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The leader made the request at the opening ceremony of the
union’s seventh congress in Hanoi, which drew 999 delegates representing more
than 10 million farmers nationwide.
He said that over the past 88 years since its founding, the VFU
has grown strongly and made great contributions to the country’s revolution.
In the previous tenure, the union made a number of steps to
reform its operation methods to maintain its central role in famers’
movements and the building of new-style rural areas, he added.
The leader also pointed to a number of shortcomings by the
union, including the slow innovation in its operation process as well as
industrialisation and modernisation of agriculture and rural areas.
He stressed that the Party and State have defined agriculture,
farmers and rural areas as strategic factors in the national
industrialisation, modernisation, construction and defence, as well as an
important force for socio-economic development and environmental protection.
Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong speaks at
the session. (Photo: NDO/Dang Khoa)
In order to meet requirements in the new period and maintain
sustainable development, it is necessary for the union to continue reforming
its operation and fostering solidarity among formers, turning them into a
great revolutionary, economic, political and social force of the Party and
State, the leader stated.
He also asked Party organisations, local administrations, the
Vietnam Fatherland Front and political-social organisations to create
favourable conditions for the union to operate effectively.
According to a report at the congress, in the 2013-2018 period,
the union held 130,000 agro-forestry-fishery training courses for more than
15 million officials and farmers, while building and transferring over 14,000
models of technology application to agro-forestry-fishery production to
farmers.
The union has held more than 410,000 technology training courses
for nearly 25 million members, along with 62,000 production models involving
nearly 6.32 million farmers.
In the next tenure, the union aims to have at least 60% of
members accessing the Internet, and 100% of union’s officials receiving
training on new agricultural knowledge and communication skills.
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Source: NDO
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