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EXPLANATION OF TERMINOLOGY, CONTENT AND
METHODOLOGY OF SOME STATISTICAL INDICATORS ON
AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING

AGRICULTURE

Farms are households which produce goods on a large scale and must meet
certain criteria for production scale and output in agriculture, forestry and fishing.

From 2019 backwards, according to Circular No. 27/2011/TT-
BNNPTNT dated April 13, 2011 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development on “Criteria and procedures to grant certificate of farm
economy”, individuals and households who engaged in agricultural, forestry or
aquaculture production with the certification of farm economy standards must
satisfy the following conditions:

For cultivation, aquaculture and integrated production establishments,
their farming area must be over the limit (3.1 ha for the Southeast and the
Mekong River Delta, 2.1 ha for the remaining provinces) and production value
of goods reaches VND 700 million per year;

For livestock establishments must reach the output value of goods at
VND 1 billion/year and over;

For forestry production establishments must have a minimum area of 31
ha and average output value of goods at VND 500 million per year and over.

From 2020, according to the Circular No. 02/2020/TT-BNNPTNT dated
February 28, 2020 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on
regulations on "farming economic criteria", individuals and household heads
conducting production and business activities in the field of agriculture:
cultivation, animal husbandry, forestry, aquaculture, salt production with the
certification of farming economic standards must satisfy the following conditions:

For specialized farms: Specialized farms are defined by production
fields such as cultivation, animal husbandry, forestry, aquaculture, salt

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