Credit Growth Associated with Sustainable Agricultural Development Strategy: A Case Study in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Abstract

The Mekong Delta is the country's largest agricultural production region, contributing to ensuring national food security and export. The promotion of agriculture for sustainable development is an urgent task today, approached in many different ways but mainly to change the behavior of producers according to the principle of sustainability by applying many policies, including credit policy. Credit policy support actively economic, social development, and environmental protection, but the relationship between credit growth and the Sustainable Agriculture Development Strategy is still far away and unparallel. This study mainly focuses on credit activities' analysis and their relationship in six provinces in the Mekong Delta (An Giang, Dong Thap, Vinh Long, Hau Giang, Kien Giang, and Ca Mau). Based on the analysis results, the authors propose policy implications to promote credit growth and support agriculture in this region for sustainable development.