THE PRIME MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No: 24/2005/CT-TTg
Hanoi, June 28th, 2005
 
DIRECTIVE
ON FURTHER STEPPING UP THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RESOLUTION OF THE 5TH PLENUM OF THE PARTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE (IXTH CONGRESS) ON ACCELERATING THE AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL INDUSTRIALIZATION AND MODERNIZATION
After three years of implementation of Resolution No. 15/NQ-TW of March 18, 2002, of the 5th plenum of the Party Central Committee (IXth Congress), on accelerating the agricultural and rural industrialization and modernization in the 2001-2010 period, Party committees and administrations at all levels, the Vietnam Fatherland Front and mass organizations have given due attention to the leading and direction of the realization of the Resolution with many important achievements: the national food security has been guaranteed; the value of agricultural, forestry and aquatic production has continually increased at a high rate (5.4%/year, surpassing the target set in the Resolution of the Party's IXth Congress); agriculture has been actively restructured, strongly switching to commodity production step by step combined with processing and the market; sciences and technologies have been promoted and brought into full play; rural economy has been restructured by gradually raising the ratio of industries and services while restructuring labor and increasing the labor-using time in the countryside; relations of production have been continuously renovated in an active manner; socio-economic infrastructure in the countryside has been improved; hunger eradication and poverty alleviation has seen great achievements (quickly diminishing the rate of poor households by 3%/year on average); greater attention has been paid to healthcare, education and culture in the countryside, resulting in the improved life of peasants in many regions and many changes in the countryside.
Nevertheless, the propagation and study of the Resolution have not yet been carried out thoroughly and extensively as required; the restructuring of agriculture and rural economy in many areas is not strong and sustainable; the productivity, quality and competitiveness of many agricultural products remain low; the yield per hectare of agricultural land is low; the renewal and raising of efficiency of State-owned agricultural and forestry farms and collective economy are slow; the work of planning and management of plannings on production, infrastructure and urban population is weak; underemployment, low income and environmental pollution remain critical in many rural areas. Meanwhile, new problems have arisen, particularly for a number of peasants who face underemployment and difficulties in their lives after their production land was recovered.
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