On the afternoon of March 1, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha attended and chaired the Conference on the implementation of the Resolution of the National Assembly to establish the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment and the Decision on personnel work.
22 heads become deputy heads of the new ministry
According to Minister of Agriculture and Environment Do Duc Duy, in a very short time, Party committees, Party organizations, agencies, organizations, and units at all levels, first of all leaders and heads, have been exemplary, proactive, and determined in performing assigned tasks; determined priority work contents and coordinated smoothly in implementation; urgently and proactively deployed work in the spirit of "running and lining up".
This is a very difficult, sensitive, and complicated job, directly affecting each person in each organization; therefore, it always requires solidarity, unity, consensus, and high determination of each Party member, cadre, civil servant, and public employee, ready to sacrifice personal interests for the common interests of the agency, unit, industry, and the country.
Minister Do Duc Duy said that during the merger period, a total of 22 heads of units under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment became deputy heads of the new ministry.

9 key tasks
Minister Do Duc Duy said that the establishment of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment is an important step in implementing the administrative reform strategy, towards a streamlined, effective and efficient state apparatus.
The merger is not only a change in organizational structure but also an opportunity to restructure, review and improve efficiency in all aspects of the work of both Ministries; helping to improve the effectiveness of environmental protection with agricultural development, between hydrometeorology with natural disaster prevention and agricultural production..., these are all fields closely related and organically linked together...
The 9 tasks set by Minister Do Duc Duy are: Urgently and quickly stabilize the organization of the Ministry after the reorganization; at the same time, perfect the organization and staff of units under the Ministry; Continue to focus on the work of building and perfecting institutions, policies, laws, administrative procedure reform, improving the investment and business environment.
Timely remove difficulties and obstacles in institutions and policies to clear bottlenecks and mobilize resources to serve the country's socio-economic development; The whole industry will thoroughly grasp the viewpoint: Economic and social development, environmental protection as the center; identify the environment as one of the three pillars of sustainable development of the economy - Culture - Society - Environment.
Promote market opening, strengthen value chains, production linkages, and continue to develop deep processing; focus on building and developing Vietnamese agricultural product brands and trademarks; strive to achieve the 4% development target assigned by the National Assembly and the Government; Strengthen the Party's leadership in state management of agriculture and the environment. Do a good job of propaganda, create high unity in awareness and action in each Party organization for tasks related to the arrangement of the apparatus and implementation of professional tasks of the unit...
New page for the agricultural and Natural Resources and Environment sector
Speaking at the Conference, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha said that this is a historic milestone, opening a new page for the agricultural sector and the Natural Resources and Environment sector and opening a new mission of the two ministries, contributing to the sustainable development of the country. This is a fate because the two ministries have a very organic relationship. The entire field of natural resources and natural resources will be jointly managed and promoted to promote socio-economic issues.

The Deputy Prime Minister affirmed that the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment must be truly united and strong. In addition to advancing human resources and having a stronger team, there will be many jobs in the coming time. This is a initial success, requiring a lot of enthusiasm to arrange and perfect the organization.
With a large scope of management, 25 areas with major issues related to natural resources, global issues of climate change, urgent issues, associated with economic development, environment... this requires us to be strong.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment receives additional poverty reduction funds from the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, according to the Deputy Prime Minister, when receiving this, it is necessary to change thinking and innovate working methods, but it is also necessary to inherit that in 2025, development needs to be at least equal to or more, the poverty rate must be reduced.
"The Ministry needs to clearly define the functions and tasks for one person to do one job, one unit to do one job but a capable unit must do many things, that is the principle" - the Deputy Prime Minister said.