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PM urges logistics connectivity for Vietnamese farm produce

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has recently issued a dispatch aimed at enhancing logistics connectivity to drive the consumption and export of agricultural, forestry and aquatic products, considering it one of the key tasks in agriculture and rural development.
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Hanoi (VNA) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hasrecently issued a dispatch aimed at enhancing logistics connectivity to drive theconsumption and export of agricultural, forestry and aquatic products, considering it oneof the key tasks in agriculture and rural development.  

Under the dispatch, the Ministry of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment (MARD) is entrusted with the critical task of orchestratingcollaborative efforts with relevant ministries, agencies and local authorities to promptly submit a scheme on developing logistics services, improvingthe quality and competitiveness of Vietnamese farm produce until 2030 with avision to 2050 to the Prime Minister.

It must also partnerwith localities to review and supplement the zoning of logistics service centres tailoredspecifically for farm produce,coordinate with the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT) to hold trainingcourses on logistics, supply chains in general, and farm produce logisticschains in particular, for State and local management officials,businesses, and cooperatives operating in agriculture sector.

TheMARD is also assigned to partner with the MIT and the Ministry of Foreign Affairsto concretise the contents of the Vietnam-China Joint Statement and signed cooperation documents on agricultural cooperation, opening farm produce markets, diversifying traditionaldistribution channels through wholesale markets, farm produce logistics servicecentres at border gates, and creating favourable conditions for farmproduce trade via official channels through e-commerce platforms.

The MIT is responsible for spearheading the formulationand submission of a national logistics service development strategy for the2025-2035 period, with avision to 2045.

It is tasked with collaborating with the MARD to intensify trade promotion activities andhelp firms build effective agricultural supply chains linked with logisticsservices for entry into global markets.

Otherspecific tasks are also assigned to the ministries of planning and investment,finance and transport, centrally-run cities and provinces, the Vietnam Logistics Business Association andagriculture associations./.

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