Hai Phong: Environmental protection associated with production and sustainable marine economic development

Recently, the Hai Phong City Farmers' Association has coordinated with relevant agencies to organize propaganda on sea and island protection and environmental protection associated with production and sustainable marine economic development for 4,200 members, farmers and fishermen in coastal border areas.

The inter-sectoral working delegation of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Farmers' Union and the Border Guard Command has just inspected and worked with the Hai Phong City Farmers' Union and the City Border Guard Command on the coordination work between the two sides in the period of 2019 - 2024 on mobilizing farmers in border and island areas to promote production, develop the economy and society in conjunction with the task of protecting the Fatherland's borders in the period of 2019 - 2025.

Accordingly, in recent years, the two units have regularly coordinated closely in leadership, direction, close and practical coordination, and implemented the program to firmly protect the sovereignty and security of the sea and island borders of Hai Phong city in the new situation in an orderly and effective manner. The Hai Phong Farmers' Association at all levels has coordinated with the Border Guard Station stationed in the area to actively coordinate, propagate, and mobilize members and farmers to well implement the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's policies and laws, and local working policies, and actively participate in the movement to protect the sovereignty and security of the Fatherland's borders.

Mr. Nguyen Hong Hung, Vice Chairman of Hai Phong City Farmers' Association, spoke at the meeting - Photo: Minh Tra (Hai Phong City Farmers' Association)

Every year, the Farmers' Association at the grassroots level in Hai Phong city builds 20-25 self-management models associated with the movement to protect national security, with the participation of the Farmers' Association at the grassroots level, focusing on models in communes, wards and towns with coastal and island areas. Support 600 Mangrove trees for members and farmers in the area to plant in the mangrove forest in Dai Hop commune (Kien Thuy district) and Ngoc Xuyen ward (Do Son district) with the model "Farmers' trees to block the waves".

At the same time, direct, mobilize and propagate members and farmers in coastal communes to build a model of "Farmers and fishermen participating in classifying marine waste at source" associated with protecting security and order and maintaining the "Self-managed ship cluster" Club in the communes of Ngoc Hai, Van Son, Hai Son (Do Son district), Dai Hop, Doan Xa (Kien Thuy district), Vinh Quang (Tien Lang district), Cat Ba town (Cat Hai district)...

Up to now, the Farmers' Association of Hai Phong city has coordinated to organize propaganda on sea and island protection and environmental protection associated with production and sustainable marine economic development for 4,200 members, farmers and fishermen in coastal border areas; Distributed 4,500 leaflets with propaganda content on the Law on Fisheries and Seafood, the Law on Environmental Protection; Launched and built 7 annual pilot models on marine environmental protection associated with the Program on building exemplary new rural areas and the movement to protect national security in coastal areas.

The delegation visited the model of classifying marine waste at source of members and farmers in Vinh Quang commune (Tien Lang district) - Photo: Minh Tra (Hai Phong City Farmers' Association)

Every year, the Hai Phong City Border Guard also coordinates to propagate and disseminate the law in 618 sessions/4,279 vehicles/140,839,100 listeners, distributing 37,786,000 leaflets; Donating 2,856 legal books, 616 life jackets, 766 national flags, 50 personal medicine cabinets to fishermen; Mobilizing 5,488 people to sign a commitment not to buy, sell, transport, store, use firecrackers, weapons, explosives and support tools...

Concluding the meeting, Ms. Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc,   The Deputy Head of the Ethnic - Religious - National Defense and Security Committee of the Vietnam Farmers' Union suggested that in the coming time, the two sides should continue to promote the outstanding results of cooperation in the past time. In addition, overcoming shortcomings and limitations, focusing on working with local Party committees and authorities to guide farmers in coastal and island border areas to effectively promote economic models and develop new economic models. Thereby, contributing to the locality's economic development, political and social stability, and maintaining national defense and security in the coastal and island border areas of Hai Phong city.

Hoang Phong

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