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tech agriculture, improving the resilience and living standards and an opportunity to
adaptability of agriculture to climate change, develop Viet Nam’s agriculture in the
organizing the connection between agriculture direction of “transparency, responsibility and
and processing, market, and export. The sustainability” and implementation of the
Strategy for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural SDGs. The Government of Viet Nam wished
Development in the period 2021-2030 and to create an FIH in Viet Nam to link national
vision to 2050, was promulgated according to and international innovation networks and
Decision No. 150/QD-TTg dated January 28, promote digital technology to develop a
2022, which has repositioned the role, position smart agricultural value chain. The FIH
and mission of agriculture, rural areas, and will help expand the scale and accelerate
farmers in the coming period. Agriculture the transformation process of Viet Nam’s
and rural development or agricultural agriculture and the country in general to
restructuring initiates the reorganization of become a powerhouse of “green”, sustainable
production. The agriculture sector will have and low-emission agro-food products.
to innovate production thinking to switch
from agricultural production thinking to
agricultural economy, focusing on value
enhancement, efficiency, and diversification
along the value chain in line with market
requirements. At the same time, the sector
also shifts from single-sector development
to multi-sectoral integration, from “single
value” to “multi-value integration”, etc. The
agriculture sector will move towards green
and ecological agriculture by synchronous
application of processes and technologies,
rational and economical use of inputs for
agricultural production, and effective use
of natural resources, without affecting the
environment and human health. The sector will
also complete the structure of the agricultural
output in association with competitive
advantages and market requirements.
The Government of Viet Nam has also
actively participated in world forums on
innovating the new food system. At the virtual
United Nations Food System Summit (FSS)
on September 23, 2021, the Government
of Viet Nam affirmed that the coordination
between countries and partners in the food
system should be for people’s interests and
food security would be the foundation for
poverty reduction, improvement of people’s

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