Acknowledgement

Definitions

Abbreviations

Executive summary

Part 1. Global Economy and Agriculture 2007

Global Economy 2007
• Growth

• Investment

• Trade

• Inflation

Global Agriculture 2007
• Production

• Consumption

• Trade

• Price

Part 2. Economy and Agriculture in selected countries

• United State of America

• China

• Thailand

Part 3: Vietnam’s Economy and Agriculture 2007

Vietnam’s Economy 2007

• Plan and forecast

• Growth

• Structure

• Investment

• Domestic trade

• International trade

• Inflation

• Macroeconomic policy

Vietnam’s Agriculture 2007

• Plan and forecast

• Growth

• Structural change

• Investment

• Production

• Domestic trade

• International trade

• Commodities:

o Rice

o Coffee

o Rubber

o Cashew nut

o Pepper

o Tea o Fruits and vegetables

o Sugar

o Livestock

o Wood and forestry products

o Fishery

Part 4: Key issues for Vietnam’s Agriculture and Rural Development in 2007

• Joining WTO and issues of Vietnam’s agricultural sector

• Institutional changes in agricultural administrative system

• Agricultural GDP growth decreases

• Price changes and agricultural production

• Fees and charges in rural areas

• Small and Medium enterprises development in rural areas

• Biofuels and agricultural development in Vietnam and the world

• Natural disasters and epidemics

• Information and Statistics in support of the policy-making

Part 5: Vietnam’s Agriculture: prospects in 2008

• Fundamentals

• Agriculture’s prospects

• Commodity prospects

Part 6. Somas main agricultural enterprises

Enterprises reliable exporter

Enterprises for food processing and trading

Enterprises for cattle-feed processing

Part 7: Appendix

Index 1. The world Economy and Agriculture

1.1. The world economy

1.1. 1. Growth rates of real GDP (%)

1.1. 2. Inflation (%)

1.1. 3. World trade (%)

1.2 Asia’s and Southeast Asia’s Economy

1.2. 1. Growth rate of GDP (% per year)

1.2. 2. Growth rate of value added in agriculture (% per year)

1.2. 3. Growth rate of value added in industry (% per year)

1.2. 4. Growth rate of value added in services (% per year)

1.2. 5. Gross domestic investment (% of GDP)

1.2. 6. Inflation (% per year)

1.2. 7. Growth rate of merchandise exports (% per year)

1.2. 8. Growth rate of merchandise imports (% per year)

1.2. 9. Trade balance (US$ million)

1.2. 10. Current account balance (US$ million)

1.2. 11. Current account balance (% of GDP)

1.2. 12. Gross international reserves (US$ million)

1.3 The world agriculture

1.3. 1. Cereal statistics (mill. tones)

1.3. 2. Wheat statistics (mill. tones)

1.3. 3. Coarse grain statistics (mill. tones)

1.3. 4. Maize statistics (mill. tones)

1.3. 5. Rice statistics (mill. tones, milled basic)

1.3. 6. Cereal supply and utilization in main exporting countries (million tones)

1.3. 7. Total oil crops statistics (million tones)

1.3. 8. Total oils and fats statistics (million tones)

1.3. 9. Total meals and cakes statistics1 (million tones)

1.3. 10. Bovine meat statistics (thousand tones, carcass weight equivalent)

1.3. 11. Ovine meat statistics (thousand tones, carcass weight equivalent)

1.3. 12. Pigment statistics (thousand tones, carcass weight equivalent)

1.3. 13. Poultry meat statistics (thousand tones, carcass weight equivalent)

1.3. 14. Total meat statistics1 (thousand tones, carcass weight equivalent)

1.3. 15. Milk and milk products statistics (million tones, milk equivalent)

1.3. 16. Sugar statistics (million tones, raw value)

1.3. 17. World price of some commodities

1.3. 18. Fish and fishery products statistics

1.3. 19. Ethanol trade

1.3. 20. U.S. Befouls Production and Consumption

1.3. 21. Brazilian Befouls Production and Consumption

1.3. 22. Chinese Befouls Production and Consumption

1.3. 23. European Union-25 Befouls Production and Consumption

1.3. 24. Indian Befouls Production and Consumption

Index 2. Vietnam’s Economy and Agriculture

2. 1. Gross domestic product at current prices by ownership (bill. VND)

