Scene of the working session between Member of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of VNFU Luong Quoc Doan, the VNFU delegation and Permanent member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee Roberto Morales Ojeda.

Speaking at the working session with the Permanent member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee, Member of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of VNFU Luong Quoc Doan respectfully send the appreciation to the Cuban comrades for their warm, friendly and respectful welcome during the delegation's working time in Cuba.

 
Scene of the working session between Member of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of VNFU Luong Quoc Doan, the VNFU delegation and Permanent member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee Roberto Morales Ojeda.

 
Under the framework of the working visit to Cuba, led by Member of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of VNFU Luong Quoc Doan, on the afternoon of June 12, 2024 (local time), at the headquarters of the Central Office of the Communist Party of Cuba, the VNFU delegation paid a courtesy visit to Permanent member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee Roberto Morales Ojeda.

 
Also attending were Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Head of the Central Committee of the Agricultural and Food Affairs Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba José Ramón Monteagudo Ruíz; Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, President of the Cuban Small Farmers' Association (ANAP) Félix Duarte Ortega; Ambassador of Vietnam to Cuba Le Quang Long.

 
the VNFU delegation and Permanent member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee Roberto Morales Ojeda warmly welcomed Member of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of VNFU Luong Quoc Doan and the VNFU delegation who were visiting Cuba and conveyed the greetings of the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Miguel Díaz - Canel to the VNFU delegation. Roberto Morales Ojeda highly appreciated the recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between ANAP and VNFU in order to exchange experiences, help and support each other in the Farmers’ Union work, food production, agricultural extension and agriculture, farmer and rural development as well. The activity is very meaningful and practical, contributing to develop the good traditional relationship between the two brotherly nations of Cuba and Vietnam.

 
Together with the Party and the Government, ANAP has been paying special attention to promoting agricultural production to meet the needs of the people and the economy. The 13th Congress of ANAP is an opportunity for the Association to continue to propose policies and solutions to strengthen agricultural production capacity and solve difficulties in food production.
 

Member of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of VNFU Luong Quoc Doan respectfully thanked the Cuban comrades for their warm, friendly and respectful reception during the delegation's working time in Cuba.

 
Through the exchange with ANAP, the VNFU delegation learned that the Cuban Party and State have paid special attention to Cuban agriculture and farmers. The information and experiences the delegation learned during the working trip are very useful to apply in the implementation of VNFU activities.

 
Member of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of VNFU Luong Quoc Doan shared that the Communist Party of Vietnam is well aware of the important role and position of developing agriculture, farmers and rural areas in the cause of innovation, construction and protection of the country. The 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam determined to continue restructuring the agricultural sector, developing the rural economy in association with building new rural areas.

Resolution No. 19-NQ/TW, dated June 16, 2022, of the Fifth Conference of the Central Committee of the Party, 13th tenure on "Agriculture, farmers and rural areas to 2030, vision toward 2045” continues to affirm the role of agriculture, farmers and rural areas in the renovation, construction and defense of the Fatherland. Industrialization and modernization of agriculture and rural areas are identified as one of the most important tasks during the process of national industrialization and modernization. The Resolution affirmed: "Farmers are the subject and the center of the process of developing agriculture, rural economy and building new rural areas", "Agriculture is a national advantage, a pillar of the economy", "Building modern, prosperous, happy, democratic and civilized rural areas". In recent times, VNFU has promoted its role as an organization representing the legitimate, legal rights and interests of farmers, taking care of the material and spiritual life of Vietnamese farmers. VNFU has actively participated in proposing policies and guidelines to the Party and State related to agriculture, farmers, rural areas and mobilizing farmers to implement them.

In December 2023, the Politburo issued Resolution No. 46-NQ/TW dated December 20, 2023 on innovation and improving the quality of activities of the Vietnam Farmers' Union to meet the requirements of revolutionary tasks in the new period. One of the seven tasks and solutions proposed by the Resolution is "Proactively integrating, expanding international cooperation, promoting people's diplomacy".
The implementation of people's diplomacy activities with ANAP, most recently, the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between the two organizations, has been one of the success.