Organizational structure of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam

Organizational structure of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam (Internet image)

1. Organizational structure of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam

The organizational structure of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development includes:

* Organizations assisting the Minister in performing its state management functions, include:

- Planning Department.

- Finance Department.

- Science, Technology and Environment Department.

- International Cooperation Department.

- Legislation Department.

- Organization and Personnel Department.

- Ministry Administrative Office.

- Ministry Inspectorate.

- Department of Crop Production.

- Department of Plant Protection.

- Department of Livestock Production.

- Department of Animal Health.

- Department of Construction Management.

- Department of Cooperatives and Rural Development.

- Quality, Processing and Market Development Department.

- Department of Water Resources.

- Department of Dike Management and Disaster Prevention and Control.

- Department of Forestry.

- Forest Protection Department.

- Department of Fisheries.

-. Fisheries Surveillance Department.

* Public administrative units serving the Ministry’s state management functions

- Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development.

- Institute of Management for Agricultural and Rural Development.

- Institute of Public Policies and Rural Development.

- Center for Digital Transformation and Agricultural Statistics.

- National Center for Agricultural Extension.

- Vietnam Agriculture Newspaper.

- Vietnam Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam shall stipulate functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of its affiliated units; request the Prime Minister to promulgate the list of other public administrative units affiliated to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam.

(Article 4 of Decree 105/2022/ND-CP)

2. Tasks of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development regarding fisheries in Vietnam

The tasks of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development regarding fisheries in Vietnam include:

- Direct and instruct the implementation of mechanisms and policies for development of fisheries industry in accordance with regulations of law;

- Formulate and submit the following documents to the Prime Minister for approval, including plannings for protection and extraction of aquatic resources, decisions on establishment of marine protected areas located in two or more provinces or central-affiliated cities, and national plannings for the system of fishing ports and sheltering anchorages for commercial fishing vessels;

Submit proposed regulations on management of marine protected areas to the Government for promulgation;

- Direct, instruct and inspect the implementation of regulations on management of marine protected areas, management of endangered, precious and rare aquatic species, protected zones of aquatic resources, and management of aquatic resources in wetland reserves in accordance with regulations of law;

- Instruct and inspect the implementation of regulations of law on fishing ports and sheltering anchorages for commercial fishing vessels; regulations on management of safety of fishing vessels, information on disaster prevention for fishers and fishing vessels at sea;

Determine and allocate quotas on issuance of marine fishing licenses and the production allowed to be caught of each species in the coastal waters of central-affiliated cities and provinces as prescribed;

- Direct, instruct and inspect the implementation of regulations on aquaculture; environmental monitoring and warning in aquaculture; aquaculture processes, techniques and seasons; conservation of original breeds and native aquatic species of high economic values;

- Instruct and inspect the implementation of regulations on lists of endangered, precious and rare aquatic species; aquatic species requiring conservation, protection and regeneration; environmental protection measures for aquatic ecosystems, collection, storage and exploitation of aquatic genetic resources, conservation of gene funds and biodiversity in fisheries sector in accordance with regulations of law;

- Perform state management of fisheries surveillance tasks in accordance with regulations of law;

- Direct, instruct and inspect the performance of state management tasks of aquatic breeds and aquaculture feeds; chemicals, biological preparations and microorganisms used for environmental remediation and treatment in aquaculture; environmental treating products in aquaculture in accordance with regulations of law;

- Perform state management of fishery activities, aquatic resources, technical infrastructure facilities and fishing logistics services.

(Clause 10, Article 2 of Decree 105/2022/ND-CP)

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