Mr. Vien Long Binh, aged 91, is considered the father of hybrid rice. Photo: CCTV. “We recognize and highly appreciate the contributions of Professor and Academician Vien Long Binh to the world agricultural science in general and China in particular, especially appreciate the results of hybridization to create The world’s first hybrid rice was developed in 1973. With this success, he has helped nearly 20% of the world’s population escape hunger and contributed to making China one of the world’s leading rice producers,” said Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan. First letter of condolence, sent on May 23, 2021, to the family of the late Professor, Academician Yuan Longping and the Chinese agricultural industry. Mr. Yuan Longping was born in 1930, is China’s leading agricultural scientist on hybrid rice. He and his colleagues have contributed to bringing rice yield from 4.5 tons/ha to 15 tons/ha. This is considered the key to helping China solve the food security problem for more than a billion people in this country. Thanks to the late Professor Vien Long Binh, hybrid rice has been replicated throughout Africa, America and Asia. In Vietnam, the first generation of hybrid rice that was put into wide production was the variety Bac Uu 64 (also known as Tap Giao 4 – TG4), starting in the early 1990s. Thanks to this variety, along with the following varieties. such as San uu 63 (called Tap Giao 1), San uu Que 99 (Tap Giao 5), Vietnam has stabilized domestic food. After nearly ten years of access, our country has self-produced high-quality hybrid rice varieties such as HYT100, HYT 57, LC2, LC3, especially VL20 and TH3-3. However, the pioneer in the development of hybrid rice still belongs to the late Professor Vien Long Binh. Minister Le Minh Hoan continued: “In his working life, Professor, Academician Vien Long Binh has visited, worked, and supported projects/programs on hybrid rice many times, and trained staff. Research and technology transfer for Vietnam’s agricultural industry These are solid agricultural scientific foundations, gradually contributing to poverty reduction, ensuring food security and creating an export miracle. rice export of Vietnam”. At the end of the letter, Minister Hoan expressed his gratitude to the man who is considered the father of hybrid rice: “In the face of infinite grief, on behalf of Vietnam’s agricultural industry and in my personal name, I would like to send to the whole family of Mr. and the Chinese agriculture industry deeply condolences for this great loss and grief.”

