Lao Cai farmers are playing a leading role in agricultural development and the construction of new rural areas.

Agriculture, farmers, and rural areas have always held a strategic position in the socio-economic development of Lao Cai province. On the eve of the First Congress of the Lao Cai Provincial Farmers' Association, for the 2025-2030 term, a review of the past five years shows that the Farmers' Associations at all levels have continuously innovated their content and methods of operation, promoting the leading role of farmers in agricultural development, rural economy, and the construction of new rural areas.

The emulation movement in labor, production, and economic development has been actively embraced by farmers in Lao Cai.

Over the past five years, the patriotic emulation movement among farmers has continued to be widely implemented by all levels of the Farmers' Association, focusing on the movement "Farmers competing in excellent production and business, uniting to help each other get rich and sustainably reduce poverty." This movement has not only created a vibrant atmosphere of competition but has also become a driving force for transforming production methods, forming models of commercial agriculture and agriculture applying science and technology, gradually increasing added value and promoting sustainable development.

Many farmer association member families have become wealthy from growing cinnamon.

Every year, approximately 60% of member households register to strive for the title of excellent production and business households at all levels. Currently, the province has 55,176 households that have achieved this title, including over 100 at the central level and more than 1,200 at the provincial level.

Local agricultural products that are characteristic of the region.

Many exemplary production and business models generate incomes ranging from hundreds of millions to billions of dong per year, not only enriching families but also creating jobs, sharing experiences, and providing capital, seeds, and technical support to other farmers to help them develop.

Local farmers are actively involved in preserving and developing the traditional brocade weaving craft.

Simultaneously, training and skill development for farmers has been emphasized. Farmers' associations at all levels have coordinated with relevant departments, agencies, and businesses to train 5,298 outstanding farmers and those excelling in production and business. Many members, after training, have become farm owners, cooperative directors, and small business owners, contributing to the formation of collective economic models, promoting production linkages along the value chain, and shifting the rural economic structure.

Farmers participate in pouring concrete for rural roads.

Building new rural areas continues to be one of the key priorities that farmers in Lao Cai actively support. With the spirit of "the people know, the people discuss, the people do, and the people benefit," farmer association members have proactively participated in donating land, contributing labor and resources to build rural infrastructure and improve the living environment.

Many inter-village roads and roads leading to production areas have been paved with concrete thanks to contributions from farmers.

During the period 2023-2025, farmer association members throughout the province contributed nearly 5 billion VND, 310,000 man-days of labor, and donated 525,000 m² of land; renovated and maintained 1,905 km of rural roads; reinforced 1,107 km of irrigation canals; and built 2,804 garbage pits and 1,326 sanitary toilets.

These figures not only reflect the collective efforts and unity of farmers but also affirm the leading role of farmers in building new rural areas.

Rural areas in the highlands of Lao Cai province are experiencing many positive changes.

Along with infrastructure development, environmental protection and the creation of a bright, green, clean, and beautiful rural landscape have been intensified. The Farmers' Association has implemented waste collection and treatment projects in several localities, contributing to raising awareness, changing living habits, and protecting the environment and public health.

Farmers in Lao Cai are enthusiastically competing in labor and production, contributing to increased income and local economic development.

Over the past five years, the movement "All people unite to build a cultured life in residential areas" has been implemented by all levels of the Association in conjunction with building new rural areas, civilized urban areas, and the movement "Studying and following the thoughts, ethics, and style of Ho Chi Minh".

Every year, over 90% of farming households register as culturally exemplary families; many villages and residential areas maintain their cultural status, contributing to building a healthy and harmonious living environment.

The Provincial Farmers' Association, together with the Nghia Tam Commune Farmers' Association, launched a professional farmers' association group, contributing to improving production efficiency for its members.

Social welfare work is also given priority. Over 96% of members participate in health insurance; 2,525 members participate in voluntary social insurance.

Farmers' associations at all levels actively participate in the movement to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses; mobilize members to contribute labor and support the construction of solidarity houses for poor and policy-beneficiary households; and promptly assist farmers in overcoming the consequences of natural disasters, stabilizing their lives, and restoring production.

Funding to support farmers in Lao Cai province has been disbursed promptly, helping members develop their production.

Along with the peasant movement, the Farmers' Association at all levels has been continuously strengthened and streamlined for greater efficiency. The content and methods of operation have been innovated, closely adhering to the grassroots level and the needs of its members.

Efforts to disseminate legal information and encourage farmers to produce and trade safe agricultural products have been intensified; during the term, 571,288 farmers signed commitments to produce, trade, and consume safe agricultural products.

Many distinctive agricultural products are introduced to consumers.

In the work of Party and government building and social supervision and criticism, the Farmers' Association continues to play a bridging role between farmers and Party committees and government. During the 2023-2025 period, the Association participated in providing feedback on many draft laws, resolutions, and policies related to agriculture, farmers, and rural areas; and recommended 1,850 outstanding members for the Party to consider for admission, of which 782 have been admitted.

Farmers' association members take care of and harvest tea.

The First Congress of the Lao Cai Provincial Farmers' Association, for the term 2025-2030, is taking place in the context of the province's efforts to streamline its organizational structure and reorganize administrative units according to a two-tiered local government model. The merger of the Yen Bai Provincial Farmers' Association and the Lao Cai Provincial Farmers' Association (formerly) to form the Lao Cai Provincial Farmers' Association, effective July 1, 2025, is a significant milestone, opening up new development opportunities for the Association and the farming class.

The model of intercropping chili peppers under fruit trees helps farmers utilize land and improve production efficiency.

Entering a new term, the Lao Cai Provincial Farmers' Association is tasked with continuing to strongly innovate its content and methods of operation; promoting digital transformation; improving the quality of its staff; supporting farmers in linking production along the value chain; developing ecological agriculture and sustainable commercial agriculture, in conjunction with building advanced and model new rural areas.

Farmers are boldly investing in machinery and introducing mechanization into agricultural production.

Looking back over the past five years, it can be affirmed that the achievements are vivid evidence of the leading role of farmers in agricultural development and the construction of new rural areas.

Farmers are excitedly harvesting medicinal plants.

With a tradition of solidarity, a spirit of innovation and creativity, and a desire to excel, the farmers of Lao Cai enter their new term with high confidence and determination, contributing to building Lao Cai province into a "green, harmonious, distinctive, and happy" province.

Source: https://baolaocai.vn/nong-dan-lao-cai-phat-huy-vai-role-chu-the-trong-phat-trien-nong-nghiep-va-xay-dung-nong-thon-moi-post888867.html