Title of document: Income Distribution in Vietnam’s Rice Value Chain

Authors: Tran Cong Thang

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Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: IPSARD

Year of publication: 2017

Geographic focus: Vietnam

Main issues / topics addressed (for example: Introduction; Distribution of profits in the domestic rice value chain; Distribution of profits in the value chain of rice export ; Conclusion…)

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Summary:

The main actors in the Vietnamese rice value chain are farmers (paddy growers), traders, processors (drying, milling, polishing), and food trading and export enterprises. Of these, many export enterprises have owned milling and polishing systems to meet the conditions of rice export in accordance with Decree 109/2010/ND-CP. In this case, the export enterprises have also played the role of processors as well as exporters in the value chain