1. Bureau of rural communities and enterprises
- Studying and developing models of civilian institution and communities of producers, processors, traders in production activities, for example cooperative, association, federation, rural enterprises, etc.
- Studying stakeholders in agriculture and rural development, the development process of stakeholders in the specialization and professionalization
- Studying the capacity of supporting and managing activities of the government at all levels
- Training and handing over technology relating to rural institution
2. Bureau of product quality management and commodity development
- Studying and interfering to develop commodities of agricultural products, specialities, geographical indication, designation of origin, handicrafts, and small rural industry in domestic and international market
- Studying regulations and governmental bodies concerning product quality management
- Training, handing over technology, closely connected to problems of commodity and product quality
- Studying and piloting models of quality management organizations for agricultural products, food and handicraft, so on so forth...
- Studying qualitative economy, relation between economy and quality, transaction fee, contracting economy, etc
3. Bureau of sustainable rural development
- Studying and evaluating the development tendency of social- economics, and scientific foundation for agriculture and rural development
- Carrying research on sustainable development for agriculture and rural development in 3 dimensions: economic- society- environment
- Studying models of community environment management organizations and models of general rural development
- Training and handing over technology, closely attaching with economical, social and rural environmental problems
4. Bureau of Service and Rural Production System
- Studying and developing some typical production systems in agriculture and rural area, for instance, role of social- economics in the development of production system, capacity to meet with the market requirements of production systems, organizations and management.
- Economics, society and rural environment
- Studying and developing a number of typical service systems in agriculture and rural development, organizing and managing service system, and the relation between service system and production system…
- Consulting the study of feasibility, creation and implementation of domestic and oversea research and development projects
- Creating methodology and approaches to evaluate project activities, and agricultural and rural development programme
- Training, and handing over technology, together with several production systems and services for agriculture and rural development
5. Research stations
- Organizing and building rural observation stations at provinces all over the country in order to collect information of agriculture and rural area for central and local management organizations.
- Supporting and consulting the development of rural observation stations at province. The Center has successfully built research stations at Hai Duong, Nam Dinh, and Hung Yen provinces.
Now, the construction of rural observation stations at provincial level is on the move, particularly in Hung Yen, Hai Duong and An Giang provinces.