Unforgettable memories with Minister Le Minh Hoan

As Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Comrade Le Minh Hoan has visited Hai Duong many times. However, it was not until early this year that I met the Minister for the first time when I attended the Kinh Mon Onion and Garlic Harvest Festival 2024.

That day, I was lucky to approach and talk privately with the Minister for a few minutes. The Minister kindly asked me about my hometown, family, and work agency. He praised Hai Duong Newspaper for having many good articles. I asked to take a photo with him, the Minister smiled and agreed, and even asked me to add him as a friend on Zalo. At the end of the meeting, the Minister also participated in an interview with Hai Duong Newspaper.

On June 12, I had the opportunity to meet Minister Le Minh Hoan for the second time when I attended the 2024 Tu Ky District Organic Rice Festival. Like the previous time, the Minister was very open, friendly, and happy to answer my questions.

Not only friendly and approachable, he also suggested to Hai Duong Newspaper profound issues to reflect on agriculture, farmers and rural areas today. In our interview, the Minister assessed that the Tu Ky Organic Rice Festival, although not large in scale, is a very emotional story with a big goal. He suggested that Hai Duong Newspaper and media agencies should not report on how many people attended the festival, how much money was sold... but should know how to tell the story to turn a small piece of land like An Thanh commune into an inspiration for other localities in and outside the province. Doing such good propaganda will contribute to spreading the spirit of transforming agriculture that once abused fertilizers and chemicals into clean green agriculture following the world trend...

The Minister believes that the press needs to focus on promoting the quintessence of local resources, turning them into specialties, local pride, creating new values, new images, new brands. Promoting so that farmers see that clean agricultural production is an inevitable trend, demonstrating kindness, cherishing the health of consumers and the community. Also, how to make consumers buy products not simply to exchange money but also to express gratitude to farmers.

Newspapers also need to propagate so that the public can see that in addition to the function of creating food, the agricultural sector also has the function of educating love for the environment, love for nature, so that the young generation can return to the countryside, return to their roots, and learn about the values ​​that have been passed down for generations that we have gradually forgotten due to the urbanization process...

The two times I met Minister Le Minh Hoan were unforgettable memories for me. The Minister's kindness and suggestions will help us produce better, more intimate, and life-affirming journalistic works in the future.