NA Chairman calls for stronger tech–farming link
National Assembly (NA) Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung has appealed for stronger linkage between technological advances and farmers in the face of competition from advanced agricultural economies worldwide.
The NA Chairman made the call at a conference held in Hanoi on September 3 held to review science-technology activities over the years in line with a resolution on agriculture, farmers and rural areas set at the seventh meeting of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (10th tenure).
Chairman Hung hailed science-technology and education-training as crucial to Vietnam’s sustainable economic growth, especially agricultural development in a new stage.
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The NA leader asked scientists to continue their studies and make a roadmap for hi-tech development from which the farming sector will benefit.
Phan Xuan Dung, Chairman of the NA Committee on Science, Technology and Environment said thanks to the application of science and technology, Vietnam’s agricultural output over the last five years, making up 22 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) and more than one fifth of total export earnings worth over US$27 billion last year.
At the conference, key ministry officials and over 150 leading experts called for more investment in hi-tech projects to cope with new challenges in the agricultural sector.
The conference gathered representatives from the NA Committee on Science, Technology and Environment, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Ministry of Science and Technology.