Working session between Minister Le Minh Hoan and NNVN Newspaper on the morning of May 22. Photo: Dinh Tung. On the morning of May 22, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan visited and worked at the Newspaper Vietnamese culture . Also attending were Deputy Minister Nguyen Hoang Hiep and leaders of some units in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. ‘The mission of the press is to transmit multidimensional information’ Minister Le Minh Hoan is a regular newspaper writer under the familiar pseudonym Cyclo. Therefore, when talking with staff, reporters, editors and employees of the Newspaper, Vietnamese culture , he did not talk much about the responsibilities and functions of the newspaper in general. Instead, Minister Le Minh Hoan spends most of his time sharing inspirational stories about journalism. “Why did the founder of Apple Corporation use the apple logo as a logo? Because, life is not perfect and each of us has to work to make the dent fill up. up”. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan. Photo: Dinh Tung. The minister raised the issue and continued: “Because nothing is perfect, we have room to think, create and answer the questions why, why and why?”. When journalists go to the fields, wade fields, and meet relatives, they must always ask the question, why are farmers still poor? Why is the countryside undeveloped? Why is the agricultural value chain broken? Why do we want to eat clean but the food is not safe?… Minister Le Minh Hoan said: Mr. Nguyen Manh Hung – Minister of Information and Communications said a very good sentence: “The word question will stimulate discovery and investigation”. Good journalists know how to ask good questions. Sometimes the question is more important than the answer. In front of the team of journalists Vietnamese culture, Mr. Le Minh Hoan emphasized: “Once upon a time, journalism was a tool for propaganda, but later on, we realized that the mission of the press is not only one-way communication but a multi-dimensional information transmission channel. “. It is information from life that will lead to the adjustment of the leader’s decision. If that transmission channel is blocked, it will be difficult to grasp the voice of life. Elevating the role of the press in the current era, the Commander of the Agriculture and Rural Development sector said: The development of the press and media will create added value for the connected economy. If we do well, we can activate an entire society, activate classes, change production and business models. “Journalists themselves contribute to creating added value for agriculture by communicating new models, new ways of doing things, and new products,” said Minister Le Minh Hoan. “The value of a product includes cost and intangible factors such as local traditions, history, culture… And we not only sell products but also emotions to consumers.” . Therefore, journalists also need to know how to breathe life into the products. In order for readers to have feelings about their work, journalists first need to read a lot, travel a lot, be moved and be moved by the things they witness. For example, when propagating about building a new countryside, we should not put too much emphasis on 19 criteria, on infrastructure. “New rural propaganda is about both the core and the soul”. When returning to the locality, do not see the new concrete road, the new cultural house, the new bridge, the new medical station but rush to rejoice. The village must retain its soul, retain its walls of green trees, a fresh environment, a harmony between people, nature and socio-cultural institutions. “If the city is the place to compare the level of civilization, the village is the place to compare the history and culture of the nation”, the Minister shared. Multimedia press agency Newspaper Editor-in-Chief Vietnamese culture Nguyen Ngoc Thach said that in October 2020, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development approved the Project on Development and Management of Newspapers. Vietnamese culture to 2025, with orientation to 2030 to realize the development goals of the Newspaper Vietnamese culture “becoming a multi-media, multi-platform press agency with a comprehensive ecosystem”. At the same time, this is a newspaper with in-depth and specialized content that is “updated, reliable, oriented, spread and effective” on agriculture and rural development on the basis of multimedia journalism and digital technology applications. Editor-in-Chief of Vietnam Agriculture Newspaper Nguyen Ngoc Thach at the meeting with leaders of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Photo: Dinh Tung. Overview of the results achieved in the past time, Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Thach said, Newspaper Vietnamese culture was evaluated by the Central Committee for Propaganda and Training, the Vietnam Journalists Association, and fellow press agencies as “one of the press agencies with a streamlined apparatus, high-quality human resources, effective and efficient operation. present results”. “All rivers flow, stand still and fall behind” “Current journalism activities pose huge problems, changing or stopping, and how to change to live is difficult,” Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Hoang Hiep suggested. He said that the newspaper Vietnamese culture have overcome difficult times, are the few newspapers that have been continuously awarded certificates of merit by the Central Committee for Propaganda in the past 2 years, for both keeping the principle of purpose and improving the material life. , spirit for cadres, civil servants, public employees and employees. Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Hoang Hiep. Photo: Dinh Tung. However, if we just stop at that level, it will not work. Because “all rivers flow, if we stand still, we will definitely fall behind”. Deputy Minister Nguyen Hoang Hiep proposed the Minister, leaders of agencies and units under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to create conditions and closely coordinate to report to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Vietnamese culture have resources to continue investing in infrastructure, equipment and technology, etc. to constantly develop, thereby fulfilling the task of information and propaganda of the agriculture and rural development sector. Mr. Nguyen Van Viet, Director of the Planning Department (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) said, Newspaper Vietnamese culture is a self-financed non-business unit, but over the years the newspaper has done very well the functions and tasks assigned by the Ministry. At the same time, the newspaper has also built a propaganda ecosystem commensurate with the development requirements in the 4.0 period.

