Mr. Luong Quoc Doan, Chairman of the Vietnam Farmers’ Union, and the Minister-Counsellor of the Laos Embassy in Vietnam took a commemorative photo with Laotian trainees at the opening ceremony

Mr. Luong Quoc Doan, Member of the Party Central Committee, Vice Chairman of Vietnam Fatherland Front, Chairman of Vietnam Farmers’ Union attended and delivered the opening speech.

The Minister-Counsellor of Lao Embassy in Vietnam, and leader representatives of Vietnam Fatherland Front.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Luong Quoc Doan, Member of the Party Central Committee,Vice Chairman of  Vietnam Fatherland Front, and Chairman of Vietnam Farmers’ Union, stated that “This opening ceremony is not only a professional event but also a clear evidence and concrete outcome of the great friendship, special solidarity, and comprehensive cooperation between two Parties, States, and  peoples of Viet Nam and Laos”.

Chairman of Vietnam Farmers’ Union Luong Quoc Doan delivered the opening speech

The consistent policy of Viet Nam Party and State that has given the highest priority, developed the great friendship, special solidarity, and comprehensive cooperation between Viet Nam and Laos. High-level agreements, treaties, and cooperation arrangements between the two countries that were effectively implemented, particularly the key tasks of  Viet Nam– Laos Cooperation Strategy of 2021–2030 period and  Viet Nam–Laos Bilateral Cooperation Agreement of 2021–2025 period.

During a working visit to Laos in early 2024, Vietnam Farmers’ Union and Central Committee of Lao Front for National Development signed a memorandum of Understanding  focusing on two main areas: first, exchanging and promoting communication experience, mobilizing farmers about Viet Nam–Laos special friendship; and second, sharing experience and mutual support in organization development, as well as in rural economic development.

In recent years, Vietnam Fatherland Front and  Farmers’ Union that have made continuous efforts to share practical and theoretical experience, particularly exchanging experience and mutual support in the work of the Fatherland Front and the Farmers’ Union, as well as in agricultural, farmer, and rural development. The presence of 20 officials and  Lao Front for National Development, the Office of the Party Central Committee, the Government Office, ministries, sectors. This is clear evidence of the trust, effective cooperation, and deeper and more extensive partnership between the two sides” Luong Quoc Doan emphasized.

The training program including general theoretical knowledge, focusing on fundamental, important, and core issues that based on Viet Nam’s practical experience in new rural development and poverty reduction. The program also discussed and studied at the local level, including site visits of economic development models as well as  operations of organizations and enterprises in order to ensure a close linkage between theory and practice.

Chairman of Vietnam Farmers’ Union Luong Quoc Doan requested the Institute of Officials Training and Scientific Research to strengthen exchanges and  practices to clarify issues which trainees took care of those. At the same time, he encouraged Lao trainees to actively raise questions with lecturers to deeply understood content.

Officials of Lao Front for National Development

He also proposed in the training program, participants  who understood Viet Nam’s organizational streamlining reform, particularly new structure and operations of Viet Nam Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations.

He hoped that through the training program, participants would be updated information and knowledge, enhanced their professional skills, and had opportunities to exchange and learnt from practical experience in leadership and management. He noted that these outcomes would strengthen mutual understanding and consolidate cooperative relationship between Viet Nam and Laos. 

Speaking at the opening of the training course, Dr. Nguyen Khac Toan, Director of the Institute for Officials Training and Scientific Research, said that: “The training course is result of  implementation of Understanding Memorandum in working visit of Chairman of Vietnam Farmers’ Union in Lao People’s Democratic Republic, following the invitation of Chairman of  Central Committee of  Lao Front for National Development in March 2024.

From November 16th to December 14th, participants who will be taught 12 highly practical and application-oriented topics, many content exchange activities between Vietnam and Laos. The training course will be delivered by experienced leaders, lecturers, and experts from various ministries, departments, and educational institutions in Vietnam, including plenty of important  subjects such as”.

“Mobilization and Farmers’ Organization in the New Context”; “Planning, Mobilizing and Managing Resources for Community Economic Development”; “Development of New-Style Cooperative Economic Models and private Economy”; “Digital Transformation in Community Economic Development”; “Overview of Community Economic Development”; and “Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Agriculture”.

Through training program, participants not only updated their knowledge and strengthen professional skills, but also had opportunities to meet, interact, exchange, and learn from the practical management experience of leaders and experts. These activities would enhance mutual understanding and consolidate the close and cooperative relationship between Viet Nam and Laos.

On behalf of the 20 Lao trainees, Comrade Ladsavong Soutchay would like to express his sincere and profound gratitude to the Party, the State, especially  Central Committee of Vietnam Fatherland Front and VNFU for their special attention, support, and well-organized training program. 

Comrade Ladsavong Soutchay affirmed that the great friendship, special solidarity, and comprehensive cooperation between the two Parties, States, and  people of Laos and Viet Nam to be constituted a priceless asset that  Lao people always cherished and preserved.

“We recognize that Vietnam Farmers’ Union is a socio-political organization with a long history and rich experience, particularly in mobilizing farmers to implement the Party’s and State’s guidelines and policies, developing community economic models in agriculture, and new rural development. These fields that Laos deeply interested and actively pursued in the current context.

During the training period, we hope that Vietnamese experts will share knowledge, skills, and practical experience, especially on the organization and operation of effective rural economic activities. We are committed to severely study, openly exchanges to gain the thematic modules, flexibly apply these experiences for  actual conditions of Laos, contribute to improve farmers livelihoods” Ladsavong Soutchay expressed.