The 2012 Luong Dinh Cua Awards ceremony honoring 300 outstanding rural youths over the whole country was successfully held in Thanh Hoa province on November 24, 2012 and broadcast live on VTV2 channel. It is considered as an outstanding activity of the First National Rural Youth Festival for the purpose of responding the campaign “Youths join hands to build new rural areas” raised by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee and in honor of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union’s 10th National Congress.
Attending the awards ceremony, from the Party and State leaders were Mr. Vu Van Ninh – member of the Party Central Committee cum Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Mai Van Ninh – member of the Party Central Committee cum Secretary of the Thanh Hoa Provincial Committee, Mr. Nguyen Dac Vinh – alternate member cum First Secretary of the Party Central Committee, from PVFCCo was Mr. Cao Hoai Duong – President & CEO of PVFCCo.
This year PVFCCo continues to accompany the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee to present the 7th Luong Dinh Cua Awards with a sum of nearly VND 3 billion. This is the 7th consecutive year that PVFCCo plays the role of main sponsor for the Luong Dinh Cua Awards with a hope that the awards will contribute to honor and encourage rural youths for their outstanding achievements, initiatives in production – business, building new rural areas and contributing positively in the sustainable development of the local economy.
It is known that the majority of young people receiving the Luong Dinh Cua Awards this year directly produce following the farm economic and traditional village development models. Especially, 47 ethnic minority youths were awarded. The model of the 300 young people receiving awards this time has created jobs for thousands of regular and seasonal workers. Over the past 7 years, 1,050 young people aged 18 to 35 were awarded thanks to their exceptional achievements in the field of agriculture and rural areas.
