and promulgate supporting policies or submit them to the competent authorities for promulgation; such policies are provided for the purpose of building raw materials area, supporting joint rice production and consumption; to improve the representational ability of farmers, remove difficulties and obstacles that may occur during the implementation of relevant mechanism and policies.

dd. Take charge and cooperate with relevant agencies in providing guidance on targets and methods for determining the organic rice and parboiled rice which are specified in clause 3, clause 4 of this Article; promulgate the rice production process and the procedures for processing, maintaining and evaluating rice export commodity; promulgate national technical standards and regulations on rice warehouse, mill and processor, with the aim to satisfy the conditions for rice export business according to lawsoft; guide and direct the evaluation and supervision activities regarding the implementation process of traders, processors and relevant entities.

What are responsibilities of the Ministry of Finance regarding rice export business in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 4 Article 22 of the Decree 107/2018/NĐ-CP stipulating responsibilities of the Ministry of Finance regarding rice export business in Vietnam as follows:

4. Ministry of Finance

a. Take charge and cooperate with relevant ministries, sectors and localities in applying the rice price stabilization methods as prescribed by laws.

b. Direct the General Department of Customs in reviewing and periodically reporting (monthly, quarterly and periodically) or unexpectedly reporting on rice export.

What are responsibilities of the People’s Committees of provinces regarding rice export business in Vietnam? 

Pursuant to Clause 6 Article 22 of the Decree 107/2018/NĐ-CP stipulating responsibilities of the People’s Committees of provinces regarding rice export business in Vietnam as follows:

6. Responsibilities of the People’s Committees of provinces

a. Elaborate and organize the implementation of master plans on paddy production, direct the provision of supplies and farming techniques and improvement of rice quality to meet market demands; inspect rice production, circulation and sale in their localities; manage and organize the implementation of master plans on rice warehouse and mill systems in their localities; direct the procurement of rice directly from producers and under the contracts signed with the producers according to the state current policy.

b. Report regularly or upon request by the Prime Minister or relevant ministries and sectors on commodity rice yield, categories and inventories and expected rice productivity and yield according to different categories and harvest time in their localities for rice export administration.

c. Direct the Departments of Finance; Agriculture and Rural Development; Industry and Trade and relevant agencies in inspecting and conducting surveys on production cost and determining the cost price of paddy of each crop under this Decree and the Ministry of Finance's specific guidance; direct, inspect and supervise the traders in their localities in observing regulations and the direction of competent authorities under this Decree; organize effective implementation of the policy on building the raw materials area in their localities; inspect, detect and handle the violations of regulations on the production, trading and use of fertilizer and pesticide in their localities.

d. Direct the Department of Industry and Trade and relevant agencies in their provinces in carrying out post inspection for the rice warehouse and mill, with the aim to satisfy the business conditions in their localities as prescribed in clause 2, Article 5 hereof.

dd. Mobilize local organizations and people to produce rice under the planning and orientations of the State, with the aim to enhance the efficiency of rice production, trading and export; observe the agricultural sector’s direction and guidance on production process, variety structure, crop structure and harvest structure; produce rice according to the market demands and traders' orders and cooperate with these traders in building the raw materials area for rice export.

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