This paper was designed to capture the determinants of the agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) level across 60 provinces in Vietnam during the period 1990-2006. The TFP level in Tornqvist form was used to regress on 4 groups of determinants: omitted inputs of agricultural production process
quality of inputs used in agricultural production
technology factors
and output structure. The estimated results showed that: (i) Vietnam's agricultural sector became relatively more capital intensive
(ii) South provinces were more productive, while North Midlands and Central Coast tended to lag further behind
(iii) labour mobility played a very important role in resources accumulation in agriculture in Vietnam, and so in improving TFP
and (iv) agricultural TFP was significantly influenced by land quality, farm size and land fragmentation.