Party building

The Mong Luu Thong ethnic group is proud to have a new young female party member.

Khanh Ly • January 30, 2025 07:45

In the new spring, the Mong Luu Thong village (Luu Kien commune, Tuong Duong district) has a new joy: After nearly 20 years, the village party cell has admitted a young female party member. That is Vu Thi Thu Trang (born 2000), graduated from the Faculty of Law, Vinh University.

Proud to be a party member

Leading us into a house located in a small alley with lush green vegetable plots, the female Party Secretary of Luu Thong village, Vu Y Do - the first female Mong party member of Luu Kien commune and Tuong Duong district - excitedly talked about the village Party Cell admitting Vu Thi Thu Trang into the Party: "It's been a long time since the village has had a new female party member, I'm so happy!"

Our first impression when meeting Vu Thi Thu Trang was that she is a unique, pretty and straightforward girl. “Being cared for by the Party and the State, and having my parents create conditions for me to study and acquire knowledge is a source of happiness and luck for me, which opens up many opportunities for ethnic minority youth like me in the future,” Vu Thi Thu Trang confided.

Born and raised in Mong village, Luu Kien commune, where some people still strongly believe that "girls do not need to study much, just need to know how to write to write their own name, then get married, have children, and work hard on the fields", however, Vu Thi Thu Trang's parents have progressive ideas, encouraging their children to study well. The young girl herself always thinks: "Women with knowledge, jobs, and income have equality and are respected and loved".

With a love of learning, during her time studying at Nghe An Ethnic Boarding High School, Vu Thi Thu Trang always strived to achieve good results and her efforts were rewarded when she passed the entrance exam to the Faculty of Law (Vinh University). Trang is one of the few Mong women in Luu Thong to study at university, so everyone in the village is happy and proud.

"I chose Law because I want to bring knowledge and understanding of the law to the local people, including women, to contribute to building a progressive and civilized community. I also want people to understand that the backs of Mong women now not only carry corn and cassava but also carry the Party's policies and the State's laws" - the young girl expressed.

With excellent academic achievements, exemplary, and active participation in school activities, Vu Thi Thu Trang was sent to attend a Party sympathy training class at Vinh University.

In 2022, after graduating from university with a good degree, the young woman returned to her hometown. While waiting for a suitable job, she applied to work as an employee for an express delivery company and then worked at the Xiangyang District Post Office.

Trang also actively participates in activities in the village and was trained by the female Party Cell Secretary Vu Y Do, admitted to the Party in May 2023, and officially transferred to the Party in May 2024.

The moment of standing under the party flag and reading the oath was a memorable milestone and also a motivation for this Mong girl in Luu Thong village to be more determined on her journey of aspiration to contribute.

“Becoming a party member is an event that marks a step of maturity in my life. I am very happy to have followed in the footsteps of my father - a party member in the police force, and joined the Party,” Vu Thi Thu Trang expressed.

Talking to us, Ms. Vu Y Xu - Vu Thi Thu Trang's mother said: "Trang is the eldest child, she has a younger brother. Since childhood, Trang has been very studious and determined to pursue her education to broaden her knowledge and have a better future. The fact that she is in the Party's ranks makes the family very proud and happy!"

Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Luu Kien Commune, Lu Van Hai, said that many years ago, when Ms. Vu Y Do (from Ky Son and married into Luu Thong village) joined the Party and then became the Party Cell Secretary, it was considered a great innovation for the Mong people here.

Vu Thi Thu Trang also shared that Party Cell Secretary Vu Y Do is a shining example of the spirit of overcoming difficulties and the will to rise up for young girls like her to learn from and follow.

According to the village chief Luu Thong Tho Ba Cho,Selecting female factors to nurture, mobilize to join the party, helping them as well as the community realize: "Women are equal to men" is not easy. Because prejudice has been deeply ingrained in the thinking of some people and along with that, the idea of ​​​​being content, feeling inferior, lacking the will to rise still exists in women themselves...

Therefore, the fact that the village Party Cell admitted a young female party member with a university degree like Vu Thi Thu Trang is a great joy, inspiring the young generation of the locality to strive, train, and join the Party, especially young women.

Contribute to building the village

After the warm and sincere story at the community cultural house, we followed young party member Vu Thi Thu Trang and officials of Luu Thong village to visit the airy, clean concrete roads, vegetable gardens, banana gardens, cassava fields, and lush corn fields around the village.

While walking, the young female party member of Luu Thong village proudly introduced: The people of my village have changed their way of thinking and working in production, striving to build a prosperous life.

In particular, women in the village are pioneers in the model of growing banana leaves, growing vegetables, classifying and treating waste from the source...

Vu Thi Thu Trang added that she is always highly aware of the responsibility of setting an example for party members in all movements and activities of the village, from environmental sanitation to propaganda and mobilizing people, especially young people in the village, to participate in the exciting activities of the Club for Preservation and Promotion of Mong Cultural Identity (singing cu xia, playing the flute, making musical instruments, embroidering, sewing ethnic costumes...).

Vu Thi Thu Trang also expressed concern that currently the Luu Thong village Party Cell has 14 party members but only 3 female party members, of which two are local party members, the remaining one is a cadre of Luu Kien commune (Thai ethnic group) who has come to increase activities.

She believes that she will work with the Party Committee and Party members in the cell to promote propaganda and mobilize the young generation in the village, especially young women, to be enlightened and strive to join the Party; boldly participate in social work, affirming their role and position in the family and community.

At the age of 24 like Vu Thi Thu Trang, many Mong women have children in their arms, but when asked about husband and children, the young woman smiled confidently: "No rush! I still have many plans to complete. A stable job is the foundation for a happy family!"