<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:14px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112695">I read, with great interest, the following article entitled:</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112726"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112689"><i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112729"><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112728">Deputy PM holds bilateral talks in Davos, VN backs global food security</b></i></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112682"><br><span></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112730">The article:</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112736" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112737" dir="ltr"><a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112740" href="http://vietnamnews.vn/politics-laws/265620/deputy-pm-holds-bilateral-talks-in-davos-vn-backs-global-food-security.html">Deputy PM holds bilateral talks in Davos, VN backs global food security - Politics & Laws | Politics, Business, Economy, Society, Life, Sports - VietNam News - VietNam News</a><br><span></span></div><div style="width:450px; 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color: #000000 !important; line-height: 100%; font-size: 18px; display: block;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112796" class="link-enhancr-element link-enhancr-card-title" style="margin: 0; font-weight: normal;margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 21px; max-height: 43px; color: #000000; overflow: hidden !important; display: inline-block;">Deputy PM holds bilateral talks in Davos, VN backs globa...</span></a><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112780" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; color: #999999; max-height: 81px; font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman', 'serif';overflow: hidden;" class="link-enhancr-card-description link-enhancr-element">Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh held bilateral meetings on Thursday, on the cusp of the 45th annual World Economic Forum in Davos,...</div></div></div></td></tr><tr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112819"><td id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112818" colspan="2" class="link-enhancr-element" style="height: 4px; 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The genetically modified seeds and organisms do nothing at all for sustainability - to the contrary, and by definition, they allow mega-doses of it's product Round-up which they claim preserve the plant, yet destroys everything around it - including the soil. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112828" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112827" dir="ltr">Food security is one of the most precious rights that we have as human beings - and as sovereign nations. By using Monsanto GM seeds, we are giving up said sovereignty and inviting companies, such as Monsanto, to take over and control the food sources throughout the world - including Vietnam.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112860" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112861" dir="ltr">And let us not forget, this is the same Monsanto who was and is responsible for the death and destruction of over 3 million Vietnamese Victims of Agent Orange. The same Monsanto who told us Agent Orange was safe - and to this day, Monsanto does not acknowledge the destruction it continues to dole out in Vietnam and around the world.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112830" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112862" dir="ltr">Food sovereignty? I think not, Mr. Phat:</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112863" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112895" style="" class=""><b><i>Sustainable agriculture</i></b></div><b><i>
</i></b><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112894" class="" style=""><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112942"><i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112941">Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat
attended the "Global Food Security Agenda" session at the ongoing World
Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, yesterday. </i></b></div><b><i>
</i></b><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112892" class="" style=""><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112944"><i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112943">In his speech delivered at the event, the minister talked
about the creative and sustainable development of Viet Nam's
agricultural sector. </i></b></div><b><i>
</i></b><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112891" class="" style=""><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112938"><i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112937">He then joined more than 1,000 officials from around the
globe to discuss measures to develop agriculture sustainably, including
investing in smart value chains, improving resilience to climate change
and expanding cultivation. </i></b></div><b><i>
</i></b><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112890" class="" style=""><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112936"><i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112935">Talking to Vietnam News Agency correspondents in Davos,
Minister Phat said that Viet Nam's attendance at the session aimed to
contribute to global efforts to ensure food security while promoting the
country's agricultural achievements and calling for foreign investments
in the sector. </i></b></div><b><i>
</i></b><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112893" class="" style=""><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112934"><i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112933">The event also offered a good chance for Viet Nam to share
its experience in implementing public private partnership (PPP) models
in the sector, particularly the "Grow Asia" initiative, of which Viet
Nam was a stakeholder, he added. — VNS</i></b></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_113108" class="" style=""><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_113109" class="" style="">Let us not forget what Henry Kissinger had to say about food sovereignty:</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_113131" dir="ltr" class="" style=""><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_113132" dir="ltr" class="" style=""><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_113137">"Control the food, and you control the people"</b>.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_113172" dir="ltr" class="" style=""><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_113187" dir="ltr" class="" style="">Sure, let's welcome Monsanto with arms open wide - are over 3 million Vietnamese Agent Orange Victims not enough?</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_113188" dir="ltr" class="" style=""><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_113189" dir="ltr" class="" style="">Chuck Palazzo<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_113111" dir="ltr" class="" style=""><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112948" dir="ltr" class="" style=""><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_113106" style="background-color: rgb(221, 144, 47);"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112683" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">===============================</span></span><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112687" class="signature"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112686" style="color:rgb(255, 127, 0);"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112685" style="color:rgb(255, 127, 0);font-weight:bold;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" size="2"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112684" style="font-family:bookman old style, new york, times, serif;">Chuck Palazzo<br>Agent Orange Action Group</span><br>http://aoag.org/<br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112725" style="font-family:bookman old style, new york, times, serif;">Chapter 160, </span></font><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112709" style="color:rgb(255, 127, 0);font-weight:bold;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" size="2"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112708" style="font-family:bookman old style, new york, times, serif;"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112909" style="color:rgb(255, 127, 0);font-weight:bold;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" size="2"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112908" style="font-family:bookman old style, new york, times, serif;">Hoa Binh, </span></font>Veterans For Peace</span><br>http://vfp-vn.ning.com/</font><font size="1"><font class="yui_3_2_0_2_133065404731860" style="font-weight:bold;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" size="2"><br></font></font><span class="yiv118013358"></span><br><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112711" size="1"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112710" style="font-weight:bold;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" size="2">chuck_pal@yahoo.com<br>================================</font></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1422359074573_112712"><span><br></span></div></div></div></body></html>