Speaking after the working session during the visit and working session in Lai Chau province this afternoon (April 20), Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Hoang Hiep affirmed: Lai Chau is a province with policies to support agricultural development assistance ranked among the top in the country; is the upstream province of the Da River, has 2 large hydroelectric plants, so the revenue from forest environmental services is the largest in the country; the second largest forest area in the northern mountainous region; is the center of macadamia, rubber in the northern mountainous region; building a new countryside takes many efforts... This result shows the great efforts of the Party committees, authorities, and people of all ethnic groups in the area.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Hoang Hiep, Chairman of Lai Chau Provincial People's Committee Tran Tien Dung and comrades in the inspection mission in Muong So commune, Phong Tho District.

Receiving and working with the Delegation, on the side of Lai Chau province were: Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Tran Tien Dung, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Ha Trong Hai; representatives of several provincial departments, agencies, and branches; representatives of leaders of Phong Tho district, Muong Te district, Muong So commune...

The scene of the meeting at Vang Pheo village, Muong So commune, Phong Tho district

At the meeting, the Chairman of Lai Chau Provincial People's Committee Tran Tien Dung informed the Deputy Minister and the Delegation about the results of socio-economic development of the province in recent years. Which, he especially emphasized: In recent years, Lai Chau province has always received the attention of the Government, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the central ministries, along with the efforts and decisions. Because of the high focus of the whole political system and people in the province, socio-economic development objectives and tasks have basically achieved the set plan.

Chairman of Lai Chau Provincial People's Committee Tran Tien Dung spoke at the meeting

In 2020, despite many difficulties and challenges, the situation of Covid-19 epidemic, but Lai Chau is one of the provinces with good economic growth (reaching 4.05%); the total product per capita in the area is estimated at 43.34 million VND, 8.3% higher than the plan; State budget revenue is the highest ever, reaching more than 2,327 billion VND. Food output reached 220 thousand tons, focusing on forest protection and development, forest coverage rate reached 50.5%, exceeding 0.4 percentage points of the plan. The program on the new countryside and product development OCOP are interested in the implementation, in 2020, 1 district and 4 communes will complete new rural areas, bringing the number of communes meeting new rural standards to 38 communes, accounting for 40.4. % of total communes; 47 OCOP products are recognized. The rate of poor households in the whole province is 16.49%, with 2 districts recognized to be out of poverty...

The scene of the working session

Along with that, over the past time, Lai Chau Provincial Party Committee has issued 02 thematic resolutions, Resolution No. 05-NQ/TU on the development of concentrated commodity agriculture in the period 2021-2025, with orientation to 2030 and Decree No. Decision No. 03-NQ/TU on sustainable forest development for the period 2021-2025, with a vision to 2030. Based on the Resolution of the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial People's Committee has drafted mechanisms and policies and the Provincial People's Council has issued it. 02 Resolution is the Resolution No. 07/2021/NQ-HDND of the Provincial People's Council regulating the policy on the development of concentrated commodity agriculture in the 2021-2025 period; Resolution No. 08/2021/NQ-HDND of the Provincial People's Council stipulating the policy on sustainable forest development for the period of 2021-2025...

Vice-Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Ha Trong Hai spoke at the meeting

At the meeting, Lai Chau province proposed the following contents: Request the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to soon issue policy guidelines to support the Program on Sustainable Forest Protection and Development and guide the implementation of the Program. submit the national target of building new countryside in the period of 2021-2025; arrange investment capital for several important projects of the province; interested in supporting investment in new rural construction programs, population stabilization arrangements, hanging lakes, embankment construction...

Comrade Nguyen Van Viet - Director of the Planning Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development speaking at the meeting

After listening to the opinions, recommendations, and suggestions of Lai Chau province, representatives of the comrades in the Mission answered several comments and suggestions.

Concluding the meeting, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Hoang Hiep shared the difficulties of Lai Chau province, he affirmed: Among 14 northern mountainous provinces, Lai Chau is the most difficult province. The most difficult, but Lai Chau is the province with outstanding achievements, especially the province with the leading agricultural development support policy in the country; is the upstream province of the Da River, has 2 large hydroelectric plants, so the revenue from forest environmental services is the largest in the country; the second largest forest area in the Northern Mountain region; is the center of macadamia, rubber in the northern mountainous region; building a new countryside takes many efforts... This result shows the great efforts of the Party committees, authorities, and people of all ethnic groups in the area.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Hoang Hiep delivered a speech concluding the meeting

However, Lai Chau still faces many difficulties, the per capita income in rural areas is still low, the poverty rate is still high, it is a border province, transportation is difficult; a large number of ethnic minorities; Natural disasters, storms, and floods happen frequently... With these difficulties, he affirmed that Lai Chau province's determination alone is not enough, but must have the investment and support of the Central Government. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development always determines to invest in difficult places and support farmers to rise up in life...

Regarding the proposals of Lai Chau province, the Deputy Minister basically agreed with the proposals. As for forest protection and development, he suggested that for Lai Chau to promote its advantages in forests and improve the efficiency of forest income, the province should study and develop FSC forest certificates; on new rural construction policy, the Ministry will pay attention to the specificity of difficult provinces like Lai Chau in prioritizing capital sources; will study and support investment in hanging reservoirs in difficult areas, lacking water for daily life and production, giving priority to Ta To commune in the immediate future; agreed to invest in a weak embankment system to prevent riverbank erosion, affecting the safety of residential areas in the districts of Phong Tho, Muong Te and Than Uyen...

Speaking at the meeting, Chairman of Lai Chau Provincial People's Committee Tran Tien Dung thanked the delegation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development for having a working session, orienting the development of the province's agriculture sector in the coming time. . At the same time, I hope that the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will pay attention, support and help the agricultural sector of Lai Chau province to develop more and more.

On this occasion, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Hoang Hiep gave gifts to poor households in Vang Pheo village, Muong So commune, Phong Tho District.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Hoang Hiep, Chairman of Lai Chau Provincial People's Committee Tran Tien Dung, and comrades in the Mission give gifts to poor households in Vang Pheo village, Muong So commune, Phong Tho district.

Before that, the delegation visited several irrigation works and embankments in Muong So commune, Phong Tho District.

The leaders looked at the planning map of riverbanks and streams to protect residential areas in Vang Pheo village, Muong So commune, Phong Tho District.

The delegation visited Muong So commune, Phong Tho district