Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh speaks at the event (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Outstanding farmersshould be put in the centre of production models, looking towards large-scaleproduction, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh said at a congress of theVietnam Farmers’ Union (VFU) in Hanoi on September 19.
The Deputy PM asked the VFU to focus resources on building production models, shiftfrom the small household economy model to the form of connectivity andcooperation in chains, and pay more heed to quality and added values instead ofproductivity in order to meet integration requirements and improve farmers’living standards.
Applauding achievements the VFU recorded over the past five years, Binh saidthe union has affirmed its role and position as the centre of farmers’movements and new-style rural area building.
The union has contributed to developing agriculture, building new-style ruralareas, ensuring social welfare, reducing poverty, improving material andspiritual life of its members, promoting socio-economic development, andguaranteeing political security and social order and safety in rural areas.
According to VFU Chairman Lai Xuan Mon, launched in 1989, the “Good farmers inproduction and business” emulation movement has become a momentum of ruralsocio-economic development with the participation of millions of households.
During 2012-2017, the association’s chapters have employed a range of measuresto implement major policies in the farm sector, he said, noting that thanks tosuch efforts, the number of households earning over 1 billion VND (44,000 USD) peryear increased five times as compared with the 2007-2012 period.
Good farming households have created jobs for more than 11 million labourers,he added.
On this occasion, 300 farmers were hournoued for their outstanding performancein production and business.-VNA
The Deputy PM asked the VFU to focus resources on building production models, shiftfrom the small household economy model to the form of connectivity andcooperation in chains, and pay more heed to quality and added values instead ofproductivity in order to meet integration requirements and improve farmers’living standards.
Applauding achievements the VFU recorded over the past five years, Binh saidthe union has affirmed its role and position as the centre of farmers’movements and new-style rural area building.
The union has contributed to developing agriculture, building new-style ruralareas, ensuring social welfare, reducing poverty, improving material andspiritual life of its members, promoting socio-economic development, andguaranteeing political security and social order and safety in rural areas.
According to VFU Chairman Lai Xuan Mon, launched in 1989, the “Good farmers inproduction and business” emulation movement has become a momentum of ruralsocio-economic development with the participation of millions of households.
During 2012-2017, the association’s chapters have employed a range of measuresto implement major policies in the farm sector, he said, noting that thanks tosuch efforts, the number of households earning over 1 billion VND (44,000 USD) peryear increased five times as compared with the 2007-2012 period.
Good farming households have created jobs for more than 11 million labourers,he added.
On this occasion, 300 farmers were hournoued for their outstanding performancein production and business.-VNA
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