Summary of progress to June 2004:
The project outputs can be considered in three categories of capacity development, a variety of documented policy-oriented models, and research publications with a policy focus. The dot points below highlight the major project outputs.
A total of six policy analysis training courses, each of approximately five days, have been held, with four funded within the ACIAR project (135 participants) and two funded by the associated CARD project (52 participants). The training provided new perspectives on quantitative policy analysis, enhanced computer skills, upgraded analytical capacities, provided new teaching materials and encouraged exchange of ideas between staff of the various institutions. Participants came from Hanoi Agricultural University (HAU), various departments within the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development (MARD), and other universities and institutions in northern, central and southern Vietnam.
A substantial amount of the training course material on quantitative policy analysis has been translated into Vietnamese, available as hardcopy and on CD-ROM, and has been widely distributed. Training course material includes a range of documented models suitable for teaching techniques for quantitative policy analysis.
The comprehensive household survey of 400 farm households in four provinces (Ha Tay, Yen Bai, Binh Duong and Can Tho), completed over two successive years 2001 and 2002, has resulted in a large and rich database of land holdings and land use, agricultural production at the household and plot level, labour and credit use, and farm and off-farm income.
Two successful international workshops were held in conjunction with the project. The first was held at the University of Sydney in November 2002, on the topic '€œLand Use in Vietnam: Policy Issues and Research'€. A final project workshop was held in Hanoi in February 2004, on the topic '€œLand Policy and Agricultural Development in Vietnam'€. The workshop was attended by a number of senior policy makers, academics and officials of non-government organisations. Project team members presented papers on a range of topics including land fragmentation, land consolidation, the market for land-use rights, land-use flexibility, farm incomes and farm size, price policies, supportive policies and credit use; and a number of papers were also given by external presenters.
An interview with 10 senior Vietnamese policy makers was conducted in November 2003. The specific aim of this work was to assess the attitudes of policy makers to current and further land policy changes, and their attitudes to the pace of change and the market for land use rights.
Publications from the project at present include 2 refereed journal articles, 2 consultant'€™s reports, 4 project reports to ACIAR, 4 project discussion papers (on the topics of Land Use Flexibility, Land Consolidation and Accumulation, Tax and Credit Policies and Agricultural Land Use, and Input and Output Price Policies), 9 conference papers, and numerous workshop and working papers. Further papers will be submitted for journal publication in the near future. A set of four policy briefs was prepared for distribution at the final project workshop. Topics of the policy briefs were:
- The Value of Agricultural Land and Land-Use Rights in Vietnam,
- Land Fragmentation in North Vietnam,
- Interest Rate Policy Changes, and
- Taxes and Agricultural Land Use.

Summary of progress to June 2004:
The project outputs can be considered in three categories of capacity development, a variety of documented policy-oriented models, and research publications with a policy focus. The dot points below highlight the major project outputs.
A total of six policy analysis training courses, each of approximately five days, have been held, with four funded within the ACIAR project (135 participants) and two funded by the associated CARD project (52 participants). The training provided new perspectives on quantitative policy analysis, enhanced computer skills, upgraded analytical capacities, provided new teaching materials and encouraged exchange of ideas between staff of the various institutions. Participants came from Hanoi Agricultural University (HAU), various departments within the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development (MARD), and other universities and institutions in northern, central and southern Vietnam.
A substantial amount of the training course material on quantitative policy analysis has been translated into Vietnamese, available as hardcopy and on CD-ROM, and has been widely distributed. Training course material includes a range of documented models suitable for teaching techniques for quantitative policy analysis.
The comprehensive household survey of 400 farm households in four provinces (Ha Tay, Yen Bai, Binh Duong and Can Tho), completed over two successive years 2001 and 2002, has resulted in a large and rich database of land holdings and land use, agricultural production at the household and plot level, labour and credit use, and farm and off-farm income.
Two successful international workshops were held in conjunction with the project. The first was held at the University of Sydney in November 2002, on the topic '€œLand Use in Vietnam: Policy Issues and Research'€. A final project workshop was held in Hanoi in February 2004, on the topic '€œLand Policy and Agricultural Development in Vietnam'€. The workshop was attended by a number of senior policy makers, academics and officials of non-government organisations. Project team members presented papers on a range of topics including land fragmentation, land consolidation, the market for land-use rights, land-use flexibility, farm incomes and farm size, price policies, supportive policies and credit use; and a number of papers were also given by external presenters.
