Instructions No. 27/1999/CT-TTg on a number of measures to step up the implementation of the sugarcane and sugar program. Country/Territory Viet Nam Document type Miscellaneous Date 1999 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Công Báo No. 40, 31 October, 1999, pp. 20-22. Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Agricultural development Plant production Crops/grasses Policy/planning Special fund Geographical area Asia, East Asian Seas, South-Eastern Asia Abstract These Instructions have the purpose of reinforcing efforts to promote the sugarcane and sugar industry of Vietnam four years after introduction of the sugarcane and sugar program was introduced. Costs of production are high, there is a shortage of raw materials which is the reason of the not maximised use of the capacity of mills, etc. The instructions deal with expansion of raw material production, capital investment, development of infrastructure, consumption of products, and restructuring of mills. Full text English