The agricultural sector is ready to take advantage of the country's entry into a new era.

On the afternoon of December 27, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) held a conference to review the work in 2024 and deploy tasks for 2025.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired the conference at the Hanoi bridge.

Comrades Pham Minh Chinh, Politburo member, Prime Minister; Le Minh Hoan, Party Central Committee member, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development attended and chaired the conference; leaders of central ministries, departments and branches; leaders of centrally run provinces and cities attended the conference. The conference was held online to 63 centrally run provinces and cities.

Delegates attending at Thanh Hoa bridge point.

Attending at Thanh Hoa bridge were comrades: Trinh Tuan Sinh, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Le Duc Giang, Provincial Party Committee member, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; representatives of leaders of relevant sectors of the province.

Comrades: Trinh Tuan Sinh, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Le Duc Giang, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee attended at Thanh Hoa bridge point.

In 2024, the agriculture and rural development sector will implement the plan in conditions of mixed advantages, difficulties and challenges. Among them, there are natural disasters, especially storm No. 3 (Yagi) causing heavy damage... However, with the attention, leadership and close direction of the Central Party, the National Assembly, the Government, especially the Prime Minister, the whole sector has been unified from awareness to action, strongly transforming to agricultural economic thinking, international integration, closely following reality, determination, drasticness, flexibility, efforts, turning the situation around to overcome difficulties and obstacles.

Thanks to that, in 2024, the GDP growth of the whole industry will be about 3.3%, developing comprehensively, achieving and exceeding most of the main targets, the whole country has about 78.7% of communes meeting new rural standards (NTM). The agricultural sector continues to affirm its important position and is the pillar of the economy, firmly ensuring food security, major balances of the economy and contributing to stabilizing the macro economy, controlling inflation and being ready to promote advantages to enter a new era with the country.

Delegates attending at Thanh Hoa bridge point.

Promoting the achieved results, by 2025, the agricultural sector strives for a GDP growth rate of 3.4 - 3.5%; agricultural, forestry and fishery export turnover of 64-65 billion USD; the rate of communes meeting NTM standards of 80%; 325 district-level units meeting standards/completing the task of building NTM; the rate of communes meeting environmental and food safety criteria of 82%; the rate of rural households using clean water according to standards of 60%; the forest cover rate is stable at 42.02%...

Delegates attending at Thanh Hoa bridge point.

Discussing at the conference with the spirit of looking straight at the truth, representatives of ministries, branches and localities analyzed the limitations and shortcomings that need to be focused on overcoming in the coming time, such as: not yet removing the EC's "Yellow Card" for seafood exploitation; violations still occur at a number of food production and business establishments, causing public reaction; the rate of communes meeting NTM standards has not increased since the beginning of the year. The number of agricultural cooperatives has increased slowly, with low efficiency; many cooperatives have not yet played a good role in connecting farmers and businesses; irrigation infrastructure and natural disaster prevention in some places do not have enough capacity to withstand the level, frequency and abnormal developments of natural disasters to protect the safety of production and people's lives...

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh delivered concluding remarks at the conference.

Concluding the conference, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh highly appreciated the agricultural sector for overcoming difficulties, especially in responding to and overcoming the consequences of storm No. 3, quickly stabilizing and restoring production.

To complete the 2025 goals and plans, the Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and localities to continue implementing measures to improve productivity, quality, and efficiency of production and business, focusing on building product brands. Reorganize production according to specialized areas, associated with geographical indications, traceability, and building codes for growing and farming areas. Develop cooperative economy, support linkages along the value chain.

Orientate production plans in line with the market, proactively adapt to climate change; ensure supply to serve domestic and export needs; build a new, effective rural area associated with rural economic development. Promote trade promotion, agricultural diplomacy and open markets, especially markets with great potential, such as: Halal, Middle East, Americas...; support localities to connect and consume agricultural products during the harvest season through retail distribution chains and e-commerce platforms.

Improve the quality and efficiency of irrigation and natural disaster prevention; speed up the implementation, disbursement and improve the efficiency of public investment. Attract investment resources to modernize agricultural infrastructure, including fisheries infrastructure, contributing to the early removal of the "Yellow Card" for fisheries exploitation. Develop science, technology and innovation through removing barriers and bottlenecks in mechanisms and policies, associated with digital transformation in agriculture and rural areas.

Innovate methods and content, improve the effectiveness of communication work, especially communication of agricultural and rural development policies. Arrange and perfect the organizational apparatus when merging and streamlining units to be "efficient, effective, and effective" according to the plan, progress, and requirements of the Central and Government; reform administrative procedures, link "5 houses" in production and business, create a favorable environment for investment and business in agriculture and rural areas.

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