The teleconference to deploy tasks of the Agriculture and Rural Development sector in 2025

Delegates attend the conference at the Hung Yen’s bridge point

In 2024, overcoming difficulties caused by natural disasters, the Agriculture and Rural Development sector has maintained high growth momentum and comprehensive development; in which, the GDP growth value of the entire agricultural sector reaches 3.3%. The total export turnover of agriculture, forestry and fishery products reaches 62.5 billion USD, seeing an increase of 18.7% compared to 2023; about 78.7% of communes meet new-style rural standards; there are over 14.6 thousand OCOP products rated 3-star or higher by over 8 thousand entities, seeing an increase of over 3.5 thousand products compared to 2023. The Agriculture and Rural Development sector has proactively coordinated with relevant ministries, branches and localities to promptly advise and propose to the Government and the Prime Minister to synchronously and promptly deploy the groups of policies and solutions to support and overcome the consequences of storm No. 3 to restore production and stabilize people's lives. The rate of rural people using clean water that meets standards reaches 58%; the forest coverage rate reaches 42%...

In 2025, the Agriculture and Rural Development sector strives to achieve a growth rate of 3.4 - 3.5%; the total export turnover of agriculture, forestry and fishery products is about 64 - 65 billion USD; the rate of communes meeting new-style rural standards reaches over 80%, 325 district-level units meet the standards/complete the task of building new-style rural areas, the rate of rural households using clean water meeting standards reaches 60%. The forest coverage rate remains stable at over 42%...

Speaking at the conference, Comrade Nguyen Hung Nam, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee affirmed that after the implementation of Resolution No. 19 - NQ/TW dated June 16, 2022 of the 13th Party Central Committee on agriculture, farmers, and rural areas until 2030, with a vision to 2045 and the strategy for sustainable agricultural and rural development, the province has transformed from agricultural production thinking to agricultural economy. The growth rate of the province's agricultural production value has always been high; the socio-economic infrastructure in rural areas has been invested in construction and upgraded, basically meeting the requirements of agricultural production towards industrialization and modernization. In 2024, the rate of households in the province using clean water meeting standards reaches 98%; the average income per capita in rural areas attains over 80 million VND. The whole province has 100% of communes meeting advanced new-style rural standards, one district meeting advanced new-style rural standards; 306 OCOP products have been evaluated and ranked; over 200 production linkage models have been maintained... However, the development of agriculture and rural areas in the province still faces some difficulties due to limited investment by enterprises in the agricultural sector; the land area for agriculture is increasingly narrowing; the consumption of agricultural products still faces difficulties at some points...

Speaking at the conference, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested that in the coming time, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development needs to focus on such a number of key tasks as: Synchronously and effectively implementing resolutions, strategies, and plans for agricultural, farmer, and rural development; boosting restructuring of the agricultural sector towards high technology, reorganizing production in specialized areas associated with geographical indications, traceability, and building codes for growing and farming areas. To promote technology, apply digital technology, link agricultural development with building a green economy and a circular economy. To grasp the domestic and international situation to creatively and flexibly manage the domestic agricultural, farmer, and rural areas to ensure that they are suitable to the actual situation; change the mindset from agricultural production to agricultural economic development; link production with value-added chains, processing, meeting market requirements...