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Acting President meets with exemplary Vietnamese farmers

Acting State President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh has urged the Vietnam Farmers’ Union to accelerate the movement “Farmers 4.0” aiming to apply scientific and technological advances to create farm produce of better quality and generate higher economic benefits for farmers.
Acting President meets with exemplary Vietnamese farmers ảnh 1Acting President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh (front, second, right) meets with exemplary farmers in Hanoi on October 12 (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) - Acting State President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh has urgedthe Vietnam Farmers’ Union (VNFU) to accelerate the movement “Farmers 4.0”aiming to apply scientific and technological advances to create farm produce ofbetter quality and generate higher economic benefits for farmers.

The Acting President made the statement while hosting a reception in Hanoi onOctober 12 for a delegation of exemplary Vietnamese farmers who will behonoured at the upcoming sixth “Pride of Vietnamese Farmers” programme 2018.

She praised the VNFU for its active and creative activities to build trust andmotivate the farmers to achieve numerous achievements in socio-economicdevelopment, thus contributing to the cause of national construction anddevelopment.

As 2018 marks 70 years since President Ho Chi Minh’s call for patrioticemulation, the leader asked the VNFU to focus on facilitating the emulationmovements in a stronger and more effective fashion, while giving better care topolicy beneficiaries, national contributors and those living in disadvantaged circumstances.

Also the same day, Acting President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh met with representativesof outstanding small and medium-sized Vietnamese enterprises (SMEs) in 2018.

They are the enterprises and entrepreneurs who have provided practical supportfor needy children via the National Fund for Vietnamese Children (NFVC) at alllevels, as well as social security programmes.

Thinh applauded the good deeds and kind hearts of the SMEs in offeringpractical support for needy children across Vietnam, while asking the NFVC tocontinue calling for further support from businesses, entrepreneurs andphilanthropists, aiming to ensure a safe and healthy environment in which forall Vietnamese children to live, study and grow.

She highlighted the importanceof SMEs in the country’s economic development, making up 45 percent of thecountry’s GDP and 31 percent of budget revenue and generating more than fivemillion jobs annually. -VNA
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