The pioneering Party cell secretary donated land to open the road.

(Baonghean) - In order for the village to soon complete the criteria for new rural roads, Mr. Nguyen Hong Van - Secretary of the Party cell of village 5, Quynh Giang commune (Quynh Luu) took the lead in breaking down the wall and donating land to the commune to build roads, which was supported and followed by local people.

Introduced by the commune cadre, we visited the house of Mr. Nguyen Hong Van - born in 1972, Secretary of the Party Cell of Hamlet 5, Quynh Giang Commune. Through conversation, Mr. Van said: Hamlet 5 has 218 households with more than 1,000 people, the people's economy is mainly agricultural production and small-scale trading, the average income per capita is still low.

The entire village has about 3km of roads that need to be hardened according to new rural standards. Because there was no planning before, most of the village roads were small and narrow, making it difficult to travel. Therefore, when the commune had a policy to widen the roads according to new rural standards, most of the people agreed to support it. However, some people were still hesitant because of their own interests.

Promoting the exemplary pioneering role of a party member, Mr. Van himself voluntarily dismantled 36m of surrounding wall, rebuilt a 1.5m high fence and donated 58.8m of residential land to widen the road.

The family of Mr. Nguyen Hong Van (village 5, Quynh Giang commune, Quynh Luu) demolished the surrounding wall for the commune to build a road. Photo: Nhu Thuy

Talking about the responsibility of shouldering the village's affairs, the Party Secretary of Hamlet 5 said: "Although I have just been elected as the first Party Secretary, I always keep in mind that when the people have placed their trust in me, I must do my best. Therefore, when receiving the policy of building new rural areas from the commune, I realized that this is a correct policy that benefits the people. If I do not do it soon, I will lose the opportunity. However, to gain the people's consensus and support, the Party members themselves must take the lead. Therefore, I determined that I must be the first person to take the hammer and break the wall so that the remaining households can follow."

When seeing the Party cell secretary set an example by breaking down the wall and donating land, the households agreed and voluntarily dismantled the construction for the commune to build a road. For example, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Thoan's family in Group 4, from being hesitant, voluntarily donated more land to widen the road by 5-6m. Mrs. Thoan shared: "Seeing the Party cell secretary's family using a hammer to break down the wall and open the road, my family immediately supported, voluntarily dismantled the 19m long surrounding wall and donated an additional 24m of residential land to widen the road."

Not only being a pioneer in donating land, Mr. Van and the Village Front Committee also struggled to find solutions to propose specialized resolutions that closely matched the village's reality to soon succeed in building new rural areas.

There were times when the Party Secretary, along with prestigious Party members and heads of branches in the village, had to go to every alley and knock on every house to propagate and mobilize people to understand and support the new rural construction program. Up to now, 100% of households in the village have agreed to donate land, not asking for compensation from the State but also voluntarily contributing 1.7 million VND per person to buy materials to start pouring concrete roads according to the new rural standards.

Commenting on Party Cell Secretary Nguyen Hong Van, Mr. Le Xuan Trach - Chairman of Quynh Giang Commune People's Committee said: "The new rural construction program is a correct policy, beneficial to the people and serves the practical interests in the daily life and production of the people. However, to gain the consensus of the people, the leading and exemplary role of Party Cell Secretaries like Comrade Van cannot be denied. Under his leadership as well as the solidarity of the people, currently Village 5 is the leading unit in the new rural construction movement of Quynh Giang Commune".

Nhu Thuy

(Quynh Luu Radio)