The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) should betterpopularisation work and raise the whole society’s awareness of the needto develop agriculture and rural areas with farmers playing a key role.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong made the request in Hanoion Sept. 15 while working with the MARD leaders on the implementation ofthe 10 th Party Central Committee’s Resolution No. 26 on agriculture,farmers and rural areas.
“In the context of theglobal financial crisis and economic recession, agriculture has affirmedits important role in maintaining the country’s sustainablesocio-economic development,” he said.
He urged forearly completing set programmes and projects, regularly supervising andspeeding up the implementation of effective models, and timely solvingdifficulties, especially in mechanisms and policies, so as to createmomentums for the development of the Vietnamese agriculture.
He emphasised the necessity for raising the role played by farmers,saying this is an issue of strategic significance to build theVietnamese farmer class in the period of speeding up the nationalindustrialisation and modernisation process.
TheParty chief asked the ministry to better land planning work, define theagricultural economic structure properly on the basis of exploiting thepotential and strengths of each locality, and mobilise all socialresources for agricultural development.
Regardingthe building of new-styled rural areas, General Secretary Trongemphasised the need to develop social infrastructure such as schools andclinics, and protect the ecological environment besides buildingtechnical, transport and irrigational infrastructure, ensuring thecomprehensive and sustainable development of the Vietnamese agriculture.
After three years of implementing the resolution,the country’s agricultural production has seen a strong andcomprehensive development with ensured food security and increased foodexports, he noted.
The material and spirituallives of farmers have been continuously improved, Trong said, addingthat building new-styled rural areas has become an ebullient movementthroughout the country.
According to MARD MinisterCao Duc Phat, Vietnam ’s food output is expected to reach over 41million tonnes this year. In the first eight months of this year,agro-forestry-seafood exports fetched 16 billion USD.
Over the past three years, tens of thousands of kilometres of ruralroads have been built and upgraded and 95.4 percent of households havegained access to electricity. The nation’s poverty rate dropped to 9.45percent while the rate in rural areas was only 11.3 percent.
The farm economy has developed rapidly with 135,000 farms nationwide.
Total investment for agricultural and rural development has reachednearly 290 trillion VND, accounting for 52 percent of the country’stotal development investment./.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong made the request in Hanoion Sept. 15 while working with the MARD leaders on the implementation ofthe 10 th Party Central Committee’s Resolution No. 26 on agriculture,farmers and rural areas.
“In the context of theglobal financial crisis and economic recession, agriculture has affirmedits important role in maintaining the country’s sustainablesocio-economic development,” he said.
He urged forearly completing set programmes and projects, regularly supervising andspeeding up the implementation of effective models, and timely solvingdifficulties, especially in mechanisms and policies, so as to createmomentums for the development of the Vietnamese agriculture.
He emphasised the necessity for raising the role played by farmers,saying this is an issue of strategic significance to build theVietnamese farmer class in the period of speeding up the nationalindustrialisation and modernisation process.
TheParty chief asked the ministry to better land planning work, define theagricultural economic structure properly on the basis of exploiting thepotential and strengths of each locality, and mobilise all socialresources for agricultural development.
Regardingthe building of new-styled rural areas, General Secretary Trongemphasised the need to develop social infrastructure such as schools andclinics, and protect the ecological environment besides buildingtechnical, transport and irrigational infrastructure, ensuring thecomprehensive and sustainable development of the Vietnamese agriculture.
After three years of implementing the resolution,the country’s agricultural production has seen a strong andcomprehensive development with ensured food security and increased foodexports, he noted.
The material and spirituallives of farmers have been continuously improved, Trong said, addingthat building new-styled rural areas has become an ebullient movementthroughout the country.
According to MARD MinisterCao Duc Phat, Vietnam ’s food output is expected to reach over 41million tonnes this year. In the first eight months of this year,agro-forestry-seafood exports fetched 16 billion USD.
Over the past three years, tens of thousands of kilometres of ruralroads have been built and upgraded and 95.4 percent of households havegained access to electricity. The nation’s poverty rate dropped to 9.45percent while the rate in rural areas was only 11.3 percent.
The farm economy has developed rapidly with 135,000 farms nationwide.
Total investment for agricultural and rural development has reachednearly 290 trillion VND, accounting for 52 percent of the country’stotal development investment./.
