Examining the Concentration of Agricultural Land in Vietnam: Trends, Implications, and Solutions

The concentration of agricultural land refers to expanding the area of agricultural land to structure production through the following methods: exchange, lease of land use rights, or cooperation as land use rights. In recent years, Vietnam has made many efforts to implement the concentration of agricultural land, and it continues to be emphasized in Resolution No 19-NQ/TW (2022). Almost all current studies have described the current status, but they have not comprehensively evaluated and updated the advantages, difficulties, and causes of implementing agricultural land accumulation in Vietnam. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate the achievements, difficulties, and obstacles, and thereby propose solutions to promote the concentration of agricultural land by some methods namely: empirical study, data analysis, and expert investigation. The concentration of agricultural land is thought to be a useful way to reduce land fragmentation, advance large-scale concentrated agriculture, and enhance land use efficiency in Vietnam, however, it is facing difficulties and obstacles such as capital shortage, limitations of policy and law, and outdated infrastructure. To encourage the concentration of agricultural land, it is required to simultaneously execute solutions as follows: complete policies, and laws to encourage households, individuals, businesses, and cooperatives to concentrate agricultural land; plan out and carry out focused production zones and specialized farming areas; Ensure capital sources to implement the concentration of agricultural land; ensure sufficient human resources to carry out the concentration of agricultural land; complete rural infrastructure.