This study was designed to investigate the differences in organizational structures and business activities management between agricultural cooperatives in Japan and Vietnam, and to suggest the relevant experience on management of agricultural cooperatives from Japan to Vietnam. The comparative analyzes show that although there were commonalities of agricultural cooperatives of Japan and Vietnam, there existed a number of differences in terms of historical development, legal framework, structural organization, and business activities. There were also differences in types and organization of business activities. The reasons for both the commonalities and differences have been found so diverse, including the distance of economic development level between two countries. As a result, Vietnamese agricultural cooperatives can learn a lot of relevant lessons from Japanese case for better future development.

This research aims to investigate small farm households' coping strategies for the sustainable livelihoods after their agricultural land was converted for the industrial zone establishment in Vietnam. The survey data from forty farm households with different state of agricultural land conversion reveal that those farm households encountered many difficulties in their livelihoods after the loss of land since agricultural land was their key livelihood asset. Various coping strategies were applied by the farm households to overcome the difficulties. Of those, more diversification of income generation activities, reduced animal raising scale, more efficient use of available financial resource, and increased investment for training and education for young members were found to be the major coping strategies of the most farm households.