Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh: Building 'ecological agriculture, modern countryside, civilized farmers'

On the morning of December 31, in Hanoi, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a dialogue conference with Vietnamese farmers in 2024 with the theme: "Arousing the aspiration to get rich to develop a prosperous and happy country; confidently entering a new era".

The conference was chaired by the Central Committee of the Vietnam Farmers' Union and organized in a direct and online format with 63 provinces and cities nationwide.

Comrade Nguyen Van De - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired at Nghe An bridge.

More than 3,000 petitions from farmers sent to the Prime Minister

Opening speech, comrade Luong Quoc Doan - Chairman of the Central CommitteeVietnam Farmers' Unionsaid that the Conference of the Prime Minister's dialogue with farmers is an annual activity. This is a forum for the Prime Minister, leaders of ministries, branches, central and local agencies to directly listen to opinions and recommendations of farmers, cooperatives, production and business enterprises in the agricultural sector on existing issues, difficulties, obstacles and shortcomings in the implementation of agricultural, farmer and rural policies.

The 2024 Prime Minister's Dialogue with Farmers conference was organized with many new features. In order to synthesize the opinions of members, farmers, cooperatives and production and business enterprises in the agricultural sector, in addition to traditional channels such as the "Listening to farmers" column, through reports from provincial and municipal associations..., the Central Committee of the Vietnam Farmers' Union previously coordinated with the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment to organize 2 "Listening to farmers speak" forums in October and November to listen directly to the opinions of members, farmers, cooperatives and production and business enterprises in the agricultural sector across the country.

Through various channels, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Farmers' Union has received nearly 3,000 opinions and recommendations, focusing on 6 main groups of issues.

That is, the State needs to have stronger mechanisms and policies to promote and develop the collective economy in agriculture. The Government needs to soon issue synchronous solutions and policies to promote the implementation of the 2024 Land Law. In particular, solutions on land concentration and accumulation are needed to unlock land resources, serve agricultural production, rural development and increase farmers' income.

At the same time, the Government is interested in researching and issuing solutions and policies to soon promote the effectiveness of the pilot program to build 5 concentrated raw material areas, and continue to expand other raw material areas, thereby forming concentrated production areas towards high quality, reducing emissions and protecting the environment.

Along with that, it is necessary to issue strong enough mechanisms and policies to unblock credit flows for agricultural and rural development; support the recovery and restoration of agricultural production due to negative impacts from natural disasters, storms, floods, and climate change; and effectively implement and expand agricultural insurance policies.

There are specific solutions and measures to innovate and improve the quality of vocational training for rural workers to meet the increasingly high demands and requirements for the qualifications and quality of rural workers, adapting to the digital transformation process in agriculture.

ImplementationResolution No. 46 of the Politburoon innovation to improve the quality of the association's activities.

Building "ecological agriculture, modern countryside, civilized farmers"

Speaking at the conference, the Prime Minister said that the dialogue mainly aimed to express gratitude to farmers, cooperatives, and those working in the agricultural and rural sectors who have made important contributions in 2024 to help the whole country basically complete the set goals.

In particular, the agricultural sector has had very impressive achievements, with import and export reaching a record of about 62.5 billion USD, higher than the target of 55 billion USD assigned by the Prime Minister; affirming the position and role of agriculture, farmers and rural areas in the overall development of the country.

Highly appreciated the dialogue taking place in a lively, democratic, responsible and effective atmosphere, addressing many different issues, contributing to resolving a number of difficulties and bottlenecks with a spirit of originating from practice.

The Prime Minister emphasized building "ecological agriculture, modern countryside"Civilized farmers" is a great aspiration that must be realized.

To achieve that goal, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said that currently the Party, State and Government have set 8 key tasks and solutions for the Central Committee of the Vietnam Farmers' Union.

Accordingly, in terms of institutions, mechanisms and policies, according to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, the Party, State and Government are currently actively removing institutional difficulties. From the practical experience in current activities, it is recommended that authorities at all levels and people continue to propose mechanisms and policies to remove difficulties and prioritize development; removing bottlenecks must come from practice. Developing transport infrastructure, education and health infrastructure.

Regarding planning, authorities at all levels must pay attention to developing sectoral planning and land planning to serve agricultural production. Review the Land Law to maximize the effectiveness of land use. Implement regional linkages, diversify products, and diversify markets. Effectively exploit marine space, outer space, and underground space in agricultural development.

Regarding capital and agricultural insurance, the Prime Minister requested to develop preferential credit packages to encourage farmers; encourage people to pay insurance. In addition, it is necessary to develop enterprises to consume agricultural products. Closely link enterprises - rural areas and farmers.

In addition, it is necessary to develop the market for agricultural products; expand export markets. Farmers produce to improve product quality, build product brands that are "clean - beautiful - eye-catching - convenient for users".

State management agencies and scientists join hands in researching and guiding people in building brands and diversifying products. Developing science and technology, innovation, digital transformation, and building databases in agricultural production.

At the same time, build high-quality human resources for agriculture; transform local agricultural human resources "leaving agriculture but not leaving the homeland"; carry out industrialization and agriculturalization. Exploit the power of culture in agricultural development; call for attracting investors in developing agricultural culture, associated with tourism development.

The Prime Minister requested that the grassroots political system must always grasp the thoughts of farmers; actively propagate new mechanisms and policies to farmers; at the same time, propose mechanisms and policies based on reality...

The Prime Minister called for self-reliance, solidarity and unity among the entire peasant class, combining national strength and the strength of the times for development.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh assigned ministries, branches and agencies to absorb opinions, complete and submit specific and suitable products after the Conference for effective and synchronous implementation.