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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 700 million VND per year;

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

For forestry production establishments must have a minimum area of 31 ha
and average output value of goods at 500 million VND 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 production, and
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the proportion of the product value of the field accounts for more than 50% of the

3 Including physical products and services.

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