Congress of delegates of Nghe An Provincial Gardening Association, term 2024 - 2029
On the morning of June 28, Nghe An Provincial Gardening Association held the 7th Congress of Delegates, term 2024 - 2029.
Attending the congress were comrades: Nguyen Duy Luong - Vice Chairman of Vietnam Gardening Association; Nguyen Van De - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Le Van Ngoc - Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee; representatives of departments, branches, localities and members in the province.
Over the years, the Gardening Association from the province to the grassroots has continuously developed in both quantity and quality. At the beginning of the congress (2018), there were 61,371 members; at the end of the congress (2023), there were 238,421 members, an increase of 177,371 members compared to the beginning of the congress. Currently, 17/21 districts, cities, towns; 298 communes, wards, and towns have organized the Association; 1,077 hamlet, village, and commune branches.
The quality of members is constantly improved. Every year, members are trained in association work and methods of building new rural standard gardens. Members actively apply science and technology to livestock breeding, production, processing and visiting models.
Over the past 5 years, the Gardening Association at all levels has mobilized members and farmers to renovate mixed gardens, build garden economic models, VAC garden economic models in a safer, cleaner, more modern and effective direction, which has become a movement. Currently, there are 700 new rural standard gardens waiting for certification and 323 new rural standard gardens have been certified.
The Association has focused on promoting the development of diverse types of members to develop the economy, in accordance with reality. Up to now, 46 high-tech greenhouse models have been built, producing quality vegetables, tubers, and fruits with clear traceability. There are 1,520 models of raising loach, mud-free eel, frog, soft-shell turtle... in cement tanks and tarpaulin tanks. 640 models of raising bamboo rats, insects, pheasants, rabbits, civets... in closed households, developing well.
Nghe An Gardening Association has connected 72 organizations and businesses, such as project support organizations, banks supporting loans, loan sources and supported sources of 3.3 billion VND; combined with businesses providing gardening services, providing plants, seeds, and consuming agricultural products for members...
However, in recent years, the Association's activities still have certain shortcomings. Natural disasters, epidemics, and the outbreak of Covid-19 have disrupted the supply-demand chain, leading to difficult-to-sell goods, directly affecting the cultivation, livestock and production of members and people. The Association's development has not been uniform. Although the Association is present in 17/21 districts, cities and towns with 238,421 members, 1/3 of the Associations are still weak in operation, and some Associations are even operating at a low level...
Speaking at the congress, comrade Nguyen Van De - Vice Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee congratulated Nghe An Provincial Gardening Association for its many achievements in the past term, despite facing many difficulties and challenges.
During the 2024-2029 term, the Provincial Gardening Association needs to continue to build and strengthen the Association's organization, maintain and develop the gardening profession, create ecological landscapes, urban and new rural environments, promote VAC economic development, implement the goal of sustainable poverty reduction, and actively contribute to the project "Restructuring the agricultural sector" and the program "Building new rural areas" in the province.
Comrade Nguyen Duy Luong - Vice President of the Vietnam Gardening Association emphasized that Nghe An Provincial Gardening Association is one of the units with the strongest organizational development in the country. He hopes that in the coming time, the unit will continue to promote the tradition of hard work, creativity, overcome all difficulties, exploit all resources well, raise patriotic emulation movements, movements of good VAC economy, strive to successfully implement the goals and resolutions of the Provincial Gardening Association Congress for the term 2024 - 2029.
At the congress, delegates elected the Executive Committee of Nghe An Provincial Gardening Association for the 2024-2029 term, consisting of 23 comrades.
On this occasion, 2 collectives and 7 individuals with outstanding achievements in association activities received Certificates of Merit from the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; 1 collective and 8 individuals received Certificates of Merit from the Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province; 4 collectives and 1 individual received Certificates of Merit from the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations; 5 individuals received Certificates of Merit from the Nghe An Union of Science and Technology Associations.