Feeling the New Spring in the midlands of Thanh Chuong

A new spring is coming, the people of Thanh Chuong midland mountainous district happily welcome the Year of the Cat with joy, excitement and great expectations for the development of their homeland.

Gone are the days of "four blocks", surrounded by rivers and mountains, wanting to go "outside" one had to "cross the river and rely on a ferry", wade through streams and climb mountains; now cars and motorbikes can go straight from the beginning to the end of the district, into every village, hamlet, and hamlet. Comrade Trinh Van Nha - Deputy Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Thanh Chuong district shared: Along with the support from the Central, the province, combined with the internal strength of the district; especially the unanimous support in terms of material and intellectual resources of the people, of the children of Thanh Chuong "overcoming difficult land" to rise up in remote areas at home and abroad through the new rural construction movement. The traffic system in the district has been basically closed with asphalt and concrete (more than 700km of asphalt roads and over 1,000km of concrete roads). Traffic development opens up new thinking about socio-economic development, creating a driving force for comprehensive development. The number of 23/37 communes meeting new rural standards and 3 communes meeting advanced new rural standards has affirmed the comprehensive development of the district.

Đồng chí Trình Văn Nhã - Phó Bí thư Huyện ủy, Chủ tịch UBND huyện Thanh Chương kiểm tra tiến độ thi công tuyến đường nối từ Thanh Chương sang Nam Đàn; kiểm tra tiến độ hoàn thiện tiêu chí trường học trong xây dựng nông thôn mới nâng cao tại xã Thanh Lĩnh và trao đổi với người dân xã Ngọc Sơn. Ảnh: Mai Hoa
Comrade Trinh Van Nha - Deputy Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Thanh Chuong district inspected the construction progress of the road connecting Thanh Chuong to Nam Dan; inspected the progress of completing school criteria in the construction of advanced new rural areas in Thanh Linh commune and discussed with people of Ngoc Son commune. Photo: Mai Hoa

A commune with many difficulties like Thanh Huong, now has vast tea hills, fruit gardens, large livestock farms with hundreds, thousands of pigs, dozens of buffaloes, cows; many households own several hectares of tea, grapefruit, oranges, dozens of hectares of raw acacia... This mountainous commune has a model that generates an income of 320 million VND/ha/year when raising black apple snails.

Comrade Nguyen Van Tien - Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Thanh Huong commune excitedly shared: Not only has economic thinking changed, but people's awareness in building their homeland has also changed, with consensus and trust in the direction of the Party Committee, the government, the mobilization of the Fatherland Front and organizations to contribute to building the locality to reach the new rural destination in 2022. The rural traffic system is now invested and synchronously renovated with a total of 55km of main commune roads and hamlet roads, inter-family roads are basically concreted... The atmosphere of welcoming Tet, the colors of Spring are more bustling in every house.

Thông qua xây dựng nông thôn mới, cơ sở vật chất trường mầm non, nhà văn xóm và hạ tầng giao thông nông thôn ở xã Thanh Long được quan tâm đầu tư khang trang. Ảnh: Mai Hoa
Through the construction of new rural areas, the infrastructure of kindergartens, village houses and rural traffic infrastructure in Thanh Long commune has been invested in. Photo: Mai Hoa

With 10 years of persistent implementation of the movement to build new rural areas and advanced new rural areas, the people of Thanh Phong commune have unanimously contributed a lot of effort and money; up to now, the criteria for advanced new rural areas have been completed. Comrade Phan Manh Hung - Secretary of the Thanh Phong Commune Party Committee affirmed: Building new rural areas is an extremely correct policy, truly reaching the hearts of the people, promoting the internal strength of the people along with the resources of the State to develop infrastructure to serve the people. Schools at all 3 levels of the commune have achieved district-level cultural units and national standards. Entertainment, recreation, cultural and sports venues have been established in 7/7 hamlets combined with the sports and physical training facilities in the commune center, meeting the needs of daily life, enjoyment, and improving the spiritual life and health of the people. The traffic system, in addition to being closed with asphalt and concrete, also ensures light - green - clean beauty on all routes; Install signs and speed bumps at bends, turns, etc.

Hệ thống đường giao thông nông thôn ở xã Thanh Long được đầu tư khang trang, sạch, đẹp.
The rural traffic system in Thanh Long commune is invested to be spacious, clean and beautiful.

Traveling throughout the countryside of Thanh Chuong, one can feel the exciting atmosphere of welcoming the New Year. In the central area of ​​the district - Dung town has put on a "new coat" with the town space being expanded; the construction of a civilized urban area has been actively implemented, such as investing in and renovating the central lake and Ranh Ranh dam; building a number of belt roads belonging to the newly merged blocks from Thanh Ngoc commune; renovating the sidewalk system of the main routes associated with the construction of civilized, bright - green - clean - beautiful roads. The district town now has streets with names, houses with numbers, and a civilized urban lifestyle is being formed.

