AGRICULTURAL RESTRUCTURING ASSOCIATED WITH NEW RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN AN GIANG PROVINCE (2015-2020): POLICIES AND RESULTS

Abstract

Developing agriculture, farmers, and rural areas is a core policy of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Based on the Party's perspectives, localities have implemented various creative approaches tailored to their advantages, achieving positive outcomes. During the 2015-2020 period, An Giang province introduced several policies to promote agricultural and rural development towards modernization, focusing on implementing the agricultural restructuring scheme in connection with new rural development. This paper employs historical, logical, synthetic, and statistical methods to examine An Giang province's policies. It explores the leadership, implementation, and outcomes of agricultural restructuring linked to new rural development in recent years. The research findings indicate relatively stable agricultural sector growth, a positive economic restructuring in agriculture, stronger market linkages in agricultural production through various cooperation models, improved farmer incomes, and a progressively developed rural landscape. The study provides practical scientific evidence for policy-making in agricultural restructuring and new rural development in the coming period.