Building Bac Ninh province to soon become a class I urban area, a centrally-run city

On September 12, the Bac Ninh Provincial Farmers' Association held a press conference to inform about the 10th Congress of the Bac Ninh Provincial Farmers' Association, term 2023 - 2028. Ms. Nguyen Thi Le Tuyet, Chairwoman of the Provincial Farmers' Association chaired the press conference.

Xây dựng tỉnh Bắc Ninh sớm trở thành đô thị loại I, thành phố trực thuộc Trung ương

Chairwoman of the Bac Ninh Farmers' Association Nguyen Thi Le Tuyet chaired the press conference. (Photo: PV Group)

At the Conference, Mr. Nguyen Cong Thao, Vice Chairman of the Provincial Farmers' Association presented a report on the contents of the documents of the Congress. The report stated: In the 2018 - 2023 term, farmers' associations at all levels organized nearly 7,000 propaganda sessions for more than 715,000 members and farmers; admitted nearly 11,000 new members, bringing the total number of current members to more than 174,000 members; established 46 professional farmers' associations with 1,518 members, 460 professional farmers' associations with 3,000 members; directly organized and coordinated the organization of 702 training courses, fostering professional skills of association work for 57,000 association officials at all levels from the province to the grassroots.

In the whole province, there are currently more than 465,000 farmer households registered to strive to achieve the title of good farmer households in production and business at all levels. Through evaluation, there have been 399,753 member households achieving the title of good farmer households in production and business.

Officials and farmers' union members across the province donated funds to build 13 Farmer's Houses (worth 60 - 65 million VND/house) and presented 81 breeding cows. (worth 15 - 20 million VND/tree) for poor farmer members in difficult circumstances; mobilize members and farmers to take on planting and caring for over 245,000 trees - the project "Farmer's Tree Row".

Propaganda and mobilization work for members and farmers to participate in health insurance and social insurance has been focused; through the agents of the farmers' association, attracting more than 162,000 people to participate in household health insurance and 1,360 people to participate in voluntary social insurance. Up to now, the total capital source of the Farmers' Support Fund in the province has reached 114,386 billion VND (the Central Government has entrusted the Provincial Farmers' Support Fund with 16.6 billion VND; the Provincial People's Committee has provided 83.2 billion VND; the source managed by the district level is 14,586 billion VND).

The Provincial Vocational Training and Farmer Support Center directly opened 40 vocational training classes for 1,376 members and farmers. After training, more than 80% of students were introduced to jobs and had stable jobs; coordinated in recruiting master's training resources; advised and introduced 10,550 members and farmers about labor export and studying abroad . Farmers' Associations at all levels coordinated with vocational training units in the province to organize 175 vocational training classes for 5,553 members and farmers.

Farmers' Associations at all levels have promoted service activities, consulting and supporting farmers in developing production and business; directly supplied more than 9,000 tons of fertilizers and biological products on a deferred payment basis; organized 2,525 training sessions to transfer scientific and technological advances in cultivation, animal husbandry and aquaculture to 207,666 farmer members; organized 3 safe agricultural product markets and participated in displaying and promoting agricultural products at 19 fairs and exhibitions inside and outside the province.

Panorama of the press conference. (Photo: PV Team)

In general direction, in the coming time, the Provincial Farmers' Association will continue to promote the strength of solidarity, dynamism, creativity, build the peasant class as the main subject in the process of agricultural and rural development; build a Farmers' Association that is strong in politics , organization and action, worthy of being the center and core in farmers' movements and the new rural construction; proactively integrate internationally; effectively participate in the work of building a strong Party, government and the great national unity bloc.

Promote the implementation of major emulation movements of the Association, actively mobilize and create conditions for farmers to compete in labor production, unite to help each other get rich and sustainably reduce poverty, build new rural areas, participate in performing national defense and security tasks, contribute to the successful implementation of the province's socio-economic goals, build Bac Ninh province to become a province with an important position in the overall economic development of the Red River Delta region and soon become a class I urban area, a centrally-run city.

The 10th Congress of the Farmers' Association of Bac Ninh province, term 2023 - 2028 will take place on September 22 - 23, 2023.

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