Party cell secretary follows "good things" in the newspaper

People in hamlet 3, Nam Son commune (Do Luong) often see Mr. Dang Xuan Nam (68 years old) visiting the fields and checking for diseases, even though he has never farmed and is not an agricultural extension officer.

"As a Party cell secretary in rural areas, I have to grasp all information related to business and production situations to promptly find solutions," Mr. Nam shared.

Mr. Dang Xuan Nam (sitting in the middle, right row) attended the meeting of the propaganda team of Nam Son commune (Do Luong). Photo: Cong Khang

Mr. Dang Xuan Nam was a demobilized soldier, then transferred to the transport sector and retired in 2010. Having just received the retirement decision and transferred his Party activities to the locality, he was mobilized by the Party Committee of Nam Son commune to join the Management Board of Hamlet 3, because the people's lives in the hamlet were still difficult and the movements were limited.

Faced with these real conditions, Mr. Nam happily accepted the invitation and was elected by the Party Committee as Party Cell Secretary, and soon after that, he was elected by the people as Village Chief. Currently, he is Party Cell Secretary and Head of the Front Work Committee.

The new task was far different from his previous professional work, so it was inevitable that he would feel confused and bewildered at first. However, with proper training and a background as a farmer, Mr. Nam quickly got involved and soon the work went smoothly.

Mr. Dang Xuan Nam always spends time reading Party newspapers to learn about valuable models and experiences and find ways to apply them to local practices. Photo: Cong Khang

In the Party cell, in addition to the role of Secretary, Mr. Dang Xuan Nam also serves as a propagandist, often called “2 in 1”. As a retired cadre, his family does not produce agriculture, so he has the opportunity to read and ponder in detail the People’s Newspaper, Nghe An Newspaper and various types of propaganda documents. From there, he classifies information sources to learn and disseminate experiences.

Reading the Party newspaper, Mr. Nam often pays attention to the content reflecting international, domestic and local current affairs as well as experiences in developing young party members in rural areas. Thanks to that, he has accumulated useful information and good practices, not only serving the Party cell meetings but also skillfully applying them to the work of the village.

In particular, reading Nghe An Newspaper, Mr. Nam learned the experience of mobilizing people to contribute human and financial resources to the construction of new rural areas in some localities in the province. From there, he decided to mobilize people in the hamlet to build concrete roads and hamlet cultural houses to make travel, production and daily life more convenient.

In addition to mobilizing households, he also personally wrote letters calling on children in the village who are working and living far away and successful people to contribute to building their hometown. Thanks to that, the nearly 2 km long concrete road and the cultural house worth more than 300 million VND were completed, the face of the village completely changed.

The rural traffic route of Hamlet 3, Nam Son Commune (Do Luong) has just been concreted by Mr. Dang Xuan Nam and the Party Cell, Hamlet Management Board, mobilizing people to contribute to make it spacious and clean. Photo: Cong Khang

In addition, Mr. Dang Xuan Nam also researched economic development models, choosing methods suitable to local conditions to disseminate experiences to people in the neighborhood and relatives. Thanks to that, it helps people increase their income, stabilize their lives, and currently the poverty rate in neighborhood 3 is only 8/201 households. Mr. Nam confided: "There are many good things on each page of the newspaper, I'm just afraid that I don't have enough strength to absorb and learn."

Mr. Nguyen Van Hong - Secretary of the Party Committee of Nam Son Commune said: "Comrade Dang Xuan Nam is a Party cell Secretary who always completes his tasks excellently and is respected by the people. In particular, he is a person who has used newspapers and documents very effectively, both serving the Party's activities and successfully applying them in practice."