The village secretary leads the movement to eliminate the habit of waiting and relying on others.

From the way Secretary Muon did, Can villagers know how to take advantage of garden land to grow vegetables according to each season. Photo: May Huyen

Get out of poverty and get rich

After 5am, the late summer sun in the highlands has lit up the Pieng Pang valley. The sound of machines cutting and mixing animal feed in the garden of Secretary Vang Van Muon's family is bustling. With hands covered in grass, wiping sweat from his face, Mr. Muon shared: "As the Party cell secretary, I always worry about how to gradually change the habit of waiting, relying, and waiting for support from the State of Party members and people; encourage the spirit of work and creativity of the people".

From that concern, the Party Committee and the village management board met many times and agreed: Only when each village cadre takes the lead, does it first, and then actively does a good job of mass mobilization work, will the people have the confidence to follow.

Mr. Vang Van Muon has 2 fish ponds to improve his family's meals, sell fish to the market and create a water source for irrigation and cleaning of barns. Photo: May Huyen

True to his word, in 2020, Mr. Vang Van Muon invested in the VAC integrated economic model. At first, there were many difficulties, with little capital, small-scale investment, and poor care techniques, so livestock grew slowly and died of disease, causing heavy losses to the family.

With the determination of “as long as there are people, there is property”, in early 2020, he boldly borrowed 50 million VND from the Agricultural Bank, plus his family’s capital to invest in rebuilding barns, renovating the garden in the direction of a family farm, raising commercial livestock in captivity, planting grass, bananas, cassava, and selecting various vegetables. Then he went up to the upper commune and down to the lower village to learn from the experience of building models.

Mr. Muon's family maintains 35 - 40 pigs/batch, 3 batches/year. Photo: May Huyen

Only when you come to the place and see what he has done and is doing can you see Secretary Muon's efforts to "remove barriers of expectation and dependence" and why he is trusted and loved by the people.

After just a short time, more than 2,000m²The barren, abandoned valley is arranged reasonably, closed, covered with green elephant grass, seasonal crops. In his clean barn, he always maintains 11-15 fattened cows, 2-3 breeding sows, and 35-40 pigs. At the same time, his family also opened a grocery store and specializes in purchasing agricultural products produced by local people, bringing in an annual income of 400-500 million VND.

Spread good practices in the community

Not only is he a pioneer in all fields, Secretary Muon is also known as a very enthusiastic person in supporting the villagers in building household economic models.

Ms. Lo Thi Tam excitedly said: “Not only my family but also some households in the village also learned from Secretary Muon, the secretary, commune and village cadres came to C5 (xe nam - production area) of the family to guide on how to raise livestock, grow grass, intercrop vegetables, grow cassava... Now many households have proactively reclaimed land, expanded the cultivated area and converted ineffective areas to grow cassava, elephant grass, vegetables, fruit trees according to the policy of the superiors, many households have livestock, vegetables, fruits of all kinds to improve their meals and sell them at the commune market."

The whole Can village has expanded 50 hectares of high-yield cassava, bringing income to the people. Photo: May Huyen

The strong direction from the Party cell, the village management board, especially the contributions of Secretary Muon, has created consensus among the villagers. The village's economy is increasingly improving, the villagers boldly participate in training courses on technology transfer, many economic development models bring in income from 200-400 million VND/year. Typical examples include the high-yield cassava planting model with 50 hectares, of which the village Women's Union implements 5 hectares; models of raising pigs for meat, sows from 25-40 pigs of the families of Ms. Mac Thi Thanh, Lo Thi Tam, Mac Thi Thuy...

Thanks to the effective production, livestock, solidarity and innovation movements, for 3 consecutive years, the Can village Party Cell has achieved the title of Outstanding Party Cell. Comrade Lang Van Hien - Deputy Secretary of the Tam Thai Commune Party Committee proudly said: "The greatest recognition for Comrade Muon is taking the lead in the movement of "eliminating the mentality of waiting and relying on others" in all fields. He knows how to choose key contents, policies and guidelines related to the interests of the people to convey, to open up for Party members in the cell to boldly participate in giving opinions, creating a democratic atmosphere in meetings. Thanks to that, the work of the village has reached a high level of consensus, bringing appropriate perspectives and ways of doing things, contributing to creating consensus and creating people's trust in the leadership of the Party".