Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry was earlier established by combination of Ministry of Agriculrure, Ministry of Food and Ministry of Food Industry.
In 1987, with guideline of developing Vietnamese agriculture to go with processing and consuming under a closed process from produce-process-consume, the State Council issued Decree No 782 NQ HDNN 7 in February 16th, 1987 on establishment of Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry based on merging Ministry of Agriculrure, Ministry of Food and Ministry of Food Industry.
In March 5th, 1987 Minister Council issued Decree No 46-HDBT regulating function, task and system organiztion of Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry. Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry is office of Minister Council, which responsible of unifying the State management on agriculture, food and food industry in the whole country followed the Party Legals policy and guideline, ensuring demand of food and foodstuff for people, national defence and material for industry and export agro-products.
