Retail of agricultural products in urban areas of Vietnam
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RETAIL OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS IN URBAN AREAS OF VIETNAM
By Nguyen Ha Hue, NIAPP
1. INTRODUCTION
Administratively, Vietnam consists of 61 provinces and cities and it is divided into seven (7) agro-ecological zones. The total population of Vietnam is recorded at 76,324,753 persons (by 1 April 1999), with about 23.5% (17,916,983) of the people living in urban areas.
Agriculture remains an important sector, accounting for some 34% of output and 70% of employed labor force. Vietnam's export revenues from agricultural-forestry products have continued to increase with key exports of rice, coffee, rubber, pork, tea, vegetables and fruits.
2. PRESENT SITUATION OF AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION
Vietnam is in a transition from the centrally planned economy into market economy. In general, market system in Vietnam is not well developed.
Marketing channels of some main agricultural products are as follows:
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