Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy visits and extends New Year greetings in Que Phong and Quy Chau districts

Accompanying were comrades: Nguyen Ngoc Ha - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Commander of the Provincial Military Command; Tran Hai Binh - Commander of the Provincial Border Guard; Doan Hong Vu - Director of the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs; Vi Van Son - Head of the Provincial Ethnic Minorities Committee; representatives of the Provincial Party Committee Office, Provincial Police, and Provincial Fatherland Front Committee.

On the morning of February 5, comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee visited, extended New Year greetings, and presented gifts to the Standing Committee of the District Party Committee, units, former leaders, prestigious village elders, and policy households in Que Phong district.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee visited and extended New Year greetings to Que Phong District Party Committee. Photo: Thanh Duy

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy visited and presented gifts to Que Phong District Party Committee and listened to a report on preparations for people in the district.

In 2020, with the spirit of solidarity and efforts of the entire political system and people, Que Phong district achieved relatively positive results in all aspects.

Total product in the area increased by 7.85%, average income per capita reached 28.82 million VND, up 7.4% compared to 2019; the poverty rate decreased by 3.89% to 22.6%; 4 villages and hamlets met new rural standards.

Comrade Truong Minh Cuong - Secretary of Que Phong District Party Committee reported on the district's situation in 2020, orientation for 2021 and the work of taking care of the traditional Tet holiday for the people. Photo: Thanh Duy

The work of preventing and fighting the Covid-19 epidemic has achieved good results, especially the strict control of people crossing the border, contributing to effective prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic in the area.

Party building and political system building work has been strengthened. There have been no outstanding and complicated incidents in the area; security and order, border security, and security in ethnic minority areas have been maintained and ensured.

Responding to the Provincial Party Secretary's call for support and assistance to poor households to celebrate the Lunar New Year, the district called on and mobilized organizations, individuals, and businesses inside and outside the district to support poor households, policy families, meritorious people, and students with a total amount of 3,671 billion VND.

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy presents New Year gifts to the Standing Committee of Que Phong District Party Committee. Photo: Thanh Duy

100% of poor households (3,633 households), policy households, meritorious people and students received gifts worth VND500,000 or more. Students alone received 4,519 gifts, with a total value of VND932.7 million.

On behalf of the provincial leaders, the Provincial Party Secretary commended and congratulated the achievements and important contributions of cadres, party members and people of Que Phong district in the recent past.

In 2021, the head of the Provincial Party Committee requested the district to focus highly on the work of preventing and fighting the Covid-19 epidemic; accordingly, Que Phong needs to be thorough, determined, methodical, serious, and promote the responsibility of the community.

The Standing Committee of Que Phong District Party Committee and Party committees at all levels need to continue to focus on forest protection; associated with searching for and building economic models under the forest canopy, relying on forests to improve people's lives.

Emphasizing that Que Phong is an important area for national defense and security, the Provincial Party Secretary suggested that the district needs to coordinate well between forces to grasp early and firmly the security and order situation in the area right from the grassroots level; fight against all types of crimes, including drug crimes; and ensure peaceful borders.

Que Phong also needs to focus on organizing a joyful, safe, cozy, and economical Spring and Tet celebration for the people. After Tet, it is necessary to have a plan to get back to work immediately, especially encouraging people to focus on production and taking care of crops and livestock to achieve the best results in 2021.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy visited the lives and work of officials and civil servants in Dong Van commune, Que Phong district. Photo: Thanh Duy

The Provincial Party Secretary and the delegation visited and extended New Year greetings at Dong Van commune. This is a remote commune, more than 28 km northwest of Que Phong district center. The whole commune has 761 households, 3,123 people, with 7 ethnic groups living together, mainly the Thai ethnic group accounting for 95%. The Party Committee has 11 Party cells, 231 Party members, and 15 Party Committee members.

Dong Van is still a poor commune, currently there are 125 poor households (accounting for 16.43%), 362 near-poor households (accounting for 47.57%). Implementing the National Target Program on New Rural Construction, the commune has achieved 15/19 new rural criteria; there are 2 villages, Pu Duoc and Tuc Pang, meeting new rural standards.