Comrade Tuong Dang Hao - Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Thanh Chuong town said: The town's people have been very active in investing, expanding production and business development. Currently, the proportion of services and trade in the town accounts for more than 63%, agriculture accounts for only 3%; the average income of the people has reached 89 million VND/person/year. The locality is focusing on attracting investment associated with mobilizing resources, striving to build the town to meet urban civilized standards by 2024.

Thị trấn Thanh Chương. Ảnh tư liệu: Sách Nguyễn
Thanh Chuong Town. Photo: Nguyen Book

Coming to the midland of Thanh Chuong, we all recognized a common spirit, that is, from the achieved results, cadres, party members and local people are more determined in the new Spring of Quy Mao 2023 to bring the district to a new step of strong development.

Comrade Trinh Van Nha - Deputy Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Thanh Chuong district discussed: The Resolution of the 31st District Party Congress, term 2020 - 2025 sets the goal of developing Thanh Chuong into a well-off district of the province. 2023 is the mid-term year of implementing the Resolutions of the Party Congresses at all levels, especially the Resolution of the 31st District Party Congress, therefore, the Party Committee, the government and the entire political system from the district to the grassroots level will focus on directing the implementation of the issued resolutions, projects and key plans.

Đồng chí Nguyễn Văn Quế - Phó Bí thư Thường trực Huyện ủy Thanh Chương tìm hiểu mô hình sản xuất nông nghiêp công nghệ cao tại xã Thanh Lĩnh; Lãnh đạo xã Thanh Liên kiểm tra, đánh giá mô hình trồng cây ăn quả trên đất bạc màu; Lãnh đạo các ban Đảng của Huyện ủy Thanh Chương tìm hiểu nhu cầu sản xuất của nông dân xã Thanh Lĩnh. Ảnh: Mai Hoa
Comrade Nguyen Van Que - Standing Deputy Secretary of Thanh Chuong District Party Committee learns about the high-tech agricultural production model in Thanh Linh commune; Thanh Lien commune leaders inspect and evaluate the fruit tree planting model on poor soil; Leaders of Party committees of Thanh Chuong District Party Committee learn about the production needs of Thanh Linh commune farmers. Photo: Mai Hoa

In particular, the agricultural sector continues to promote propaganda, combined with policy support to transform the structure of crops and livestock; convert the form and method of organic farming to further change the mindset from agriculture to agricultural economics, increasing the value of agricultural production. Along with that, promote investment attraction and speed up the construction of a number of works and projects, such as Cung ferry bridge, the road from Ngoc Son to Nam Hung (Nam Dan), the road connecting Ho Chi Minh road to the old Youth Volunteer Corps 2.

In 2023, Thanh Chuong is determined to build 6 more communes meeting new rural standards, 2 communes meeting advanced new rural standards, 1 commune meeting model new rural standards; focusing on developing agricultural tourism and eco-tourism. With the view that investing in education is investing in sustainable development, therefore, in the coming time, in the National Target Program on building new rural areas, the district will continue to prioritize investment in infrastructure, while improving the quality of teachers and fulfilling the responsibilities of school leaders to meet development requirements and improve the quality of comprehensive education for students. Continue to develop the spiritual and cultural life of the people... Focus on implementing solutions to ensure rural security, border security, and create an environment for socio-economic development.

Nông dân Thanh Chương đã đổi mới tư duy từ sản xuất nông nghiệp sang kinh tế nông nghiệp, nâng cao giá trị sản xuất nông nghiệp bằng các mô hình, cây con có giá trị, như trồng sâm thổ hào; Trồng sen cá ở diện tích thấp trũng; Đầu tư thâm canh cây chè và nuôi bò 3B. Ảnh: Mai Hoa
Thanh Chuong farmers have changed their thinking from agricultural production to agricultural economics, increasing the value of agricultural production with valuable models and seedlings, such as growing ginseng; growing lotus and fish in low-lying areas; investing in intensive tea cultivation and raising 3B cows. Photo: Mai Hoa

To effectively carry out the above-mentioned key tasks and create higher development in the new year, the Chairman of Thanh Chuong District People's Committee emphasized: The implementation theme for 2023 is: "Sticking close to the grassroots - Removing difficulties - Accelerating development". The district is determined to promote the application of information technology in state agencies to serve administrative reform and build e-Government, digital Government, improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the organization and operation of the government from the district to the grassroots level.