| THE PRIME MINISTER --------- | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence - Freedom Happiness -------------- |
| No. 2033/QD-TTg | Hanoi, December 4, 2009 |
DECISION
APPROVING THE SCHEME TO DEVELOP PRODUCTION AND SALE OF TRA CATFISH IN THE MEKONG RIVER DELTA UP TO 2020
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the November 26, 2003 Fisheries Law;
At the proposal of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (in Report No. 2841/TTr-
BNN-NTTS of September 8, 2009, and Official Letter No. 3347/BC-BNN-NTTS of October 15, 2009),
DECIDES:
Article 1. To approve the Scheme to develop production and sale of tra catfish in the Mekong river delta with the following contents:
I. OBJECTIVES
1. General objectives
To promote the advantages and high competitiveness of tra catfish rearing in the Mekong river delta to develop it into an industry, striving to make tra catfish a staple export of the country;>and concurrently create jobs and improve the living conditions of farmers and fishermen the Mekong river delta, contributing to successfully implementing the Party Central Committee’s Resolution on agriculture, farmers and rural areas in the new period.
2. Specific targets
To develop tra catfish production to reach by 2010 an output of 1.5 million tons of material fish, an export output of 600,000 tons and USD 1.5 billion in value and a domestic sale of 100,000 0$, and create 200,000 jobs;
By to reach an output of 1.8 million tons of material fish, an export output of750,000 tons and USD 2.2 billion in value and a domestic sale of 150,000 tons, and create 230,000 jobs;
By 2020, to reach an output of 2 million tons of material fish, an export output of900,000 tons and USD 3 billion in value and a domestic sale of 200,000 tons, and create 250,000 jobs;
II. MAJOR TASKS OF THE SCHEME
1. To reorganize production and sale
To form high-yield rearing zones linked with processing establishments under local development planning;
To develop industrial and modern production in the forms of collective economy and farm economy;
To form networks to collect, process and sell products closely associated with raw-material production zones.
2. To build and improve production infrastructure.
To build and improve irrigation systems for consolidated rearing zones under local planning;
To build a system to produce breeds from central to local and grassroots levels, which guarantees sufficient supply of quality and disease-free breeds at reasonable prices for rearers;
To build and form networks of environmental observation and epidemic warning in localities with large rearing zones;
To build in Mekong river delta provinces centers to test and experiment breeds, feeds and biological preparations.
To increase the state management of and application of advanced technologies to breed production, commercial rearing, feed production and treatment of the rearing environment to raise product quality.
To build a system of market statistics and forecast and raise trade promotion capacity.
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