Ensuring food security will contribute actively to socio-political stability in each country and the world as a whole, said Vietnam ’s top government leader.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung emphasised the importance of rice in food security while addressing the third International Rice Conference in Hanoi on Nov.9.
“Rice is feeding over half of the world’s population. The staple is even more important to Asian countries, which are the world’s major rice producers and also consumers and are home to 60 percent of the people living in short of food,” PM Dung said.
He pointed out that ensuring food security remains a global challenge and it will face with numerous difficulties and challenges in years ahead.
To fulfill the target of halving the number of poor people worldwide by 2015, which is one of the eight Millennium Development Goals set by all nations 10 years ago, will require not only national efforts but also enthusiastic support by developed countries and international organisations and coordinated actions in the region and the world as a whole, PM Dung noted.
Highlighting the conference’s theme of “Rice for the future”, the PM said he hoped the event will provide a valuable opportunity for more than 1,000 participating scientists, managers and businesspeople to share information and experience, boost their cooperation, as well as seek solutions to further improve rice production and trade.
PM Dung told the participants that Vietnam has over the past 22 years exported a total of 75 million tonnes of rice worth 23 billion USD and has become the world’s second rice exporter.
“The Vietnamese Government has defined that food security in the long term and in all circumstances is one of the important contents in the country’s socio-economic development cause,” he said, noting that the government is working hard to fix shortcomings and weaknesses in rice production and trading.
He affirmed, “ Vietnam is willing to cooperate and share its experiences in rice production and trade with the international community and will make active contributions to ensuring food security in the globe”.
More than 300 reports and presentations will be delivered at the conference, dealing with policies relating to food security as well as cutting-edge scientific and technological advances to boost rice production.
At the event, PM Dung presented the Friendship Order to the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in recognition of its valuable assistance to Vietnam ’s rice farming over the past time./.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung emphasised the importance of rice in food security while addressing the third International Rice Conference in Hanoi on Nov.9.
“Rice is feeding over half of the world’s population. The staple is even more important to Asian countries, which are the world’s major rice producers and also consumers and are home to 60 percent of the people living in short of food,” PM Dung said.
He pointed out that ensuring food security remains a global challenge and it will face with numerous difficulties and challenges in years ahead.
To fulfill the target of halving the number of poor people worldwide by 2015, which is one of the eight Millennium Development Goals set by all nations 10 years ago, will require not only national efforts but also enthusiastic support by developed countries and international organisations and coordinated actions in the region and the world as a whole, PM Dung noted.
Highlighting the conference’s theme of “Rice for the future”, the PM said he hoped the event will provide a valuable opportunity for more than 1,000 participating scientists, managers and businesspeople to share information and experience, boost their cooperation, as well as seek solutions to further improve rice production and trade.
PM Dung told the participants that Vietnam has over the past 22 years exported a total of 75 million tonnes of rice worth 23 billion USD and has become the world’s second rice exporter.
“The Vietnamese Government has defined that food security in the long term and in all circumstances is one of the important contents in the country’s socio-economic development cause,” he said, noting that the government is working hard to fix shortcomings and weaknesses in rice production and trading.
He affirmed, “ Vietnam is willing to cooperate and share its experiences in rice production and trade with the international community and will make active contributions to ensuring food security in the globe”.
More than 300 reports and presentations will be delivered at the conference, dealing with policies relating to food security as well as cutting-edge scientific and technological advances to boost rice production.
At the event, PM Dung presented the Friendship Order to the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in recognition of its valuable assistance to Vietnam ’s rice farming over the past time./.
