Fifteen localities areon the list of meeting requirements, while none is on the group of showingmodest performance, according to the ranking, which has been released for thethird time so far.
The Mekong Delta provinceof Tra Vinh topped the ranking with 87.5 out of 100 points, followed by CanTho, Hau Giang, Ninh Thuan, Nam Dinh, Ha Nam, Ha Tinh, Son La, Quang Binh, DongNai, Lai Chau, Binh Phuoc and Quang Ninh.
Notably, the MekongDelta city of Can Tho and the central city of Ha Tinh showed giant leaps fromthe bottom of the ranking in 2016 to the top 10 localities with goodperformance.
Meanwhile, Ho Chi MinhCity fell from the top 10 in 2016 to the 25th position with only 75points, the same as Hanoi from the 14th to 19th position.
In the bottom of theranking were Phu Yen, Gia Lai, Bac Kan, Bac Giang and Khanh Hoa.
According to theMARD’s National Agro-Forestry-Fisheries Quality Assurance Department, the 2016ranking motivated many localities to improve their performance in the work.
The MARD’s monitoringsystem also showed improvement in management of the use of banned substances inhusbandry.
In 2017, the number ofqualified agro-forestry-fisheries production and trading facilities was alsomuch higher than that in 2016, according to the ministry.-VNA