63 outstanding Vietnamese farmers in 2021

On November 24, the Organizing Committee of the Program "Pride of Vietnamese Farmers 2021" held a press conference to honor and award the title of "Outstanding Vietnamese farmer in 2021".

2021 is the 9th year in a row that the Central Executive Committee of the Vietnam Farmers' Union chaired and coordinated with the Central Committee Department of Propaganda, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, and the Ministry of Industry and Trade to organize this program.

Accordingly, 63 farmers will be honored and awarded the "Outstanding Vietnamese Farmer in 2021" at 7 pm on December 2, 2021, at the Opera House in Hanoi City. In 2021, the Organizing Committee of the Program to vote and award the title of "Outstanding Vietnamese farmer" received 146 nominations from 63 Farmers' Unions of provinces and cities.

The organizers decided to award the title of Oustanding Vietnamese Farmer in 2021 to 63 farmers in 6 groups; in which there are 13 people in the livestock sector; 13 people in field cultivation; 8 people in the aquatic and seafood sector; 15 people in the field of agricultural production, processing and service; 6 people in the field of invention and innovation, and having achievements in new rural construction and national security protection.

63 outstanding Vietnamese farmers in 2021, 54 are male, 9 are female, and 9 are ethnic minorities. The youngest outstanding Vietnamese farmer is Mr. Luong Van Binh (born in 1987), 34 years old in Hoa Binh province. The most aged outstanding Vietnamese farmer is Mr. Nguyen Van Moi (born in 1948), 73 years old, in Ninh Thuan province.

In 2021, Vietnam's economy, including the agricultural and rural economy, will continue to be heavily affected by the Covid-19 epidemic. Many farmers will be damaged by the sudden interruption of the agricultural supply chain. However, farmers, including 63 outstanding Vietnamese farmers in 2021, have had solutions to limit damage and find ways to promote production and business.

Head of the Central Propaganda Department of the Vietnam Farmers' Union, Mr. Nguyen Hong Son, Deputy Head of the Organizing Committee of the "Pride of Vietnamese Farmers 2021" program, said that among the outstanding Vietnamese farmers in 2021, there are many young farmers with outstanding achievements and having larger production scale and higher income compared to previous years.

Especially, many Vietnamese farmers apply new production techniques, and many participate in the processing and digital transformation chain. Outstanding farmers do not necessarily have high incomes or have not achieved outstanding results in production. Still, these are examples of efforts to overcome difficulties and make positive contributions to the community.

At the conference, the delegates discussed the current picture of digital transformation in agriculture, discussed advantages, difficulties and obstacles in the application of digital transformation in agriculture; role and position of farmers in the digital transformation of agriculture, recommendations of policymakers, scientists and experts for digital transformation in agriculture.

This year's 63 outstanding farmers are 63 colors in the fields of cultivation, animal husbandry, aquaculture, inventions, general farms, agricultural processing and services, and new rural construction, ensuring national security. Especially in agricultural production, many new models of the cooperative economic model have been built.

"Some outstanding Vietnamese farmers in 2021 themselves were also damaged by the Covid-19 epidemic, which abruptly disrupted the supply chains of agricultural products of the transportation and distribution system, but each brought a unique message. Each farmer is a story of trying to get rich, living a beautiful and useful life," shared Mr. Nguyen Hong Son.

Honored to represent 63 outstanding Vietnamese farmers in 2021 speaking at the program, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Hong (Dan Hoa commune, Thanh Oai district, Hanoi City), expressed: "So far, farmers only operate on a small and fragmented scale, but a farmer doing business is a completely different story."

"In agricultural production, we always take advantage of technology as the top priority, always apply the most advanced and new techniques in practice, thereby helping many other farmers to improve their incomes," shared Mrs. Hong.

Also within the framework of the Program "Pride of Vietnamese Farmers 2021", on the morning of December 1, at the International Convention Center, No. 11A Le Hong Phong, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi City, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Farmers' Union will chair, and coordinate with the State Bank of Vietnam in, organizing seminars and talks on "Cashless Farmers' Day."

On December 2, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Farmers' Union will coordinate with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to organize the 6th National Farmers' Forum with the theme"Farmers with the agricultural digital transformation."