The 1st Youth Volunteer Team - Nghe An Economic Development (1st Youth Volunteer Team) is located in the midland and lowland mountainous area of 3 communes: Long Son, Khai Son, Cao Son (Anh Son). This unit was previously assigned to manage 383.19 hectares (296.42 hectares in Long Son commune, 62.18 hectares in Khai Son commune, 24.59 hectares in Cao Son commune). Of this, 219.39 hectares of land were contracted to team members' households and 12.62 hectares of forestry land. In addition, this unit also has about 1 hectare of land for building headquarters, cultural houses, etc.
Going back in history, on September 1, 1986, in the middle of a wild, remote hill area in the mountainous district of Anh Son, the People's Committee of Nghe Tinh province at that time issued Decision No. 1312/QD-UB to establish the Youth Union for Economic Construction. According to this decision, the Youth Union 1 is an "economic unit operating under an independent economic accounting regime, with legal status, its own account and seal, applying financial and banking regimes like a state-owned unit". The Youth Union 1 is responsible for organizing youth forces to carry out land reclamation for basic construction, production and business according to the annual planning targets assigned by the province and economic contracts signed with economic organizations. The immediate task is to carry out land reclamation for the construction of the new Bau Dung economic zone (Anh Son industrial tea area).
The Youth Volunteer Corps 1 is the first Youth Volunteer Corps for economic construction in the province, established with the purpose of gathering young volunteers to carry out economic and social programs and projects; both performing the task of socio-economic development, job creation, education, training, and vocational training... At that time, the areas of Long Son, Khai Son, and Cao Son communes were just wild, sparsely populated hills, with extremely difficult roads, no electricity, water, television, or telephone signals... However, with the will and spirit of youth, the Youth Volunteer Corps 1 soon affirmed its pioneering role and successfully completed the assigned tasks. The Corps has exploited and put into management and use most of the fallow land in the project area, creating jobs, improving income and living standards for many young workers, developing infrastructure, culture, society, and maintaining security and order. With these achievements, the cadres and members of the General Team were awarded the Third Class Labor Medal by the Party and State in 1991; Second Class Labor Medal in 2001; First Class Labor Medal in 2005 and were awarded the first Youth Cultural Unit Certificate of the province by the Provincial People's Committee...
However, in 2014, the Provincial People's Committee approved the policy of allowing Viet Phat Trading and Service Joint Stock Company (headquartered in Hanoi) to build a factory to produce Japanese green tea and high-quality green tea in Long Son commune (in the land area managed by the Youth Volunteer Team 1). The detailed plan for the factory construction was also approved by the Provincial People's Committee, in which the entire office area of the Youth Volunteer Team 1 was planned and transferred to the investor to build a factory to produce and process Japanese green tea and high-quality green tea.
In particular, to implement this project, Viet Phat Trading and Service Joint Stock Company also committed to take responsibility for receiving all cadres of the Youth Volunteer Team 1 to work, ensuring the implementation of social insurance and health insurance policies... Prioritizing job creation for team members and their children working at the factory, taking responsibility for purchasing all tea products of the Team and people in the region, and at the same time, fully performing the company's obligations to the locality.
Therefore, in 2015, the People's Committee of Nghe An province issued a plan to dissolve the Youth Volunteer Force 1, along with a decision approving the plan. Accordingly, the goal of the dissolution is to consolidate the Youth Volunteer Force of Nghe An province to meet the requirements of the new stage, improve operational efficiency and contribute to improving the efficiency of using State resources and the rights of cadres and team members in a better way. The dissolution of the Youth Volunteer Force 1 is also aimed at creating conditions for Viet Phat Trading and Service Joint Stock Company to invest in building a factory to process Japanese green tea and high-quality green tea to purchase tea materials, solve employment problems, improve income and life for cadres, team members and people in the region.
However, although there was only a plan and no decision to dissolve it, the households of the Youth Volunteer Team 1 were handed over to the communes, including 110 households, more than 300 people in Hamlet 8, Long Son Commune; 24 households in Khai Son Commune and 17 households in Cao Son Commune. When the team members here questioned why there was a decision to establish but no decision to dissolve, it was not until October 19, 2021 (that is, 6 years later), that the Standing Committee of Nghe An Provincial Youth Union issued a Decision to dissolve the Youth Volunteer Team 1 - Nghe An Construction and Development.
Although the provincial People's Committee approved Viet Phat Trading and Service Joint Stock Company's plan to build a factory to produce Japanese green tea and high-quality green tea in Long Son commune. At the same time, it approved the sale of assets of the Youth Volunteer Team 1, including the operating area, 2 trucks and a car for more than 600 million VND. However, this project has not yet been seen anywhere. Meanwhile, the promises of a changed life for cadres, team members and people in the project area have also "flown away into the wind".
Mr. Nguyen Xuan Hao - Secretary of the Party Cell of Hamlet 8, Long Son Commune - former Head of the Organization and Administration Department, Youth Volunteer Force 1 sighed and said: "When the Youth Volunteer Force 1 was established, because it was the first unit in Nghe Tinh province at that time, it received great attention from leaders from the Central to the local level. However, when it was dissolved, it happened in silence, making those of us who had devoted our entire youth here feel sad."
Mr. Dang Van Chuong - former Deputy Commander of the Youth Volunteer Force 1 also said: "Initially, after the Provincial People's Committee approved the dissolution plan, in principle it was just a plan, however, many people thought it was the official document of the dissolution. However, after we questioned it, it took 6 years to get the dissolution decision."
Both Mr. Chuong and Mr. Hao said that in 2015 and 2017, when there was no official decision to dissolve, the leaders of the Youth Volunteer Force 1 also proposed that if there was a decision to establish and a ceremony to announce the decision to establish, then when dissolving, there should also be a decision and announcement of this. They even proposed that the governing body award commemorative medals to nearly 100 youth volunteers of the unit, who had devoted their youth to the movement. However, all they received was silence.
In particular, in early 2023, Mr. Dang Van Chuong submitted a petition to the 11th session of the 18th Provincial People's Council, requesting the completion of the procedures for handing over the land of the 1st Youth Volunteer Team to the locality for management to issue Land Use Rights Certificates to the team members' households.
Immediately after that, the Provincial People's Committee also issued a document to the People's Committee of Anh Son district to urgently check and copy records and documents related to the origin, land type and land use process of the Youth Volunteer Team 1, previously in the communes and towns. Preside and coordinate with the People's Committees of communes where the land of the Youth Volunteer Team 1 is located and Nghe An Provincial Youth Union to review and determine the current boundaries in the field, the land area assigned to the Youth Volunteer Team 1 for management and use. After completing the review, a specific report will be issued and related records and documents will be provided to the Department of Natural Resources and Environment as a basis for advising the Provincial People's Committee to establish and approve the Technical Design - Estimate for Surveying, making an extract (measurement extract) of the cadastral map of the land for land recovery.
In addition, the Provincial People's Committee also assigned the Department of Natural Resources and Environment to urge, direct and guide the People's Committee of Anh Son district to implement. At the same time, deploy the preparation and advise the Provincial People's Committee to approve the Technical Design - Estimate for Surveying, making extracts (measurements) of cadastral maps for the area previously managed and used by the Youth Union 1 to prepare land recovery records according to regulations.
However, up to now, the procedure for handing over land from Youth Volunteer Team 1 to Anh Son District People's Committee for management and procedures for granting Land Use Rights Certificates to people have not been carried out.
