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Vice Chairwoman of the Vietnam Farmers’ Union Nguyen Hong Ly said at the press conference on December 5 that the Congress will discuss and give comments on several important documents, including the political report of the sixth VFU central committee, draft projects on the personnel of the VFU’s executive committee and standing committee, and the VFU’s draft regulations (amended).

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The seventh congress will set forth 14 criteria on farmers’ emulation movement during 2018-2023. The popularisation of the Party and State’s policies and regulations, as well as the VFU’s resolution for all farmers, is the important target.

The VFU also hopes to have at least 60 percent of its members with Internet access, 100 percent of the union’s officers receiving training in agricultural cultivation techniques, and all of the VFU’s chapters organizing consulting activities and vocational training for local farmers.

During 2013-2018, the union admitted nearly 2.2 million members, raising the total membership to 10.2 million people. Some 130,000 training courses and conferences were organized, and over 14,000 production models which applied advanced technologies were successfully transferred to the farming community.

Yen The farmers get rich from forest

(BGO) - The resolution of the Congress of the Party Organization of Yen The district (Bac Giang province) for the 2015-2020 tenure set the target of reaching 40 percent in forest coverage in the district by 2020. Thanks to the synchronous implementation of solutions, after more than two years, this target has been fulfilled, contributing to improving the quality and value of forests.

 

Value chain boost for small-scale farmers in Vietnam

Oxfam initiates 4.3 million euro project to help bamboo and clam farmers in five provinces.

 

Smallholder farmers to get support to improve food safety

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, will help Vietnamese smallholders farmers improve the safety of their products like poultry, fruits and vegetables in a new project.

 

Agribank helps farmers access high-tech agricultural machines

Farmers who purchase agricultural machines of Tata International Vietnam Company Limited will be supported by the Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Agribank). 

 

Hung Yen longan farmers see bumper crop at good prices

Vietnam’s northern province of Hung Yen is famous for its longans, with a total growing area covering 4,300 hectares, of which 3,800 hectares are now being harvested.

 

Source: VNA