2. 2. Gross domestic product at constant 1994 prices by ownership (bill. VND)

2. 3. Gross domestic product at current prices by economic sector (bill. VND)

2. 4. Gross domestic product at constant 1994 prices by economic sector (bill. VND)

2. 5. Investment at current prices by ownership (bill. VND)

2. 6. Investment at constant 1994 prices by ownership (bill. VND)

2. 7. Investment at current prices by economic sector (bill. VND)

2. 8. Investment at constant 1994 prices by economic sector (bill. VND)

2. 9. State investment at current prices by kind of economic activity (bill. VND)

2. 10. State investment at constant 1994 prices by kind of economic activity (bill. VND)

2. 11. Foreign direct investment

2. 12. Consumer price index, gold and USD price indexes (compared with December of previous year)

2. 13. Consumer price index, gold and USD price indexes in 2007 (previous month = 100)

2. 14. Consumer price index, gold and USD price indexes in 2007 (copared with the same time of 2006)

2. 15. Retail sales of goods and services at current prices (bill. VND)

2. 16. Exports and Imports of goods (mill. USD)

2. 17. Exports of goods bay SITC (mill. USD)

2. 18. Exports of goods by country group

2. 19. Imports by SITC

2. 20. Imports of goods by group country

2. 21. Output value of agriculture at current prices (bill. VND)

2. 22. Output value of agriculture at constant 1994 prices (bill. VND)

2. 23. Livestock population

2. 24. Main products of livestock

2. 25. Forestry

2. 26. Salt production

2. 27. Aquaculture

2. 28. Major Commodities

2. 29. Export of some main agricutural products (thousd. tons/mill. USD)

2. 30. Import of some main agricutural products (thousd. tons/mill. USD)

2. 31. Export of rice by market (thousd.tons/mill. USD)

2. 32. Export of rubber by market (thousd.tons/mill. USD)

2. 33. Export of coffee by market (thousd.tons/mill. USD)

2. 34. Export of shelled cashew nut by market (thousd.tons/mill. USD)

2. 35. Export of pepper by market (thousd.tons/mill. USD)

2. 36. Export of tea by market (thousd.tons/mill. USD)

2. 37. Export of fruits and vegetables by market (thousd.tons/mill. USD)

2. 38. Export of ground nut by market (thousd.tons/mill. USD)

2. 39. Export of wood and wooden products by market (thousd.tons/mill. USD)

2. 40. Export of products of rattan, bamboo and sedge by market (thousd.tons/mill. USD)

2. 41. Average population by sex and by residence (thousd. people)

2. 42. Total fertility rate characterized by age of the whole country, urban and rural areas.

2. 43. Population (thousand people) by April 1st 2006 by region, sex and resident location

2. 44. Urban and rural population and the ratio urban – rural population by region (%)

2. 45. Size of medium households by region

2. 46. Population of age groups doing economic activities by sex and resident location (%)

2. 47. Population working of age groups by sex and resident location (%)

2. 48. Proportion of working time used by workers of working age in rural area by region (%)

2. 49. Population 10 years old upwards knowing how to read and write by region and resident location (%).

2. 50. Number of population attending popular classes by grade, region and resident location (%)

2. 51. Structure of rural household economy by region

2. 52. Structure of rural household economy by region (%)

2. 53. Structure of agro, forestry and fishery by region

2. 54. Structure of agro, forestry and fishery enterprises by region

2. 55. Some primary criteria of agro, forestry and fishery enterprise

2. 56. Structure of farm by form of production

2. 57. Structure of farm by region

2. 58. Some primary criteria of farms

2. 59. Structure of co-operatives by area of operation

2. 60. Some primary criteria of co-operatives

2. 61. Average income per capita per month at current price (1000 VND)

2. 62. Average life expenditures per capita per month at current price (1000 VND)

2. 63. Average accumulated capital per rural household (1000 VND)

2. 64. Average accumulated capital per agricultural household in rural areas (1000 VND)

2. 65. Rate of poor households by urban – rural area and by region (%)

2. 66. Rural infrastructure

Index 3. Map of Vietnam Agriculture

Index 4. Economy and Agriculture of selected countries

Index 5. List of legal policies promulgated on Agriculture in 2007

Index 6. Useful Agriculture Addresses and Websites

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