Project on agricultural modernisation proves effective: PM

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc appreciated results of a project on agricultural modernisation at a conference to review the implementation of the project during 2013-2017 on June 20 in Hanoi.
Project on agricultural modernisation proves effective: PM ảnh 1Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (second from left) 

Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc appreciated results of aproject on agricultural modernisation at a conference to review theimplementation of the project during 2013-2017 on June 20 in Hanoi.

He affirmed that the project’s products are advanced andhigh-quality scientific and technological achievements in agriculture which cancompete with alike products of other countries, thus helping save import costs,take initiative in production, processing and preservation, and increase theeconomic efficiency and export value of Vietnamese farm produce.

The project has also contributed to generating more jobs,boosting poverty reduction, ensuring social welfare, reducing environmentalpollution, and consolidating defence in production zones across the nation,especially in mountainous, border, and ethnic-inhabited areas, he stated.

Its outcomes affirm the sound cooperation model between theDefence Ministry and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, headded.

To improve the quality of the project implementation for2018-2020 and following years, the Government leader asked the two ministriesto coordinate with authorised offices to bring into full play forces serving agriculturalmodernisation, particularly in varieties, cultivation tools, and post-harvestmethods and machinery.

They were urged to work with the Ministries of Science andTechnology, and Finance to give consultations to the Government towards theissuance of regulations assessing and putting into use the project’s products,along with mechanisms to attract businesses and localities to use and developthese products.

On this occasion, PM Phuc granted the Feat of Arms Order andLabour Order to several collectives and individuals of the two ministries fortheir outstanding contributions to the project.-VNA
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