An interview with 10 senior Vietnamese policy makers was conducted in November 2003. The specific aim of this work was to assess the attitudes of policy makers to current and further land policy changes, and their attitudes to the pace of change and the market for land use rights.
Publications from the project at present include 2 refereed journal articles, 2 consultant's reports, 4 project reports to ACIAR, 4 project discussion papers (on the topics of Land Use Flexibility, Land Consolidation and Accumulation, Tax and Credit Policies and Agricultural Land Use, and Input and Output Price Policies), 9 conference papers, and numerous workshop and working papers. Further papers will be submitted for journal publication in the near future. A set of four policy briefs was prepared for distribution at the final project workshop. Topics of the policy briefs were:
- The Value of Agricultural Land and Land-Use Rights in Vietnam,
- Land Fragmentation in North Vietnam,
- Interest Rate Policy Changes, and
- Taxes and Agricultural Land Use.

Summary of progress to June 2004:
The project outputs can be considered in three categories of capacity development, a variety of documented policy-oriented models, and research publications with a policy focus. The dot points below highlight the major project outputs.
A total of six policy analysis training courses, each of approximately five days, have been held, with four funded within the ACIAR project (135 participants) and two funded by the associated CARD project (52 participants). The training provided new perspectives on quantitative policy analysis, enhanced computer skills, upgraded analytical capacities, provided new teaching materials and encouraged exchange of ideas between staff of the various institutions. Participants came from Hanoi Agricultural University (HAU), various departments within the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development (MARD), and other universities and institutions in northern, central and southern Vietnam.
A substantial amount of the training course material on quantitative policy analysis has been translated into Vietnamese, available as hardcopy and on CD-ROM, and has been widely distributed. Training course material includes a range of documented models suitable for teaching techniques for quantitative policy analysis.
The comprehensive household survey of 400 farm households in four provinces (Ha Tay, Yen Bai, Binh Duong and Can Tho), completed over two successive years 2001 and 2002, has resulted in a large and rich database of land holdings and land use, agricultural production at the household and plot level, labour and credit use, and farm and off-farm income.
Two successful international workshops were held in conjunction with the project. The first was held at the University of Sydney in November 2002, on the topic '€œLand Use in Vietnam: Policy Issues and Research'€. A final project workshop was held in Hanoi in February 2004, on the topic '€œLand Policy and Agricultural Development in Vietnam'€. The workshop was attended by a number of senior policy makers, academics and officials of non-government organisations. Project team members presented papers on a range of topics including land fragmentation, land consolidation, the market for land-use rights, land-use flexibility, farm incomes and farm size, price policies, supportive policies and credit use; and a number of papers were also given by external presenters.
An interview with 10 senior Vietnamese policy makers was conducted in November 2003. The specific aim of this work was to assess the attitudes of policy makers to current and further land policy changes, and their attitudes to the pace of change and the market for land use rights.
Publications from the project at present include 2 refereed journal articles, 2 consultant's reports, 4 project reports to ACIAR, 4 project discussion papers (on the topics of Land Use Flexibility, Land Consolidation and Accumulation, Tax and Credit Policies and Agricultural Land Use, and Input and Output Price Policies), 9 conference papers, and numerous workshop and working papers. Further papers will be submitted for journal publication in the near future. A set of four policy briefs was prepared for distribution at the final project workshop. Topics of the policy briefs were:
- The Value of Agricultural Land and Land-Use Rights in Vietnam,
- Land Fragmentation in North Vietnam,
- Interest Rate Policy Changes, and
- Taxes and Agricultural Land Use.

Summary of progress to June 2004:
The project outputs can be considered in three categories of capacity development, a variety of documented policy-oriented models, and research publications with a policy focus. The dot points below highlight the major project outputs.
A total of six policy analysis training courses, each of approximately five days, have been held, with four funded within the ACIAR project (135 participants) and two funded by the associated CARD project (52 participants). The training provided new perspectives on quantitative policy analysis, enhanced computer skills, upgraded analytical capacities, provided new teaching materials and encouraged exchange of ideas between staff of the various institutions. Participants came from Hanoi Agricultural University (HAU), various departments within the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development (MARD), and other universities and institutions in northern, central and southern Vietnam.
A substantial amount of the training course material on quantitative policy analysis has been translated into Vietnamese, available as hardcopy and on CD-ROM, and has been widely distributed. Training course material includes a range of documented models suitable for teaching techniques for quantitative policy analysis.
