COUNTRY REPORTAgricultural Cooperatives in Vietnam

Prepared by: Hoang Thi Hong VanDepartment of Cooperatives and Rural DevelopmentMinistry of Agricultural and Rural Development

Unit Quantity

Total cooperatives AC 9085

Average membership Pers 729

Participation rate in AC % 58

Average capital USD 42496

Average turnover USD 34778

Number of AC having profits

Coop. 6302

Profit per cooperative USD 3096

Number of AC having losses

Coop. 666

Loses per cooperative USD 600

Table 1. Agricultural Cooperative (AC), 2011

Source: Department of Cooperative and Rural Development

Item Total country

Surveyed cooperatives 5552

Irrigation 76.06

Plant protection 55.94

Veterinary 22.26

Seed 34.26

Materials 24.53

Extension 48.47

Land preparation 27.07

Joint marketing and processing 9.67

Electricity 5.87

Internal credit 8.21

Table 2. Services provided by AC , 2010 (% of AC providing the listed services)

ACHIEVEMENTSThe operating areas of the cooperatives are diversified,

including agriculture, forestry, fisheries, salt production.

Many new cooperatives are just established.

The AC contributed to generate many employment, well

undertake services such as irrigation, material inputs…,

thus bringing about real benefits such as decreased input

cost – increased income for members.

The AC collaborated with the local

government to actively implement agriculture

and rural development policies such as land

accumulation, re-structure of the cropping /

livestock patterns…, contributing to develop

rural and agricultural economy.

SOME OUTSTANDIND ISSUES OF AC

Awareness of the AC is not very properMany ACs are at small-scale, lack of capital, low-value assets, low competitiveness and simple servicesThe distribution relation is not renewed, few ACs divided profits in line with the shares or the use of services The role of AC in consuming agri. products for AC members was very dimLack of awareness, difficulty in attracting competent and young people in managing the cooperatives…

PERSPECTIVES IN DEVELOPMENT OFAGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES

Viet Nam is implementing the “Agriculture, Farmers and

Rural Program” (Tam Nong). Its overall objective is develop

a comprehensive agriculture towards modern, sustainable

and large commercial scale. Hence, the Government will

focus investment into the followings: Infrastructure Science and technology in processing and

post-harvest Farmers’ trainingSupport of cooperatives development with the

objective to establish 01 efficiently-running

cooperative in each commune.

PERSPECTIVES IN DEVELOPMENT OFAGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES

People’s awareness about support to agricultural cooperative development.

Revised cooperative law

Need for production linkage between enterprises and farmers (due to market losses such as fake fertilizers, price squeezing from traders, fluctuating market prices…).

Higher requirements for food safety and traceability etc…by consumers.

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