Prime Minister approved the National Aquaculture Development Program for the period of 2021 – 2030.
Accordingly by 2025, total aquaculture productivity reaches 5,6 million tonne/year, export turnover reaches 7,8 billion USD/year, aquaculture value growth rate reaches 4,0 %/year on average; Actively produce and supply more than 50% of giant tiger prawns parents, more than 25% of whiteleg shrimps parents, and more than 70% of selectively bred pangasius fish parents; actively produce and supply sufficient breeders of high economic value and great commodity quantity; Invest, upgrade infrastructures essential for production of more than 30 centralized aquaculture zones and centralized seed production zones; Develop connection chains for producing, processing, consuming, ensuring stable outlets for more than 30% of aquaculture products.
By 2030, total aquaculture productivity reaches 7,0 million tonne/year, export turnover reaches 12 billion USD/year, aquaculture value growth rate reaches 4,5 %/year on average; Actively produce and supply more than 60% of giant tiger prawns parents and whiteleg shrimps parents, and 100% of selectively bred pangasius fish parents; improve breeders of aquaculture breeds with high economic value and great commodity quantity; Invest, upgrade infrastructures essential for production of more than 50 centralized aquaculture zones and centralized seed production zones; Develop connection chains for producing, processing, consuming, ensuring stable outlets for more than 50% of aquaculture products.
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will be responsible for coordinating and organizing implementation of the National Program on a nationwide scale; allocate recurrent expenditure for inspection, supervision, assessment, organization of conferences/seminars/conclusion of the National Program; Promulgate Criteria for identifying centralized aquaculture zones and centralized aquaculture seed production zones prioritized for investment by central government budget and local government budget from time to time; Criteria for identifying priority aquaculture development projects; Develop and consolidate expenditure in annual state budget estimates, send to Ministry of Industry and Trade in order to present to competent authorities in accordance with regulations and law on state budget; Consolidate, appraise, and approve investment projects for constructing aquaculture infrastructures in accordance with the Law on Public Investment; consolidate, appraise, and approve priority aquaculture development projects for the period of 2021 – 2030; Review and propose policies incentivizing, attracting types of ownership in aquaculture value chains; Guide, encourage ministries, departments, local governments in organizing implementation of the National Program; organize inspection, examination, supervision, conferences/seminars; submit reports every year, every 5 years, and at the end of the National Program to the Prime Minister to review and decide on arising issues; amend and adjust contents, priority projects of the National Program.
Ministry of Planning and Investment will take charge and cooperate with Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and relevant ministries, allocate investment capital for projects of the National Program in accordance with the Law on Public Investment and other regulations and law; take charge and cooperate with Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and relevant ministries in proposing solutions and mobilizing investment resources to implement the National Program.
Ministry of Finance will, rely on balance capacity of central government budget, propositions of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and relevant ministries under annual recurrent expenditure estimate of the central government budget, request competent authorities to balance and allocate expenditure in accordance with the Law on State Budget and guiding documents.
Ministry of Science and Technology will take charge and cooperate with Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and relevant ministries in developing and publicizing national standards, prioritizing harmony with international standards, regional standards; appraising national regulations; developing legislative documents on standards, technical regulations, product and goods quality, and conformity assessment; adopting traceability; assisting intellectual property; allocating expenditure to implement details relating to science technology research, application, and development to serve aquaculture; take charge and cooperate with Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and relevant ministries in integrating details, tasks regarding development and application of science and technology in aquaculture in approved priority programs in science and technology.
Ministry of Industry and Trade will take charge and cooperate with Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in researching, implementing policies and solutions to develop the market, resolve commercial barriers for aquaculture products; take charge and cooperate with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in assessing electricity supply system, distribution of resources, and infrastructure investment in order to supply sufficient electricity for centralized aquaculture zones and hi-tech aquaculture zones; cooperate with Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in researching and promptly providing information on requirements, demands, and tendencies of aquaculture product consumption of potential markets in order to direct production, cultivation, processing, and export of aquaculture products.
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will take charge and cooperate with Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and local governments in researching, proposing policies, regulations on management of water resources, land allocation, water surface allocation to serve aquaculture; take charge and cooperate with Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and local governments in providing periodic water monitoring results of monitoring locations serving aquaculture to Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and local governments in order to issue early warnings for aquaculture farmers and limit risks; take charge and cooperate with Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and local governments in developing, proposing plans for adapting to climate change and environmental pollution which can affect development of aquaculture.