Vietnam’s regulations on the specific activities of agricultural cooperatives

The specific activities of agricultural cooperatives prescribed in Circular No. 06/2019/TT-BNNPTNT of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam include the provision of agricultural products and services, representation in signing partnership contracts, and participation in providing public services that meet the needs of agricultural production and business of cooperative members as well as non-member customers.

Based on the capabilities, practical conditions of the cooperative, and market demands, agricultural cooperatives choose and implement the specific activities as regulated below:

Firstly, the organization of production and supply focuses on input and output products and services that serve the agricultural production and business of members and non-member customers:

- Training and skills development in cooperative management, agricultural promotion, technology transfer, and technical advancements.

- Production and supply of agricultural inputs (fertilizers, plant protection chemicals, veterinary drugs; crop varieties, livestock, and other agricultural materials); provision of services (land preparation, irrigation, rural clean water supply, plant protection, veterinary services, and production protection services).

- Cultivation, care, harvesting, preliminary processing, processing, preservation, packaging, product completion, quality management, and agricultural product consumption.

- Organizing and managing unified agricultural production processes to ensure product quality requirements.

- Developing infrastructure structures to serve agricultural production.

- Organizing collective purchasing and selling of agricultural services and products.

- Other agricultural production services in accordance with current legislation.

Secondly, representation in signing contracts and organizing partnerships with businesses and other partners in the agricultural value chain to market agricultural products to members and non-member customers, with specific activities such as:

- Signing and organizing the implementation of production-linked contracts for the consumption of agricultural products.

- Organizing promotion or building collective brands for agricultural products and services.

- Conducting market research and marketing for agricultural services and products.

- Implementing other services in the agricultural value chain.

Thirdly, participating in providing public services in the agriculture and rural areas at the local level, including activities such as:

- Organizing the management, operation, maintenance, and development of infrastructure structures serving public utility activities when assigned by the state.

- Organizing public utility services in accordance with legal regulations.

View more details at Circular No. 06/2019/TT-BNNPTNT of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam, effective from September 03, 2019.

Thu Ba

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