On the afternoon of April 18, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan visited, worked and shared stories of modern farmers with leaders and reporters of the Vietnam Agriculture Newspaper’s Representative Office in the Mekong Delta region. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan visited, worked and shared stories of modern farmers with leaders and reporters of Vietnam Agriculture Newspaper’s Representative Office in the Mekong Delta region. Photo: Hoang Vu. The Minister said that thinking of agricultural production needs to change to catch up with the rapid changes of today’s society. Once, we were forced to increase acreage, increase food production to ensure people’s living and have a surplus for export. Now the need of society is increasing, from eating well to eating well, eating clean and nutritious. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan visited, worked and shared stories of modern farmers with leaders and reporters of Vietnam Agriculture Newspaper’s Representative Office in the Mekong Delta region. Photo: Hoang Vu. Therefore, the agricultural economy problem posed at present is not how much output is achieved, but the efficiency and investment efficiency. Farmers pocket how much profit from the cultivated area, the yield after each season. It is necessary to link and do cooperative economy to develop, to be able to turn quickly and promptly. In the past, we have made the master plan and investment in infrastructure, but with the Resolution 120 / NQ-CP of the Government on sustainable development of the Mekong Delta, it is necessary to have a detailed plan for each ecological sub-region. Agriculture. Many Vietnamese farmers are very good, very creative, they make many models that are not only suitable, favorable, but also very effective. Specialized, specialized and specialized newspapers Report to the Minister, Editor-in-Chief of Vietnam Agriculture Newspaper Nguyen Ngoc Thach said that the predecessor of Vietnam Agriculture Newspaper was Tac Dat newspaper, named by Uncle Ho and wrote the first issue. Up to now, the newspaper has undergone more than 75 years of development and growth. Editor-in-chief of Vietnam Agriculture Newspaper Nguyen Ngoc Thach said that the predecessor of Vietnam Agriculture Newspaper was Tac Dat newspaper, having spent more than 75 years of development and growth, becoming a specialized, specialized, specialized newspaper according to the report. multimedia direction. Photo: Hoang Vu. There is currently a newspaper development plan for the period 2020-2025, with an orientation to 2030, to become a specialized, specialized, specialized newspaper in the direction of multimedia. Particularly, the representative office in the Mekong Delta region has an important mission to carry out information and propaganda tasks in key agricultural economic regions of the country. Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Thang, Head of Vietnam Agriculture Newspaper’s Representative Office in Mekong Delta, said: The Vietnam Agriculture Newspaper Representative Office in Mekong Delta has been established for 25 years. There are reporters in charge of provinces and resident journalists covering information of the whole region. Officials and reporters are born and raised in the delta, so they are knowledgeable about the locality and agriculture in the Mekong Delta. Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Thang, Chief Representative of Vietnam Agriculture Newspaper in Mekong Delta, reported on the establishment and development of the Office. Photo: Hoang Vu. In 2016, the Representative Office of the Mekong Delta region was awarded the Certificate of Merit by the Prime Minister for outstanding achievements in communication and propaganda, actively contributing to agricultural production in the Mekong Delta.

On the morning of April 15, at the headquarters of the Government, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presided over the Government meeting to deploy the work after being strengthened. This is the first meeting of the Government after consolidation, also the first meeting Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has chaired since taking office.

Before the meeting started, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh discussed some work with Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh. After consolidation, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh is no longer concurrently holding the position of Foreign Minister.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Governor of the State Bank Nguyen Thi Hong. Ms. Hong is one of two female government members after the apparatus was strengthened.

Transport Minister Nguyen Van The and Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Le Minh Hoan exchanged discussions before the meeting.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam discussed with the Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung. Mr. Dam is one of the five incumbent deputy prime ministers and one of the three who has held the position since the beginning of his term.

Minister, Chairman of the Government Office Tran Van Son reports some general contents to submit to the Government.

The meeting discussed the hand-over of tasks after the Government was strengthened, points of view, direction and direction and some key contents should focus on directing the implementation in the coming time.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested in this meeting the Government to agree on a number of views to direct the Government’s activities in the coming time; organize the implementation of the Politburo’s Notice No. 01 on April 12, 2021, notice No. 03 of the key leaders on April 12, 2021; consider and comment on a number of other important issues.

Right after the Government was consolidated, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh thoroughly grasped and instructed the Government members to promptly hand over, handle and immediately handle work, ensuring continuity and continuity; to soon consolidate Party committees, Party organizations and personnel work; review and amend working regulations.

Also in the first meeting, the Government will continue to review the legal system, propose amendments, supplements or new promulgation of legal documents; serving the election of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the term 2021-2026; the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic and vaccination against Covid-19; promote disbursement of public investment capital.