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy inspected the workplace and accommodation of officers of the Military Command of Dong Van commune, Que Phong district. Photo: Thanh Duy

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy inspected the office facilities of Dong Van commune, Que Phong district. Photo: Thanh Duy

Preparing to celebrate the traditional New Year of the nation, philanthropists, agencies, units and businesses located in the commune donated 258 gifts to poor, near-poor, policy households and especially disadvantaged households with a value of more than 150 million VND; at the same time, promptly distributed 6,525 kg of rice to 113 households.

At Dong Van commune office, the Provincial Party Secretary directly visited the offices, met and inquired about the work situation, working conditions, and life of cadres, civil servants, police, and military officers of the commune.

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy and the delegation presented New Year gifts to Dong Van commune and the Military Command and Police of Dong Van commune. Photo: Thanh Duy

Recognizing and praising the results that Dong Van commune achieved in 2020, wishing a Happy Lunar New Year to Dong Van commune, comrade Thai Thanh Quy discussed a number of key tasks for the locality, including the need to do a good job in preventing and fighting the Covid-19 epidemic, especially relying on the "eyes and ears" of the people to grasp the people coming and going to the area.

The Party Committee and the communal government also need to continue to focus on socio-economic development, especially reviewing, leading and orienting the replication of economic models based on forest economy and aquaculture on the Hua Na hydroelectric reservoir; and establishing cooperatives.

Thereby, improving the material and spiritual life of the people, reducing the poverty rate of the commune; ensuring security and order in the area; respecting, promoting and preserving the good cultural values ​​of the ethnic groups in the area, associated with encouraging people to gradually eliminate backward customs.

To do so, the Provincial Party Secretary emphasized the need to build a truly strong Party committee, government, and political system for the commune; especially the team of commune cadres and civil servants need to arrange and organize their time reasonably at the grassroots level to grasp the situation, understand the people, thereby helping people more effectively.

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy and the delegation visited and extended New Year greetings to officers and soldiers of Thong Thu Border Guard Station stationed in Que Phong district. Photo: Thanh Duy

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy and his delegation visited and extended New Year greetings at Thong Thu commune. This is a mountainous border commune located in the northwest of Que Phong district, with nearly 34 km of border adjacent to Vieng Phan village cluster of Laos.

The whole commune currently has 8 villages, 1,142 households with 4,904 people, with 3 main ethnic groups: Kinh, Thai, Tho, of which the Thai ethnic group accounts for 99%. The commune Party Committee has 13 affiliated Party cells with 392 Party members.

The rate of poor and near-poor households is 561 households, accounting for 49.17%. Up to now, the commune has achieved 14/19 criteria for new rural construction and has 1 commune reaching the new rural finish line in 2020.

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy and the delegation presented New Year gifts to Thong Thu commune, Thong Thu Border Guard Station and the Military Command and Thong Thu Commune Police. Photo: Thanh Duy

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy presents gifts to two students who are "Border Guard Station's adopted children" of Thong Thu Border Guard Station, Que Phong District. Photo: Thanh Duy

In the commune, Thong Thu Border Post is stationed - managing nearly 34 km of border line with 9 landmarks, and 1 Thong Thu - Nam Tay sub-border gate.

Over the past year, officers and soldiers of the station have performed well their assigned tasks in various aspects such as: disseminating and educating the law, helping people eliminate hunger and reduce poverty, managing and protecting the border, and foreign affairs.

Visiting and wishing a Happy New Year to officers and soldiers of Thong Thu Border Post, Thong Thu Commune Party Committee, Commune Police, Commune Military Command, Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy highly appreciated the specific and positive results in socio-economic development and ensuring security and defense, maintaining national border sovereignty in Thong Thu Commune.

Checkpoint No. 2 of Thong Thu Border Guard Station is located in Que Phong district. Photo: Thanh Duy

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy talked, encouraged, and visited officers and soldiers on duty at Checkpoint No. 2 of Thong Thu Border Guard Station located in Que Phong district. Photo: Thanh Duy

As a border area, the head of the Provincial Party Committee also noted that Thong Thu commune closely coordinated with the forces stationed in the area to achieve "3 peaces": "Peaceful border, peaceful area and peaceful people".

To do so, first of all, the Party Committee, government and political system of the commune must be close to the grassroots, understand the people; at the same time, strengthen foreign relations with Laos.

The commune also needs to promote the role of self-governing groups to maintain peace in the area; build and replicate good economic models, ensure livelihoods so that people have the conditions to rise up, improve people's lives, thereby bringing peace to the people.

