Solving 2 bottlenecks, the Mekong Delta will develop strongly

On the afternoon of October 16, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and the National Assembly Delegation of Can Tho City met with voters before the 8th session of the 15th National Assembly.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and the National Assembly Delegation of Can Tho City met with voters before the 8th session of the 15th National Assembly.

At the meeting, the Can Tho City National Assembly Delegation informed about the content and program of the 8th session and the implementation of policies on agricultural production and business in the city.

Voters made recommendations related to the implementation of climate change response projects combined with urban beautification of Can Tho; supporting people in areas at high risk of landslides to move to safety or having solutions to reinforce areas at risk of landslides; increasing the level of support so that farmers and freelance workers have more opportunities to participate in social insurance.

"Currently, the social insurance support rate for the poor is 30%, near-poor households is 25% and other subjects is 10%, while the basic salary increase of 30% applied from July 1, 2024 causes the social insurance rate to increase, further affecting the meager income of farmers and freelancers. I would like to recommend that the Prime Minister and the City National Assembly Delegation direct the proposal to increase the support level so that farmers and freelancers have more opportunities to participate in social insurance, contributing to ensuring social security in the future," voter Dang Hoai Thanh - a member of the Farmers' Association of Thot Not district suggested.

Voters speak out.

In addition, voters also expressed their opinions regarding the slow implementation of the National Assembly's Resolution on the Center for Linkage, Production, Processing and Consumption of Agricultural Products in the Mekong Delta in Can Tho; recommendations on supporting cooperatives and farmers in specialized rice production areas, carbon credit policies to increase farmers' income; preferential credit for farmers, support and construction of production and output linkage chains for agricultural products; support for farmers to change careers and work in industrial parks....

Speaking at the meeting, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said that efforts are being made to complete the construction of about 600 km of expressways in the Mekong Delta by the end of 2025, upgrade and renovate Can Tho, Ca Mau, Phu Quoc airports, Cai Cui port, inland waterway ports, etc.; and promote the training of high-quality human resources in the Mekong Delta.

According to the Prime Minister, the Mekong Delta has two bottlenecks: infrastructure is being actively resolved and the bottleneck of high-quality human resources. If these two major bottlenecks are resolved, the Mekong Delta will develop strongly. In addition, the Prime Minister said that the Mekong Delta currently has four major problems: landslides, subsidence, drought, and flooding. In 2023 alone, more than 4,000 billion VND was spent to respond to landslides in the Mekong Delta region, while many large projects such as the Cai Lon-Cai Be irrigation project were implemented...

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the meeting with voters.

For people affected by landslides, the Prime Minister pointed out that the local government should immediately use the budget to support them. The Prime Minister said that the whole country is joining hands with the determination to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses nationwide by the end of 2025, including those affected by landslides in the Mekong Delta.

Regarding the slow progress of the Center for Linking, Producing, Processing and Consuming Agricultural Products in the Mekong Delta, the Prime Minister said that this is a new model, very important and necessary for the Mekong Delta. The Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to urgently implement it.

Regarding voters' recommendations on social insurance, the Prime Minister is directing the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs to consider and study increasing the level of social insurance support for farmers, poor households, and near-poor households because this is a legitimate demand.

To strongly develop the agricultural economy of the Mekong Delta, the Prime Minister noted that it is necessary to pay attention to the following contents: Planning raw material areas; building brands for high-quality segments; applying science and technology, innovation; mobilizing capital; developing markets with the participation of enterprises; linking large-scale production; developing digital infrastructure, irrigation, transportation, electricity, processing industry, etc. At the same time, it is imperative to mechanize, electrify, and digitally transform agriculture.

Source: https://daidoanket.vn/thu-tuong-giai-quyet-duoc-2-diem-nghen-dbscl-se-phat-trien-manh-10292429.html