Regulations on standards for high-yield, high-quality rice cultivation planning areas in Vietnam

Regulations on standards for high-yield, high-quality rice cultivation planning areas in Vietnam (Image from the internet)

Regulations on standards for high-yield, high-quality rice cultivation planning areas in Vietnam

According to Article 5 of Decree 112/2024/ND-CP, the crop and livestock structure shift occurring on rice cultivation land in Vietnam is defined as follows:

- The high yield and quality rice planning regions include the following criteria:

+ Belong to the specialized rice cultivation land, in line with the provincial or district land use planning approved by the competent authority;

+ Have an active irrigation system or planned for active irrigation, drainage, water supply, and disaster prevention;

+ Have a convenient internal transportation system or planned for internal transportation to serve rice production;

+ Have high yield.

- The provincial People's Committee approves the high yield and quality rice planning regions according to the criteria specified in Clause 1, Article 5 of Decree 112/2024/ND-CP.

New Regulations on the crop and livestock structure shift occurring on rice cultivation land

According to Article 6 of Decree 112/2024/ND-CP, the crop and livestock structure shift occurring on rice cultivation land is defined as follows:

(1) Principles of converting crop and livestock structure shift occurring on rice cultivation land

- In line with the provisions of Clause 1, Article 56 of Crop Production Law 2018;

- crop and livestock structure shift occurring on rice cultivation land to perennial crops is only applied to the remaining rice cultivation land;

- No crop and livestock structure shift occurring on rice cultivation land in the high yield and quality rice planning region;

- In line with the Crop and Livestock Structure Conversion Plan on rice cultivation land issued by a competent authority;

- Must not cause pollution or degradation to rice cultivation land; must not damage transport, irrigation, dike, or other structures serving direct rice production;

- Must not affect the cultivation of adjacent rice cultivation land areas.

(2) Conversion from rice cultivation to rice combined with aquaculture can use up to 20% of the rice cultivation land area to lower ground level for aquaculture, with a depth not exceeding 120 centimeters compared to the field surface.

(3) The Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee decides on the type of perennial crops to be converted, ensuring suitability with the actual conditions of the locality.

(4) Rice cultivation land after converting the crop and livestock structure as per Decree 112/2024/ND-CP will be listed as rice cultivation land.

Regulations on payment for receiving the missing areas of rice cultivation land from the State and increasing the efficiency of land use in Vietnam

- Entities provided with land by the state or leased for non-agricultural purposes converted from specialized rice cultivation land must pay an amount for the state to supplement the lost specialized rice cultivation land area or increase the efficiency of rice cultivation land use. This excludes projects using public investment funds or state funds outside public investment as stipulated by the laws on public investment and construction. The provincial People's Committee specifies the payment amount, but it must not be lower than 50% of the amount determined by multiplying the specialized rice cultivation land area converted for non-agricultural purposes by the price of rice cultivation land according to the land price table at the time of conversion.

- Payment as specified in Clause 1, Article 12 of Decree 112/2024/ND-CP must be made after the state authority has issued the land allocation or leasing decision.

(Article 12 of Decree 112/2024/ND-CP)

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