The comprehensive household survey of 400 farm households in four provinces (Ha Tay, Yen Bai, Binh Duong and Can Tho), completed over two successive years 2001 and 2002, has resulted in a large and rich database of land holdings and land use, agricultural production at the household and plot level, labour and credit use, and farm and off-farm income.
Two successful international workshops were held in conjunction with the project. The first was held at the University of Sydney in November 2002, on the topic '€œLand Use in Vietnam: Policy Issues and Research'€. A final project workshop was held in Hanoi in February 2004, on the topic '€œLand Policy and Agricultural Development in Vietnam'€. The workshop was attended by a number of senior policy makers, academics and officials of non-government organisations. Project team members presented papers on a range of topics including land fragmentation, land consolidation, the market for land-use rights, land-use flexibility, farm incomes and farm size, price policies, supportive policies and credit use; and a number of papers were also given by external presenters.
An interview with 10 senior Vietnamese policy makers was conducted in November 2003. The specific aim of this work was to assess the attitudes of policy makers to current and further land policy changes, and their attitudes to the pace of change and the market for land use rights.
Publications from the project at present include 2 refereed journal articles, 2 consultant's reports, 4 project reports to ACIAR, 4 project discussion papers (on the topics of Land Use Flexibility, Land Consolidation and Accumulation, Tax and Credit Policies and Agricultural Land Use, and Input and Output Price Policies), 9 conference papers, and numerous workshop and working papers. Further papers will be submitted for journal publication in the near future. A set of four policy briefs was prepared for distribution at the final project workshop. Topics of the policy briefs were:
- The Value of Agricultural Land and Land-Use Rights in Vietnam,
- Land Fragmentation in North Vietnam,
- Interest Rate Policy Changes, and
- Taxes and Agricultural Land Use.

Summary of progress to June 2004:
The project outputs can be considered in three categories of capacity development, a variety of documented policy-oriented models, and research publications with a policy focus. The dot points below highlight the major project outputs.
A total of six policy analysis training courses, each of approximately five days, have been held, with four funded within the ACIAR project (135 participants) and two funded by the associated CARD project (52 participants). The training provided new perspectives on quantitative policy analysis, enhanced computer skills, upgraded analytical capacities, provided new teaching materials and encouraged exchange of ideas between staff of the various institutions. Participants came from Hanoi Agricultural University (HAU), various departments within the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development (MARD), and other universities and institutions in northern, central and southern Vietnam.
A substantial amount of the training course material on quantitative policy analysis has been translated into Vietnamese, available as hardcopy and on CD-ROM, and has been widely distributed. Training course material includes a range of documented models suitable for teaching techniques for quantitative policy analysis.
The comprehensive household survey of 400 farm households in four provinces (Ha Tay, Yen Bai, Binh Duong and Can Tho), completed over two successive years 2001 and 2002, has resulted in a large and rich database of land holdings and land use, agricultural production at the household and plot level, labour and credit use, and farm and off-farm income.
Two successful international workshops were held in conjunction with the project. The first was held at the University of Sydney in November 2002, on the topic "Land Use in Vietnam: Policy Issues and Research". A final project workshop was held in Hanoi in February 2004, on the topic "Land Policy and Agricultural Development in Vietnam". The workshop was attended by a number of senior policy makers, academics and officials of non-government organisations. Project team members presented papers on a range of topics including land fragmentation, land consolidation, the market for land-use rights, land-use flexibility, farm incomes and farm size, price policies, supportive policies and credit use; and a number of papers were also given by external presenters.
An interview with 10 senior Vietnamese policy makers was conducted in November 2003. The specific aim of this work was to assess the attitudes of policy makers to current and further land policy changes, and their attitudes to the pace of change and the market for land use rights.
Publications from the project at present include 2 refereed journal articles, 2 consultant's reports, 4 project reports to ACIAR, 4 project discussion papers (on the topics of Land Use Flexibility, Land Consolidation and Accumulation, Tax and Credit Policies and Agricultural Land Use, and Input and Output Price Policies), 9 conference papers, and numerous workshop and working papers. Further papers will be submitted for journal publication in the near future. A set of four policy briefs was prepared for distribution at the final project workshop. Topics of the policy briefs were:
- The Value of Agricultural Land and Land-Use Rights in Vietnam,
- Land Fragmentation in North Vietnam,
- Interest Rate Policy Changes, and
- Taxes and Agricultural Land Use.