Checkpoint No. 2 of Thong Thu Border Guard Station is responsible for controlling illegal immigrants by river. Photo: Thanh Duy

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy and his delegation presented New Year gifts to officers and soldiers of Post No. 2 of Thong Thu Border Guard Station located in Que Phong border district. Photo: Thanh Duy

For Thong Thu Border Guard Station, the Provincial Party Secretary requested the unit to do well the "3 masters" including: Mastering the situation in the area; mastering oneself (must maintain discipline, order, and be proficient in professional skills; good qualities and ideology; using discipline as strength, worthy of being a frontline soldier protecting the sovereignty of the Fatherland, protecting the country early and from afar); must proactively reach out to the people (absorb the motto: the station is home, the border is homeland, the people are our brothers).

The Provincial Party Secretary and the working delegation visited, encouraged, and wished a Happy New Year to officers and soldiers of Post No. 2 of Thong Thu Border Guard Station who are on duty on the border.

This is one of four border checkpoints of Thong Thu Border Guard Station to effectively prevent illegal entry and control and prevent the Covid-19 epidemic.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy also visited and learned about the lives of some households in Hiep Phong village, Thong Thu commune, Que Phong district. Photo: Thanh Duy

On this occasion, in Que Phong district, comrade Thai Thanh Quy visited, presented gifts, and wished a Happy New Year to the family of Mr. Sam The Huan, a 1/4 disabled veteran in Kim Son town; and the family of Ms. Luong Thi Hoa in Hiep Phong village, Thong Thu commune. Her husband died early, Ms. Hoa's job is unstable, so her family is poor and her house is very makeshift. She is raising 3 children, one of whom is paralyzed. Sharing the situation of Ms. Hoa's family, the Provincial Party Secretary presented gifts to wish her a Happy New Year, and supported the family with 70 million VND to rebuild the house, contributing to stabilizing their lives.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy and the delegation visited, presented gifts and wished a Happy New Year to the family of Mr. Sam The Huan, a 1/4 disabled veteran in Kim Son town, Que Phong district. Photo: Thanh Duy

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy also visited and wished a happy new year to Mr. Luong Minh Hong, Muong Piet village, Thong Thu commune, a prestigious village elder and village chief. He has been the village chief and Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Commune Fatherland Front Committee for many years.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy and the delegation visited Ms. Luong Thi Hoa's family in Hiep Phong village, Thong Thu commune, Que Phong district. Photo: Thanh Duy

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy visited and encouraged Ms. Luong Thi Hoa's family in Hiep Phong village, Thong Thu commune, Que Phong district. Photo: Thanh Duy

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy has awarded Ms. Luong Thi Hoa's family 70 million VND from the Nghe An Province Fund for the Poor to rebuild a new house, replacing the current makeshift house (in the photo). Photo: Thanh Duy

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy visited and had a friendly chat with Mr. Luong Minh Hong and his wife in Muong Piet village, Thong Thu commune, Que Phong district. Photo: Thanh Duy

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy and his delegation members watched the brocade weaving process at Mr. Luong Minh Hong's family in Muong Piet village, Thong Thu commune, Que Phong district. Photo: Thanh Duy

The Provincial Party Secretary presented a New Year gift to Mr. Luong Minh Hong, Muong Piet village, Thong Thu commune, Que Phong district, a prestigious village elder and village chief. Photo: Thanh Duy

On the same afternoon, Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy and his delegation visited and extended New Year greetings at Quy Chau District Party Committee. Acknowledging the district's achievements in 2020, entering 2021 with continued forecasts of many difficulties and challenges as the Covid-19 pandemic is evolving very complicatedly, the Provincial Party Secretary noted a number of key issues for the district, first of all, focusing on the prevention and control of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy presents New Year gifts to Quy Chau District Party Committee. Photo: Thanh Duy

The district also needs to well organize and implement the action program to implement the Resolution of the District Party Congress; in which it is necessary to review and supplement the content of the action program to implement the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress.

In addition, the district needs to focus on organizing a joyful, safe, cozy, and economical Spring and Tet celebration for the people, especially paying attention to poor and near-poor households celebrating Tet. After Tet, there needs to be a plan to get to work immediately.

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy and the delegation took a souvenir photo with the Standing Committee of Quy Chau District Party Committee. Photo: Thanh Duy

In particular, Quy Chau district needs to choose the right direction and have a long-term vision for economic development, especially promoting indigenous cultural values ​​for socio-economic development./.