Farmer honored as Excellent Vietnamese Farmer

Veteran Nguyen Tien Cuong in Ninh Thuong commune (Ninh Hoa town) overcame difficulties to rise and become an "Excellent Vietnamese Farmer". On that journey, he showed acumen, dared to think, dared to do in transforming the crop structure and had a compassionate heart, always interested in supporting difficult people...

Referring to Cuong, leaders of Ninh Thuong commune as well as people in the commune always express their affection. Because he not only enriched his family but also helped with funding, seedlings, and agricultural materials when planting sugarcane for dozens of poor households. Now, when switching to a fruit farm, he also shares his knowledge with farmers in the area for mutual development. “For my family, Ninh Thuong land has become flesh and blood. Everything I have today is thanks to this land. Therefore, I not only want to get rich for myself, but also want many people in Ninh Thuong to be better off to contribute to changing my homeland...", Cuong said.

Cuong and his wife harvesting guavas

Truong Cong Tin - Vice Chairman of Ninh Hoa Town Farmers' Association: In recent years, the movement of good farmers in production and business in the town has developed strongly. Thereby, there have appeared many examples of farmers building effective economic models, rising to wealth and creating great influence, typically Nguyen Tien Cuong. Cuong has constantly studied and equipped himself with knowledge and skills to apply to production practices, thereby boldly converting crops and applying scientific and technical advances to improve productivity and quality; be agile in production linked to the market, link and cooperate to find stable output for agricultural products.

Farmer Nguyen Tien Cuong was awarded the title of "Good Farmer in Production and Business" at the provincial level for many consecutive years. Most recently, he was awarded the title "Outstanding Vietnamese Farmer 2023" by the Vietnam Farmers' Association (the award ceremony will be held on October 13). He was awarded the Certificate of Merit for Good Farmer in Production and Business in 2016 by the Provincial People's Committee and the Certificate of Merit for Typical Good Farmer in Production and Business of the province in the period 2017 - 2020; Ninh Hoa town awarded certificates of merit to farmers for good production and business achievements in 2017 and 2018; The Organizing Committee of the Provincial Science and Technology Innovation Contest awarded certificates of merit in 2019.

Xuan Thanh – Cong Dinh

Translated by T.T