Outcomes of Vietnam's Agrarian Policies After "Doi Moi": A Case Study of Attempted Agricultural Intensification and Diversification in a Village in Vietnam's Mekong Delta

Nguyễn Quang Tuyến

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Nguyễn Quang Tuyến

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This study reviews Vietnam's agrarian policy since Doi Moi and examines the impacts of these policy shifts in one village of the Mekong Delta. In Vietnam, agrarian policy changes since Doi Moi in 1988 have gradually led to the intensification of rice production and high-value food production, including prawns and fish for export and the domestic market in the Mekong Delta. But, the benefits have been unevenly distributed among farmers. In particular, farmers with small land holdings have faced many difficulties. This study reveals that in the study village, prawn and fish farming has, in general, failed due to the high risks that can occur in raising them either in the field or in a fish pond, under the intensification of rice land utilization.

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Outcomes of Vietnam’s Agrarian Policies After "Doi Moi": A Case Study of Attempted Agricultural Intensification and Diversification in a Village in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta. (2013). Global Journal of Human-Social Science, 13(37), 37-48. https://socialscienceresearch.org/index.php/GJHSS/article/view/

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