Forum to promote production linkage and salt market development
(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of December 28, in Quynh Luu district, the Department of Economic Cooperation and Rural Development coordinated with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Nghe An province and the People's Committee of Quynh Luu district to organize a forum to promote production linkages to increase value, promote trade and develop the market for Vietnamese salt products.
Attending the forum were comrade Le Duc Thinh - Director of the Department of Economic Cooperation and Rural Development; representatives of a number of agencies and units under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development; leaders of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Nghe An province, Quynh Luu district and representatives of salt farmers, salt production cooperatives and salt processing and trading enterprises in the district.
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| Comrade Le Duc Thinh - Director of the Department of Economic Cooperation and Rural Development delivered the opening speech at the forum. Photo: Viet Hung |
Quynh Luu has 600 hectares of salt production area in 9 communes and Vinh Ngoc salt production enterprise with more than 4,000 participating households; the annual salt output of the whole district reaches about 50,000 tons with a value of 150 billion VND.
At the conference, delegates listened to reports on the assessment of the current status of salt production, processing and trading, the potential for developing salt products in localities; shared experiences in developing the salt industry; consulted with managers, experts, businesses and cooperatives on solutions and called for investors to develop the salt industry.
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| Comrade Ho Phi Trieu - Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Nghe An province spoke at the forum. Photo: Viet Hung |
At the forum, the signing ceremony of the cooperation program between the Department of Economic Cooperation and Rural Development and the People's Committee of Quynh Luu district took place with 6 contents including: Developing cooperative economy in the agricultural sector; Vocational training for rural workers; Preserving and developing craft villages; Applying digital technology to rural industries associated with tourism; Organizing local salt associations; Reducing poverty, social security and no more hunger.
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Delegates attending the conference. Photo: Viet Hung |
In his concluding remarks at the forum, Mr. Le Duc Thinh - Director of the Department of Economic Cooperation and Rural Development emphasized: In order for the salt industry to develop and return to its true value, all levels, sectors and experts need to continue researching solutions to resolve bottlenecks and difficulties in the salt industry. At the same time, strengthen propaganda work, organize seminars to exchange and share experiences, train and coach salt farmers, cooperatives and cooperatives to understand the value, change production awareness associated with linkages and consumption markets to improve production methods, enhance the quality and value of salt.
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| Signing ceremony of the cooperation program between the Department of Economic Cooperation and Rural Development and the People's Committee of Quynh Luu district. Photo: Viet Hung |
Besides, it is necessary to build many models, guide production processes, and make scientific and technical advances in salt production to increase output, value and economic efficiency, thereby attracting human resources to develop the salt industry sustainably./.
