Promoting the role of the people as the main subject in developing agriculture, farmers and rural areas

The conference was chaired by comrades: Nguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Hoang Nghia Hieu - Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. Photo: Lam Tung

After 10 years of implementing Resolution No. 26-NQ/TW of the 7th Conference of the 10th Party Central Committee and more than 7 years of implementing the National Target Program on New Rural Construction, agriculture, farmers and rural areas of Nghe An province have achieved many important and quite comprehensive achievements, exceeding 23/23 basic targets of the Resolution in all 3 areas.

Agriculture develops at a high and stable rate towards commodity production, improving productivity, quality and efficiency. The rural economy shifts towards increasing industry and services; forms of production organization continue to innovate and develop. Socio-economic infrastructure is strengthened; people's lives are constantly improved. The political system is consolidated and strengthened; Political security and social order and safety in rural areas are maintained.

Green algae breeding (Quynh Luu). Photo: Ho Dinh Chien

Restructuring of the agricultural sector has been implemented synchronously and comprehensively in all production sectors. The growth rate of agricultural production value in the period 2008-2018 reached an average of 4.68%/year; the economic structure within the sector has shifted in a positive direction; high-tech agricultural production has become an inevitable development trend.

The income of the majority of rural residents has been constantly increasing, the rate of poor and near-poor households has decreased rapidly, especially in poor districts under Program 30a. By the end of 2017, the whole province had 181/431 communes, 46 villages and hamlets and 3 district-level units meeting the NTM standards.

Comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee requested to put propaganda work first in developing agriculture, rural areas and farmers. Photo: Phu Huong

Speaking at the conference, besides acknowledging the efforts of the entire system in the implementation of Resolution 26-NQ/TW, Comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, stated: There are still problems in the implementation process that need to be focused on overcoming in the coming time. The quality of planning and organization of planning implementation in some localities is not good. The quality, efficiency and competitiveness of many key products are still limited. Although science and technology in agricultural production has developed, it is mainly in large-scale commodity establishments and models; production organization is still inadequate, not meeting the requirements in the integration trend...

In the construction of new rural areas, the construction and implementation of new rural planning in many communes is not good; socio-economic infrastructure in some localities has not met requirements; security and order situation, social evils still have potential complicated developments...

Associate Professor - Doctor Tran Dinh Thien, former Director of the Vietnam Economic Institute, suggested that Nghe An needs to have a strategy to build and promote the province's key agricultural product system. Photo: Lam Tung

The Provincial Party Secretary also stated: The process of implementing Resolution No. 26-NQ/TW must be closely linked to the implementation of the National Target Program on New Rural Development, the restructuring of the agricultural sector and the implementation of the socio-economic development plan of each locality and unit. In addition to the direction of Party committees and authorities at all levels, it is necessary to truly promote the role of the people as the main subject, put propaganda and mobilization work first, make people understand, believe, respond, participate in discussions, give advice, and contribute labor and money to implement the policies of the Party and the State. In particular, increasing people's income is a premise for implementing other targets and goals, so each locality must have proactive ways to develop production to increase people's income.

The Provincial Party Secretary awarded Certificates of Merit to 10 collectives with outstanding achievements. Photo: Phu Huong

The Provincial Party Secretary requested departments and localities to have solutions to promote the potential of large agricultural land areas, attract businesses to invest, especially in the Western region; develop agriculture in the direction of creating large volumes of products to meet export requirements, promote branding for the province's key agricultural products; continue to promote land accumulation, apply scientific and technological advances to improve efficiency, create breakthroughs as well as limit risks in agricultural production; innovate production forms to meet integration requirements.

Individuals receiving Certificates of Merit from the Provincial Party Committee. Photo: Lam Tung

The issuance of policy mechanisms must have a focus and key points, creating motivation for production development and social security; the system of documents must be specific and clear; once the policy mechanisms have been issued, it must ensure the balance of resources and necessary conditions for implementation. Agricultural and rural economic development must be based on market mechanisms, closely linked to socio-cultural development and rural environmental protection.

On this occasion, 10 collectives and 10 individuals received Certificates of Merit from the Provincial Party Committee for their outstanding achievements in implementing Resolution 7 of the 10th Central Committee on agriculture, farmers and rural areas.

Phu Huong