Conclusion of General Secretary To Lam on the system of public service units performing agricultural extension tasks at the local level

General Secretary To Lam delivered a directive speech at the working session.

The content of the Notice of Conclusion is as follows:

On October 3, 2025, at the Party Central Headquarters, Comrade To Lam, General Secretary of the Party Central Committee, chaired a working session with the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment on the system of public service units implementing agricultural extension tasks at the local level when operating under the two-tiered local government model. Attending the working session were leaders representing the following agencies: the Central Organization Department, the Central Policy and Strategy Department, the Central Party Office; and the Assistants and Secretaries of the General Secretary. After hearing the report from the Ministry of Interior and the opinions of the delegates, General Secretary To Lam concluded as follows:

1. It is necessary to fully understand and recognize the role and importance of agriculture and the task of agricultural development in economic and social development, building new rural areas, and improving the lives of the people in accordance with the spirit of "agriculture is a national advantage, a pillar of the economy"; identifying agricultural extension work as an important task of the commune-level government, agricultural extension must be linked to the grassroots and to the fields.

2. Regarding organizational model: (1) Provincial and city levels maintain agricultural extension centers, mainly performing tasks of guiding, coordinating, urging, inspecting and supporting communes in implementing agricultural extension work. Do not organize regional or inter-commune agricultural extension stations.

(2) Communes establish public service units to perform essential basic public services in multiple sectors and fields, including agricultural extension functions and tasks; commune Party committees and authorities must pay attention to directing the good implementation of agricultural extension work, not "delegate" it entirely to public service units.

(3) Continue to consolidate and improve the effectiveness of community agricultural extension groups, strengthen the dissemination of knowledge and experience in production, support and guide farmers to cooperate in developing agricultural production.

(4) Based on the agricultural extension officers at the provincial level and regional agricultural extension stations, inter-commune officers will be assigned to communes, coordinating with officers working in the fields of agriculture and environment in existing communes, ensuring that each commune has at least 5-6 agricultural extension officers, without increasing the total number of agricultural extension officers.

3. The Party Committee of the Government directs the Party Committee of the Ministry of Interior to coordinate with the Party Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment to urgently issue legal documents within their authority to guide localities in implementing the above orientation, completing this before October 15, 2025; localities should complete the establishment of commune-level public service units before October 30, 2025.

According to Nhan Dan newspaper

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