(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese agriculture plays a particularly important role in ensuring food security, social stability, and livelihoods, and reducing poverty, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan said at a commemoration of World Food Day 2024 in Hanoi on Friday.
 Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan speaks at a ceremony marking World Food Day 2024, Hanoi, October 18, 2024. (Photo: FAO) |
The Ministry has approved a plan for international cooperation promotion in agriculture and rural development to 2030 with a vision to 2050, Minister Hoan said at the ceremony jointly held by his Ministry, the UN in Vietnam, and the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Vietnam.
The plan will enable Vietnam to actively and responsibly engage in meeting the challenges of global agriculture and integrating agriculture into the global market, while mobilizing human resources, technology, and foreign investment to support the rapid and sustainable development of agriculture and rural areas, according to Mr. Hoan.
“We‘re ready to cooperate with international partners on trade, investment, technical assistance, science, technology, training, and communications, by diversifying partnerships, fostering relationships with all, and promoting effective international cooperation in agriculture,” he said.
Vietnam's agriculture and rural development sector needs to strengthen diplomatic efforts, and diplomacy can take advantage of the potential of agriculture and rural areas to spread the image of Vietnam to the world, the Minister noted.
 Rémi Nono Womdim, FAO Representative to Vietnam (Photo: FAO) |
Mr. Rémi Nono Womdim, FAO Representative to Vietnam, praised the country’s National Action Plan on Food Systems Transformation. “Transforming agrifood systems will contribute to eradicating poverty, improving nutrition and livelihoods for the most vulnerable, and ensuring that these systems are efficient, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable."
At the ceremony, Vietnam and 45 partners signed the “Partnership Agreement for Transparent, Responsible, and Sustainable Food Systems Transformation in Vietnam” and launched a UN-Vietnam joint program called “Incubation of Innovations in Partnerships and Financing for Agrifood Systems Transformation in Vietnam.”