Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan speaks at the event (Photo: VNA) Thai Binh (VNA) – An international seminar onagricultural economic models and rural residential areas in the northernprovince of Thai Binh to 2030 with a vision to 2045 was held in the province onJanuary 8.
The event, jointly organised by the Ministry of Agricultureand Rural Development (MARD), the Thai Binh People’s Committee and theCommunist Review, aimed to foster the transition of agriculture and ruraleconomic development in the province in an efficient and sustainable manner.
Addressing the seminar, Minister of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment Le Minh Hoan underlined that the transition of the agriculturalsector needs support from other ministries, sectors and localities, as well asorganisations, businesses and individuals at home and abroad.
The MARD will continue working with Thai Binh province inissues introduced at the event, he affirmed.
The province is advised to turn itself into a rice seedling production and supply centre for the northern region in particular and the country at large, andimprove quality of the rice sector to be on par with the global level so thatThai Binh will be a high quality rice production and processing hub.
Speakers at the seminar believed that the province can stepup digital transformation in agriculture, rural restructuring and organicfarming, among others.
As Thai Binh holds huge potential and advantages in the development of agriculture, agro-processing industry and support industries, presentations and ideas at the event help the province devise itsagricultural development orientations in the coming time, Chairman of theprovincial People’s Committee Nguyen Khac Than said./.
