During her tenure in Vietnam, Ms. Carolyn Turk has actively contributed to the Agriculture and Rural Development sector in implementing and preparing projects. In particular, the Sustainable Agricultural Transformation Project (VnSAT) has been successfully implemented and has had a profound impact on the agricultural sector. Most recently, she supported the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to prepare a Sustainable Development Project of 1 million hectares specializing in high-quality and low-emission rice cultivation to replicate the success of the VnSAT Project. In addition, Ms. Carolyn Turk explores solutions to effectively mobilize carbon finance to support emissions reduction and provide necessary capacity building activities to complete the National Target Program. New Rural Construction and Sustainable Poverty Reduction Program (2021) and report "Towards Green Agricultural Transformation in Vietnam: Switching to a low-carbon rice model",...
Minister Le Minh Hoan spoke at the ceremony
At the ceremony, Minister Le Minh Hoan said emotionally: Today is an opportunity for Ms. Carolyn Turk to look back at the achievements in her work in Vietnam. In time, those achievements will become resources and encouragement for agencies and units of the Ministry to continue on her path, a path that has no end and that we need to perfect every day.
The Medal for the Cause of Agriculture and Rural Development was awarded today to pay tribute to the achievements and connections of Ms. Carolyn Turk in projects implemented in the Agriculture and Rural Development sector, and even greater contributions to Vietnam. , for Vietnamese agriculture, for Vietnamese farmers.
“She is the one who initiated, encouraged, and created confidence that the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will be able to implement a project of 1 million hectares of high-quality, low-emission rice in the context of many challenges from climate change, the market and many other factors. The country refuses to convert traditional agriculture to low-emission agriculture," the Minister emphasized.
Ms. Carolyn Turk - Country Director, World Bank (WB) Vietnam will end her working term in Vietnam
Ms. Carolyn Turk said that the WB has a strong, long-term relationship with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and has supported the agricultural sector as soon as the WB rebuilt its relationship with Vietnam in 1994, and since then has cooperated in many ways. many areas of the industry and hope that in the future the partnership between the WB and the Ministry will continue to be promoted.
Ms. Carolyn congratulated Minister Le Minh Hoan for leading the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in the period of agricultural development towards reducing methane and carbon emissions. The WB pledges to continue to support and support the Ministry on this path. The WB Vietnam team will be ready to seek funding sources to support the project of 1 million hectares of high-quality, low-emission rice in the Mekong Delta region to achieve good results.
