tailieunhanh - Policy on rice storage of Vietnam in international economic integration: Arising problems

The article is written while Vietnam’s export of rice is facing various difficulties and falls in the rice price, producing a strong impact on the lives of the millions of Vietnamese farmers. The article analyzes the policy on storage of rice, concentrating on the implementation process. | 148 | Vũ Văn Hùng | 148 - 160 Policy on Rice Storage of Vietnam in International Economic Integration: Arising Problems VŨ VĂN HÙNG Commercial University - hungvvu@ ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article history: Received: July 15, 2013 Received in revised form Aug. 5, 2013 Accepted: March 31, 2014 The article is written while Vietnam’s export of rice is facing various difficulties and falls in the rice price, producing a strong impact on the lives of the millions of Vietnamese farmers. Since 2006 , in order to maintain a stable living for Vietnamese rice producers when the rice price falls sharply after harvest, the Government has implemented the policy on purchasing rice for storage twice a year to ensure rice producers get 30% profit at least. The article analyzes the policy on storage of rice, concentrating on the implementation process. Qualitative analysis method is used to assess the implementation of this policy in various aspects such as appropriateness, effectiveness, fairness and compatibility. The results allow authors to offer some recommendations that can serve as a basis for improvements in the implementation of this policy. Keywords: policy, rice producer, rice storage; rice export. JED April 2014| 149 1. POLICY ON RICE STORAGE OF VIETNAM IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION a. Policy on Rice Storage: The word “policy” refers to any intervention by the government into an industry, a field or the whole economy to achieve a particular target by particular tools and measures for a definite time. Economic policies aim at influencing some sectors or components, such as manufacturing, agriculture, service, production, and consumption, etc. Policies on agriculture and rural development include economic measures and the others taken by the government to affect agricultural and rural sectors and related ones. Agriculture and rural development comprises a system of industries and fields with characteristics in their activities, which .