The PRIME MINISTER'S DIRECTIVE on overcoming declining status of the land to plant rice and agricultural land has a higher value due to the transfer of the Land Fund to use for other purposes is Rice crops provide food for Vietnam and food per family is a leading demand of the human life. Protected and developed new rice planting area to ensure sustainable food security to make the goal of building the country.
For years, the awareness of the importance of this, the State has invested hundreds of billions Dong to reclaimed polder, expand, an area of agricultural land, especially land for rice cultivation in areas where conditions as the Dong Thap Muoi and Long Xuyen quadrangle, etc.. People in various localities have had many try to implement intensive measures, increase the productivity of rice, an increase of food production.
Since the law of the land, a number of local interest only, fund managers of high-value agricultural land, especially land for growing rice, restricting the transfer of the Land Fund to use for other purposes is not correct provisions of the law. On the other hand, along with the innovation of management mechanism and application of scientific and technological progress in agriculture has contributed to stability and development in the food production ensure domestic consumer demand and export section. However, in General, still far more industry, many local authorities are not yet fully aware of the task of protecting agricultural land, especially land for rice cultivation, the land fund management are increasingly being tossed dimension, many agencies, institutions, households and individuals arbitrarily arbitrary transfer, land planted with wheat to use in other purposes in a way contrary to law as do headquarters, business establishments, House, brick and tile production, planting fruit trees etc. While every year the population of our country rises above 1 million, disaster usually happens, food safety issues not yet really solid, but to reduce the tens of hectares of agricultural land, mainly cultivated rice, this is very harmful, must soon stop, to ensure food supplies and food for the entire population present as well as for the next generation.
In the process of economic and social development, the economic structure transformation, implementation of industrialization and rural urbanization, land use needs to build public works, buildings, increasingly large, if there is no specific plan, clearly identify each type of land, lack of steering and tight management of the inevitable reduction in the area of agricultural land high value, especially rice cultivation land, that people had to go through many generations and a lot of effort, the new creation.
The Prime Minister asked the President of the people's committees of provinces and cities under central, Minister of agriculture and food industry, General Director of the Bureau, the heads of The relevant departments, the heads of the political organization, economy, society, made the following : 1/localities in the process of industrialization, it conducted the test, need specific planning in order to maintain, protect land for growing food crops especially cultivated rice. Coupled with the intensive measures to increase productivity, the need to have specific plans and policies to enable the expansion of planting area of rice water, such as reclaiming, recovery, reclamation area of rice 1 service, low productivity 2-3 service has high productivity, maintain and build terraces in mountainous and Central du to ensure the food needs of each local and national food security.
Along with the above measures, the provinces have plain, especially to the province in the Red River Delta, the Mekong Delta, first of all, to exploit and take advantage of the kind of rice land turned to construction that to waste or unused , the type of agricultural land, the land planted with rice but precarious, low-productivity (Silver oxidized, acidic alum) to cater to the needs of basic construction.
On that basis, every province, central cities must finish planning the social-economic local, determine specific, clear the land long used towards industrialization and urbanization; annually to the land use planning of their local matches economic development plan-social spirit limited to low levels for transforming agricultural lands as noted above to use on other purposes to the Prime Minister for approval. The local people's Committee is only allocated land, agricultural land rental to use on other purposes under the Authority set forth in articles 23, 24, 25 of the law of the land. Any local planning, agricultural land use planning process approved by the then Prime Minister was not necessarily turning farmland over to use on other purposes.
Delivered to the Directorate main host, along with The relevant departments such as the State Committee for cooperation and investment, the Ministry of agriculture and food industry, Ministry of forestry, the Ministry of construction plan on evaluation, the Prime Minister's approval in August of every year to the Congress Government at the last session of the year.
Delivered to the State Planning Commission and the Ministry of agriculture and food industry have a duty to balance the needs of food on the nationwide (for domestic consumption and for export), clearly define the Mission of food production, land use plans for growing food crops and implement intensive measures , increase productivity in the 5-year and annual plans of each province, central cities.
The protection of land for growing food crops, especially rice cultivation land in each locality is the responsibility of the President of the people's committees of provinces and cities under central, the Minister of agriculture and food industry, General Director of the Bureau of the prefecture.
Every year, the Ministry of agriculture and food industry and the General Department, the people's committees of provinces and cities under central Government must report the situation changes in rice cultivation area of water as well as in the country at the same time the land use planning process outlined above.
2/The restructuring area of crops in the localities must necessarily be strict calculations, setting many comparisons, ensuring the socio-economic efficiency. The shifting needs of local organic gardeners plant, if really necessary to transfer some of the rice water area has low productivity, inefficient new structures to meet the needs of society, to increase the value of income, attract more labour, create jobs, it should be considered , calculate carefully, balancing both a comprehensive immediate and lasting benefits, have joined the opinion of the Ministry of agriculture and food industry and the Directorate for cadastral, but must follow the approved plans and planning.

3/in order to meet the needs of socio-economic development, especially in the process of industrialization, urban development, infrastructure building, secured an area of housing for the people, build the basis of joint venture, cooperation with foreign investment, etc. When planning, consider and appraise investment projects of construction, people's committees of provinces and cities under central, the ministries concerned should consider carefully the use of the land, should be directed at the region of the mound, Hill, too bad that the rice is not effective. The works of architecture and construction and housing should also be the maximum advantage in height, space to limit the use of low land rice water that is still guaranteed to be asked industrial development, development of industries, enhancing social benefits as well as meet the requirements of local urbanization. Special cases, are forced to use the land to grow rice water hydraulic system has secured agricultural watering, pepper actively productive and stable to highly specific presentation, reported the prime consideration of the decision to each new project is done.
4/for the people's Committee of the central cities, in cooperation with the ministries to function test and suspended immediately the organizations, households, personal liberty to transfer water to the rice growing land based, business establishments, buildings, manufacturing brick, tile and other building purposes under any form whatsoever; real strict handling, including prejudice to criminal cases of serious violation of the law of the land.
5/the Ministry of agriculture and food industry, Ministry of finance, the State Planning Commission, Directorate for indigenous policy research encouraged people planted rice, ensure they have steady income, sustainable and not lower than other crops. This project must be completed before 30 June 1995 to the Prime Minister.
6/delivered to the State Planning Commission and other ministries concerned local completed soon planning the economy, especially in the planning of industrial parks, focusing investment in building infrastructure, transportation, electricity, water and grader using to exploit the bad lands (less likely agriculture production) into the industrial zone and the zone new residential Prime review process.
7/The implementation Fund protection of agricultural land, especially land for growing rice as said above, in the process of industrialization and modernization is often the responsibility of the departments and of the entire population. This policy must be popular, public advocacy for the whole population to know to implement and monitor, check the enforcement. President of the people's Committee, the heads of the ministries responsible for implementation of this directive seriously.
8/ The Prime Minister delivered to the State Inspector General, the Minister of agriculture and food industry, General Director of the Bureau of the main Address according to functions and duties, inspect, inspect the observance of this directive and make quarterly reports from the Prime Minister.
This directive replaces The power numbers 1044/KTN on 03 March 1995 of the Prime Minister.