Read the news that the government discussed the options to handle thousands of business conditions, suddenly remembered the story of Decree 109 regulating rice export conditions.
Several rice traders in the Mekong Delta met me at the Fair “Clean and Safe Agricultural Productivity 2017” held in Can Tho, most of whom asked about Nguyen’s visit to Thailand. Xuan Phuc recently. There he also asked the prospect of the words “promote rice cooperation” two parties agreed that he read from the website Ministry of Industry and Trade.
Review the report of the talks on the afternoon of August 17, the paragraph that businesses mentioned is: “The Prime Minister appreciated the results achieved and affirmed the determination to soon bring two-way trade turnover reached the level Together, we will help each other to become a center of attraction for investment and trade of the region, enabling the two countries’ goods to approach each other’s markets and promote rice cooperation. “
Businessmen cheerfully talk about the story of the organizers of the Miss Peace Cambodia has just handed the gift of “breakthrough” in a sense, is a bag of rice for the Miss during the light. One commentator: “Thereby, see Cambodia also poised to declare ready to compete in the rice race between ASEAN countries”.
Promote clear rice cooperation is a concern of the Thai government, especially in the Vietnam-Thai trade relations.
A few weeks ago, the Vietnam Association of High-Quality Enterprises was appointed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade to join the ASEAN-India trade union delegation in Thailand. At the opening ceremony there was the Thai Prime Minister’s program to visit the two stalls of the organizers of Thailand and India, not visiting our booth.
But when he passed by, he suddenly saw rice stalls displaying the Vietnamese folk style, with his tie, his father, on the green carpet, he stopped and turned to ask the organizers: Clean rice? I answered, no, organic rice. He immediately asked, organic rice, who certified, Professor Vo Tong Xuan standing next answer: certification of the US Department of Agriculture and Europe. He nodded, a little musky and then asked another story …
In the 10 trade booths, Vietnam’s May rice is well-cooked, inviting customers to try and attract special attention. Someone complimented and plastic. Yet in the afternoon, at the trade connection held for 20 Vietnamese businesses and 50 buyers of Thai, although there were 6 organizations registered names meet May to negotiate purchase, Mr. Pham Minh Thien, Director Company Manager shook his head. Because the company is not allowed to export rice to sell, attend the market to collect information and promote only.
Thien May May reiterates the story of trading conditions under Decree 109, so far has not been corrected. So how will we promote cooperation (and competition) on rice with Thailand?
In retrospect for a bit too far, in 2013, I read: At the inquiry on 4/8/2013 before the National Assembly, a delegate asked: “Decree 109 has direction only 100 key businessmen qualified. Is it possible to strangle the output of Vietnamese rice, giving rise to interest groups that are profiting the policies and efforts of rice farmers?
The Minister of Industry and Trade at that time explained quite lengthy and finally he concluded “still have to control the export business of rice. Any enterprise in two consecutive years can not export more than 10,000 tons of rice per year is not licensed.
In March this year, at the conference “Solutions for Sustainable Development of Rice in the Mekong Delta” was held in An Giang, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc requested the relevant ministries to review. Regulations that hinder the development of the rice sector in Vietnam.
Specifically, for Decree 109 on rice export business, the Prime Minister requested the amendment of this decree in the direction not to introduce more complicated regulations in rice exports. No plan to export rice – this was signed by the Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh.
However, Decree 109 still has many other obstacles such as the condition of at least one specialized storage facility with a capacity of at least 5,000 tons of rice, with at least one rice husking and grinding facility with a minimum capacity of 10 Tons of rice per hour, or must export rice in 12 consecutive months to be re-issued certificates of eligibility for export rice …
These conditions make the business in which May is not able to export rice itself. With May Grass, this unit has to be entrusted to another company and to create trust in partners in Singapore, Co May must establish its own company in Singapore to deal directly with supermarkets.
The Prime Minister also asked not to give the Vietnam Food Association (VFA) many rights not to have such as price regulations, distribution of hard quota … to ensure market economy.
Present at this conference, some businesses told us that: The granting of floor pricing rights to the VFA, as well as distribution of quotas, not only does not help to better rice exports but even obstruct exports. The rice of the business in particular and the development of Vietnam rice industry in general.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade can not ignore the heat of the situation as competition with its partners in AEAN is increasingly direct and tense. Actually they are still fiercely racing to improve quality, gaining market share in the world rice.
Revision of Decree 109 – late one more day is the loss of opportunities of enterprises, farmers, especially the economy is experiencing many difficulties today.
(According to baochinhphu.vn)
