"Everybody in our village follows the cadres"

(Baonghean) -In Nhon Mai commune, Tuong Duong district, thanks to cadres and party members doing a good job of studying and following Ho Chi Minh's moral example, setting an example for the people to follow, contributing to promoting local socio-economic development, improving the material and spiritual life of the people, and gradually improving the appearance of a poor border commune.

Nhon Mai is a border commune located more than 4 hours by water from the district center. The population is not concentrated, 100% are ethnic minorities: Thai, Mong, Kho Mu, living scattered in 12 villages. The total natural area of ​​the whole commune is 21,625.71 hectares, the area is large, inter-village and inter-commune traffic is very difficult, some villages are nearly a day's walk from each other, the road through streams and rocky mountains is difficult.

The whole commune has 2,870 people, people's lives depend on agricultural production, the intellectual level of the people is still low. With these difficulties, in recent years, the Nhon Mai Commune Party Committee has promoted the leadership role of the Party organization, promoted the pioneering and exemplary role of Party members, always listened to the opinions of the people, trained to improve revolutionary qualities and ethics, practiced "diligence, thrift, integrity, uprightness, impartiality". Nearly 300 Party members in the whole Party Committee are united, helping each other to progress, pushing back the degradation of political ideology, ethics, and lifestyle, strengthening the work of Party building and rectification, creating consensus in the political system, and consolidating people's trust in the Party.

Comrade Kha Duong Tien, Secretary of the Nhon Mai Commune Party Committee, said: “To effectively carry out the campaign to study and follow Ho Chi Minh's moral example, from the Executive Committee to all Party members in the entire Party Committee, we must follow the motto of saying less and doing more, truly being exemplary for the masses to follow. Every month when the Party Committee meets, we review what has been done and what has not been done to promote strengths and overcome shortcomings.”

A meeting of the Pha Mut village Party cell.

Cadres and party members in the Party cells clearly demonstrate their learning of Uncle Ho's morality through practical actions, anytime, anywhere, in daily work, in relationships with comrades and people. Based on the political tasks and specific conditions of each village and hamlet, the Party cells have developed action programs to follow the moral example of Ho Chi Minh in conjunction with implementing Resolution 4 of the Central Committee. Each cadre and party member clearly understands their duties and voluntarily takes the lead in all work.

In response to the dedication and enthusiasm of cadres, party members, and people who responded to work together and joined hands to "build a cultural life in the residential area", Mr. Xong Cha Xia, Secretary of the Pha Mut village Party Cell, said: "In our village, for families in difficult circumstances, the village mobilizes each other to support and help with labor, and for big things, we help with money or rice, and help with labor so that we don't have to hire people. Thanks to the propaganda organization to all people, from 2006 to 2007 until now, our villagers have been living stably, no family has migrated to Laos, many households have moved closer to the commune center so that their children can go to school conveniently."

The study and following of Ho Chi Minh's moral example by cadres and party members in Nhon Mai commune has had a strong impact on all classes of people. People are enthusiastic about production, changing the structure of crops and livestock, applying new farming techniques, spending money reasonably in their lives, fighting waste, and the situation of shifting cultivation and nomadic life has significantly decreased. The number of households with good economic performance in the commune has increased compared to before, many families have stable incomes, and the number of households meeting the criteria of cultural families is increasing.

The economy has developed, people have the conditions to take care of their health and their children's education. The rate of school-age students is 85%, the rate of students passing the first grade is 80%, 100% of the villages have conventions, village regulations, and movements to help each other eliminate hunger, reduce poverty, and develop the economy, which are supported by the people. Party member Xong Giong Sia in Pha Mut village confided: "In studying and following the moral example of Ho Chi Minh, all the villagers listen to and follow the cadres, first of all, to stabilize their lives, not to migrate freely, not to replant opium, to focus on making a living, and to ensure that their children can go to school."

Article and photos: MAY HUYEN (Tianyang Radio)