Vietnam: How is the crop structure shift occurring on paddy land carried out?

Specifically, according to Clause 1 Article 13 of the Decree No. 94/2019/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, the crop structure shift occurring on paddy land shall comply with Clause 1 Article 56 of the Law on Crop Production of Vietnam and the following regulations:

- The crop structure shift plan shall be approved by a competent authority.

- The crop structure shift does not cause any loss of conditions necessary to recover the rice cultivation; does not cause paddy land deformation, pollution and degradation; does not damage traffic works and irrigation works serving rice growing.

- If the rice growing is associated with aquaculture, 20% of the area of the paddy land at maximum can be excavated for aquaculture production purposes at the depth of no more than 120 cm from the field level.

Procedures for shifting crop structure on paddy land:

- Any domestic organization/household or foreign organization/individual that lawfully uses paddy land and wishes to make a shift to growing of annual crops or grow rice in association with aquaculture; any domestic household/individual that lawfully uses paddy land and wishes to make a shift to growing of perennial crops shall complete a registration form according to the form No. 04.CD in the Appendix X hereof and send it to the communal People’s Committee.

- If the registration form is not satisfactory, within 03 working days, the communal People's Committee shall instruct the organization/individual to complete it.

- If the registration form is satisfactory and conformable with the plan to shift crop structure on paddy land of the communal People’s Committee , within 05 working days, the communal People's Committee shall give a reply “Đồng ý cho chuyển đổi” (“Approve the shift”), append seal to the registration form, record information in the logbook and return the registration from to the land user.

- In case of rejection of the registration form, a written response made using the Form No. 05.CD in the Appendix X hereof shall be sent.

The competent authority approving the plan to shift crop structure on paddy land shall provide guidance, inspect and supervise the shift and report results thereof as prescribed. After the crop structure shift specified in this Article is done, the paddy land is considered paddy land.

View more details at Decree No. 94/2019/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from February 01, 2020.

Thu Ba

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