Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on September 28 held a dialogue with more than 300 farmers in the central and Central Highlands regions in Dak Lak province’s Buon Ma Thuot city. (Photo: VNA)
Dak Lak (VNA) – Prime Minister NguyenXuan Phuc on September 28 held a dialogue with more than 300 farmers in thecentral and Central Highlands regions in Dak Lak province’s Buon Ma Thuot city.
During the dialogue, the government leader fieldedquestions raised by farmers in order to complete relevant policies, thuscreating momentum for agriculture and rural areas in the regions to moveforwards.
PM Phuc told the participants that agricultural exportswould reach 42 billion USD this year, turning Vietnam into one of the SoutheastAsian countries that take the lead in agriculture.
The Party and State are always concerned about difficultiesfacing the domestic agricultural sector, farmers and rural areas, he said,stressing the need for more attention to the market, processing industry,production capital and other issues regarding fertilisers and pesticides.
Participants raised questions relating tocoffee production and export, the fight against fake pesticide production,aquaculture, agricultural processing, and preferential credit programmes forfarmers who are facing difficulties, among others.
In reply, PM Phuc ordered maintaining coffeeproduction and improving coffee quality in the Central Highlands as the bean hasbeen considered the country’s major, strategic product.
The leader expressed his hope that local farmers willmake greater efforts to counter the European Commission’s illegal, unreportedand unregulated fishing (IUU) yellow card warning.
He said Vietnam has ample room for agriculturalprocessing, and the State will work harder to call for investors in thissphere.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development NguyenXuan Cuong and Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam Dao Minh Tu alsojoined the Q&A session.
In his closing remarks, PM Phuc reiterated the Partyand State’s viewpoints on strong, comprehensive agriculture and ruraldevelopment, and bringing a happy and wealthy life to farmers.
He highlighted the application of cutting-edgetechnologies and the Fourth Industrial Revolution in agricultural production inorder to raise competitiveness of the sector.
This is the third dialogue between the governmentleader and farmers, following the first in the northern province of Hai Duongin April 2018, and the second in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho inDecember 2019.
Later on September 28, PM Phuc had a working sessionwith representatives of Dak Lak province, during which he urged the locality toput forth a socio-economic development plan for 2021 to improve the economicscale and quality.
He requested relevant ministries and agencies tocomplete the infrastructure system connecting Dak Lak and the country’s majoreconomic regions.
On this occasion, the PM witnessed the hand-over ceremony of100 houses the construction of which is funded by banks to local poor residents./.
