The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD, Vietnamese: Bộ Nông nghiệp và Phát triển Nông thôn) is a government ministry responsible for rural development and the governance, promotion and nurturing of agriculture and the agriculture industry, in Vietnam.
The purview of the Ministry includes forestry, aquaculture, irrigation and the salt industry; it is also involved in water management and flood control.
[1] The Ministry maintains 63 provincial department offices throughout Vietnam.
The Ministry itself is located in Hanoi.
[2] The Ministry is organised into many work areas:[2]