Attending the Conference, were Mr. Tran Tuan Anh, Politburo member, Chairman of the Central Economic Commission; members of the Party Central Committee; Mr. Le Van Thanh, Deputy Prime Minister; Mr. Lai Xuan Mon, Standing Deputy Chairman of the Central Propaganda Department; Mr. Luong Quoc Doan, Chairman of VNFU…

 
On behalf of the Party and State leaders, Comrade Tran Tuan Anh welcomed and praised the results of VNFU, the Vietnamese peasant class and 300 outstanding typical farmers representing millions of farming households with good production and business at all levels nationwide in the past 5 years.


Speaking at the conference, Mr. Tran Tuan Anh affirmed: In recent years, under the leadership of the Party and State, many measures to stabilize the macro-economy and encouraging policies and investment support  for agricultural production development, new rural construction... was issued and organized to implement drastically and effectively, "The emulation movement of farmers with good production and business, unite to help each other in sustainable poverty reduction" achieved many good results, creating motivation to encourage farmers to enthusiastically emulate productive labor and get rich; actively restructure crops and livestock, exploit local potentials and strengths; boldly invest, apply new techniques and technologies in production, create value of goods and high profits.
 As a major movement of VNFU, the FUs at all levels have taken many measures to direct, propagate, mobilize and support members and farmers to implement major policies in agriculture and rural areas. At the same time, organizing many activities as transferring advanced technology, organizing vocational trainings, building demonstration models; unsecured lending for farmers, purchase of agricultural materials and machinery, and product consumption; guiding the development of collective economic forms; coordinating with ministries and branches in implementing programs and projects on economic, cultural and social development in rural areas.


Comrade Tran Tuan Anh suggested that, in the coming period, VNFU should well continue propagating and mobilizing farmers to well implement the guidelines of the Party, policies and laws of the Nation; promote their roles and responsibilities in supporting, advising and helping good farming and business households to maintain and develop; continue focusing on directing the emulation movement of farmers with good production and business, uniting to help each other get rich and reduce poverty sustainably so that the movement can promote its effectiveness more and more widely, contribute to improvement of people's living standards.

The relevant ministries and branches according to their assigned functions and tasks, coordinate with VNFU in effectively implementing the National Target Programs; The project on restructuring the agricultural industry towards linking value chains in order to increase added value and sustainable development…
 
 
Giving the opening speech at the conference, Chairman of VNFU Luong Quoc Doan emphasized that, after 33 years of implementation, since 1989, the Emulation Movement of farmers with good production and business, uniting to help each other get rich and reduce poverty sustainably is growing strongly, with far-reaching effects in all fields.

In the 2017-2022 period, despite many difficulties and challenges, VNFU and FUs at all levels has been sharp, creative and actively innovated the content and operation methods in directing, guiding and implementing the Movement.


The emulation movement of farmers with good production and business, uniting to help each other get rich and reduce poverty sustainably has become an important motivation to exploit the potential and strengths of farmers, rural areas and of each locality; promote internal resources and intelligence of each farmer household; contribute strongly to the transformation of economic structure, labor structure and occupation structure in rural areas; strongly promote the development of models: high-tech agricultural production, organic, smart agriculture, and circular agriculture models; the diversified and effective association and cooperation models in production and consumption of agricultural products, new and effective forms of cooperation and cooperatives; attracting more and more young intellectuals to return to work in agriculture. The income and living standards of rural people are increasingly improved.
 The results of the Movement have strengthened the trust and attachment between members, farmers with VNFU, promoted the renewal of farmer gathering methods, improved efficiency of working activities and organization quality FUs at all levels.


According to statistics, the annual number of members and farmers who register for the title of farmer with good production and business at all levels reaches 6.21 million households, accounting for 53.4% ​​of the total number of farmer households nationwide.
 
The total annual number of farming households recognized as good production and business households at all levels in the period 2017 - 2022 is 3.61 million households, accounting for 58.1% of the registered households. 
The movement continued to develop and spread in many fields: cultivation, animal husbandry, fisheries, handicrafts, and services, becoming the focus of economic and social life in rural areas.


Compared to the period 2012-2017, the number of farming households with an income of more than 500 million VND/year has tripled, and the number of households earning more than 1 billion VND/year has doubled.
 

At the Conference, Mr. Tran Tuan Anh awarded the Third-class Labor Medal to 10 farmers with outstanding achievements in labor, production and business, contributing to the construction and defense of the country; Mr. Le Van Thanh presented Certificates of Merit from the Prime Minister to 27 individuals with outstanding achievements in labor, production and business, contributing to the construction and defense of the country.