Tenurial reforms and agricultural development in Vietnam

Socialist Republic of Viet Nam is undergoing a process of transformation from a centrally planned economy to a market-oriented economy. Based on field surveys and activities carried out in 1994-95, within the framework of the FAO project Agricultural Support Services Programme, this article is intended to: analyse the nature and extent of reform in the land tenure system and agricultural support services in Viet Nam; examine whether the undergoing process of reform would be conducive and sufficient to insure market-led, sustainable agricultural and rural development; and analyse the major constraints to market-oriented agricultural development and suggest appropriate remedial measures. [author]