MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND INVESTMENT
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING
CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
PHAM VINH THANG
POLICIES ON IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF VIETNAM’S
AGRICULTURAL EXPORT PRODUCTS
(CASE STUDIES FOR RICE AND COFFEE)
Major in: Economic Management
Code: 9 31 01 10
SUMMARY OF DOCTORAL THESIS IN ECONOMICS
HANOI – 2019
The thesis has been completed at:
Central Institute for Economic Management
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Nam
Reviewer 1: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ha Van Su
Reviewer 2: Dr. Nguyen Do Anh Tuan
Reviewer 3: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ta Van Loi
The thesis is presented in front of the Institute’s Board of Examiners at the
Central Institute for Economic Management on .................................
The thesis can be found at:
- Library of the Central Institute for Economic Management
- National Library, Hanoi
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INTRODUCTION
1. The urgency of the thesis
In recent years, Agriculture has been become “the main
pillar” for the Vietnamese economic with numberous export
agriculture producst with large volumne and turnover. Rapid
growth in the volumn, however the export products are mainly
raw products, medium-class products, low value, and weak
competitiveness. Although it has been improved, in general, the
Vietnamese agriculture products have been facing difficulties in
approaching the high demanding market on quality and food
safety. The forecasts show that in the coming time, technical,
environmental, labor barriers ... will be major difficulties for
export agriculture products.
The positive impact of policies to attract resources to
agriculture has not been effective. The ability of increasing
export volume is also facing challenges when most of them
have developed to the threshold of both area and productivity. It
is difficult for export products to maintain the growth
achievement without breakthroughs in science and technology,
supply chain and quality improvement
Renovation and management improvement, strengthen
control of production inputs (agricultural materials, pesticides,
fertilizers, animal feed), post-harvest preservation and
processing, stop seeking for volume regardless of quality and
other factors in competition, producing according to "market
signals" are critical demands.
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Many aspects including the renewal, supplementation
and improvement of relevant mechanisms and policies should
be considered to address the issues. Therefore, the research in
“Policies on improving the quality of Vietnam’s agricultural
export products (case study of rice and coffee)” brings about
both theoretical and practical implications in Vietnam.
2. Purposes and significance of the thesis
The thesis is conducted to analyze and clarify the
theoretical and practical bases for developing and completing
adequate policies on improvement of Vietnam’s agricultural
export product quality in the regional and international
integration.
The scientific and practical implications of the research
support the development of methodologies, analysis and
evaluation criteria for policies. A set of completed and
adequate policies on improvement of Vietnam’s agricultural
export product quality shall promote the sustainable
development of the agriculture.
3. Structure of the thesis
The thesis is constituted with the introduction, conclusion,
references, appendices and four following chapters.
Chapter 1: Overview of studies on policies to improve
the quality of Vietnamee export agricultural products
Chapter 2: Theoretical basis for policies to improve the
quality of export agricultural products
Chapter 3: Current situation of policies to improve the
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quality of Vietnamese export agricultural products (in case of
rice and coffee)
Chapter 4: Solutions on policies to improve the quality
of Vietnamese agricultural exports in the coming period
CHAPTER 1: OVERVIEW OF RESEARCHES IN
POLICIES ON IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF
VIETNAM’S AGRICULTURAL EXPORT PRODUCTS
1.1. Overview of research
1.1.1. Overview of Vietnamese and international researches
- Firstly, researches in policies on the development of
agricultural commodities for export: Nguyen Van Bich and Chu
Tien Quang (1996) has systematized and summarized the key
economic policies on agriculture and rural areas.
Nguyen Van Minh (2010) clarifies the content of economic
policy in general and the policy of agricultural and rural
development in particular, the internal relationship of economic
policy with Vietnam's economic law.
Rod Tyers and the WB's Advisory Group; ISGMARD
(2002a), OECD's Report on Agricultural and Food Review,
FAO and MARD (2000) study focuses on assessing some of
Vietnam's policies on agricultural and fishery sectors; Short-
term impact of policy reform.
- Secondly, researches in Vietnam’s agricultural product
export: The research by Nguyen Quang Huynh (2008) is a
typical case study in rice exporters. The research by Shawn