Former Minister Le Huy Ngo has passed away.

Mr. Le Huy Ngo, former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (now the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment), passed away on the morning of September 16th at his home in Hanoi, at the age of 88.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment , the viewing ceremony will be held from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM on September 18th, and the memorial service from 11:00 AM to 11:30 AM on the same day at the National Funeral Home, No. 5 Tran Thanh Tong Street, Hanoi.

Mr. Le Huy Ngo, former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (now the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment). Photo: Agriculture and Environment Newspaper. Mr. Le Huy Ngo, former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (now the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment). Photo: Agriculture and Environment Newspaper.

Mr. Le Huy Ngo was born in 1938 in Tinh Hai commune, Tinh Gia district (formerly), now Hai Binh ward, Thanh Hoa province. He was an alternate member of the 6th Central Committee, a member of the Central Committee in the 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th terms; and a National Assembly delegate in the 9th and 10th terms.

From 1956, he studied at the Central Agricultural and Forestry College, and later worked at the Phu Tho Provincial Department of Agriculture. After graduating from Hanoi Agricultural University I, he successively held many positions in Vinh Phuc such as Head of the Planning Department of the Provincial Department of Agriculture, Member of the Provincial Administrative Committee, Deputy Chairman of the Agricultural Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, then Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and Secretary of the Vinh Phu Provincial Party Committee.

From 1988, he served as Secretary of the Thanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee, and later as Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the Central Party Organization Department. In 1997, he was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development and Head of the Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention. After retiring in 2008, he continued to advise on the Central and Government's New Rural Development Program.

During his tenure as Minister, Vietnam rose to become a major agricultural export power. He initiated the "50 million VND/hectare field" movement, promoted the program of reinforcing irrigation canals, expanding irrigation to hundreds of thousands of hectares; and directed the project to plant 5 million hectares of new forests, raising the forest cover rate from 33% in the late 1990s to nearly 40% in the late 2000s.

Under his leadership, the wood processing and forestry industry surpassed the $1 billion mark in export revenue for the first time in 2004, paving the way for Vietnam to become a leading wood product exporter in the region.

Dr. To Van Truong, former Director of the Southern Irrigation Planning Institute, shared that Mr. Ngo was called the "minister of storms and floods" by many. The reason wasn't just because of the times he braved floods, directly leading rescue efforts for people, crops, and villages, but also because "his whole life was like a journey through storms, keeping his heart devoted to farmers and rural areas."

According to Mr. Truong, since becoming Secretary of the Vinh Phu Provincial Party Committee, Mr. Le Huy Ngo initiated household and forest contracting, contributing to the liberation of productive forces. When serving as Minister, he was a pioneer in laying the foundation for the New Rural Development program, with the aspiration to transform the face of Vietnamese villages and elevate the position of Vietnamese agricultural products internationally.

Former Minister Le Huy Ngo was awarded the 60-Year Party Membership Badge; the Second-Class Independence Order; numerous First, Second, and Third-Class Labor and Resistance Orders; the Labor Order for the Cause of Vietnam-Laos Cooperation; the Golden Lion Order of Senegal; along with commendations from the Prime Minister, the United Nations, and many other medals, decorations, and commemorative awards.

Source: vnexpress.net

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