On August 5, 2023, the Prime Minister of Vietnam issued Directive 24/CT-TTg on firmly ensuring national food security and promoting sustainable rice production and export in the current period.
To request the Ministers, Heads of relevant ministries and agencies; Chairman of Provincial People's Committee; The President of the Vietnam Food Association, and rice export traders focus on directing and drastically performing the following specific tasks:
- The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development shall preside over:
+ Directing localities to review planning orientations and develop large-scale, high-quality commodity rice production areas, ensuring the area of land specialized in rice cultivation...
+ Closely monitoring developments in the regional and world rice market, production situation, rice and rice output by type and season in the year to balance rice sources serving the demand for rice, domestic rice, and export rice...
- Minister of Industry and Trade:
+ Presiding over directing, inspecting, and supervising rice export business activities, ensuring national food security, and strictly complying with the provisions of law.
+ Urgently completing and submitting to the Government a draft Decree amending and supplementing Decree 107/2018/ND-CP on rice export business.
+ Presiding over the implementation of programs, trade activities, promoting products and brands of Vietnam rice, promoting rice trade, etc.
- Traders in the rice export business
+ Strictly maintaining the minimum circulation reserve level, periodically and irregularly reporting at the request of relevant ministries and branches and according to the Government's regulations.
+ Actively monitoring the global rice trade situation, exchange information with the Vietnam Food Association to promptly report arising problems to related ministries and sectors, and propose handling measures. Learn carefully about partners before signing a contract; be especially careful in the delivery, receipt, and payment of shipments to avoid fraud...
More details can be found in Directive 24/CT-TTg 2023.
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