General Secretary To Lam: The Agriculture and Environment sectors have become important factors in the new era of development.

General Secretary To Lam attended and spoke at the ceremony.

Speaking at the ceremony, Party Central Committee member and Minister of Agriculture and Environment Tran Duc Thang affirmed that the past 80 years have been a glorious and proud journey - an epic of will, intelligence, and aspiration to contribute of generations of cadres, civil servants, public employees, and workers in the Agriculture and Environment sector, contributing to building a green, strong, and developed Vietnam.

The year 2025 marks a new historical milestone when the 15th National Assembly decided to merge the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, forming the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment from March 1, 2025. This is a step demonstrating the strategic vision of the Party and State to manage, exploit and use national resources more effectively, meeting the requirements of rapid and sustainable development in the new era.

Speaking at the ceremony, General Secretary To Lam emphasized that the agriculture and environment sectors have a special strategic position. Therefore, developing agriculture and protecting natural resources and the environment are not simply economic tasks, but also political, cultural, social, security and defense tasks.

The General Secretary affirmed that, after 80 years of construction, fighting and growing, the Agriculture and Environment sector has always accompanied the history of the nation, becoming a pillar of the economy, the foundation of livelihood and now an important factor in the development and transformation of the country in the new era of development. These achievements are the crystallization of the intelligence, efforts and enthusiasm of generations of Vietnamese cadres, workers, farmers, intellectuals and enterprises, along with the close leadership and direction of the Party and State.

The General Secretary requested that the Agriculture and Environment sector continue to perfect institutions and policies - laying a strategic foundation for the new period; accelerate the summary and full institutionalization of the Party's policies on agriculture, farmers, rural areas; resource management, environmental protection, and climate change response into the legal system; continue to perfect the legal system on land, water resources, minerals, and environmental protection; ensure synchronization, stability, feasibility, and harmony of State - people - business interests. Land must continue to be identified as a special national asset, owned by the entire people and managed by the State; used for the right purposes, effectively, publicly, transparently, without loss, corruption, or disguised privatization. Establish a mechanism to control power, publicly, transparently in planning, land allocation, land lease, land use conversion, and resource exploitation; and not allow group interests, corruption, or waste to occur.

On this occasion, General Secretary To Lam awarded the First Class Labor Medal to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment for its outstanding achievements in GDP growth in the Agriculture and Environment sector, making great contributions to the country's socio-economic development, contributing to the cause of building socialism and protecting the Fatherland.

At the ceremony, Minister of Agriculture and Environment Tran Duc Thang launched an emulation movement, calling on all cadres, civil servants, public employees and workers of the sector across the country to constantly compete in innovation and creativity; turn pride into strength, turn aspirations into concrete actions; and be determined to excellently complete all tasks entrusted by the Party, State and people.

Nguyen Hong Diep (Vietnam News Agency)

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