Party Building

Good mass mobilization, changing villages

Khanh Ly - Quynh An • DNUM_CCZBCZCACE 10:17

The lush green vegetable fields, the guava orchards full of fruit, the brilliant Great Unity flag lines, the electric lines lighting up the villages and the new solid houses, meeting the 3-hard criteria gradually replacing the previous makeshift houses... have brought Tam Thai commune (Tuong Duong highland district) a new look and new vitality.

"Think first, act later"

In the last days of the year, many households of the Na Tong Clean Vegetable Cooperative, Tam Thai Commune, are busy harvesting vegetables that are ready to be brought to the market to sell or import to traders, while also diligently taking care of vegetable areas for Tet.

Ms. Cao Thi Than (born in 1980) - is one of the first households to join the cooperative and has been involved in growing clean vegetables since 2015. With 900m2, in addition to local vegetables and fruits, Ms. Than has learned to grow vegetables suitable for soil conditions as well as customer needs such as various types of chili peppers... bringing in an average income of 25-30 million VND/year. Vegetables, fruits and tubers are sold at markets in the district and sent by truck to Vinh city.

Mr. Lo Van Nhien - Head of Na Tong Clean Vegetable Cooperative said: Currently, there are 14 households participating in the cooperative model with an area of ​​2.5 hectares. Previously, this area was reclaimed by people for farming on a small scale but with limited productivity.

Since 2015, after receiving guidance and technical training from the local government, this place has been planned to grow clean vegetables to create stable income for many households.

The cooperative grows a variety of seasonal vegetables, tubers, and fruits (cabbage, beans, cucumbers, onions, coriander, kohlrabi, cabbage, native vegetables...) and is cared for by the locals according to the "4 no" method (No herbicides; No pesticides; No chemical fertilizers; No growth stimulants) so it is safe for users.

Accordingly, to fertilize vegetables and minimize the use of chemicals, each vegetable growing household prepares a compost pit. The compost is composted with microorganisms and natural ingredients such as straw, leaves of the Indian pennywort plant, livestock manure, etc. The composting time is from 30 days to ensure that the ingredients decompose into nutritious humus.

Ms. Vang Thi Hanh, Na Tong village, 70 years old this year, said: Growing clean vegetables is more difficult but is more popular with consumers. Although her family only has 4 small vegetable beds, it still provides a stable income. The peak season like last year's Tet brought income from cabbage, carrots, kohlrabi, etc. about 10 million VND.

Tam Thai is a mountainous commune about 9.5 km from the center of Tuong Duong district following National Highway 7A to the Southeast. The whole commune has 9 villages with 5,025 people, 1,245 households (98% of whom are ethnic minorities Thai, Kho Mu, Tay Pong).

Although the commune has reached the NTM finish line, the lives of many households still face many difficulties due to lack of knowledge about applying science and technology to production, low income; some cadres, party members and people do not have the awareness to improve themselves, still have conservative thinking, waiting and relying on the regimes and policies of the Party and State.

Therefore, according to Chairman of Tam Thai Commune People's Committee Lo Thanh Tuan: In the 7 key tasks, 4 breakthroughs of the Resolution of the 1st Commune Party CongressXXV,term 2020-2025, Agriculture is identified as the spearhead in economic development and maintaining and developing new rural areas of the locality.

From the awareness of "thinking first, acting later", local Party committees and authorities have focused on directing the entire political system to propagate and mobilize people to innovate their thinking, leading to voluntary actions in livestock development, crop restructuring, and building household economic models..

In particular, it requires cadres and party members to take the lead so that the country can follow. Many economic models have been implemented in villages and hamlets with high efficiency.

A typical example is the organic Taiwanese guava model in Dooc Bua village - the most difficult area of ​​the commune with a rather isolated location and not very convenient traffic, because there is only a small bridge that is only enough for motorbikes to travel in one direction, cars have never been able to enter the village.

After studying the soil conditions, since 2018, the local government has oriented the conversion of crop structure, provided scientific and technical guidance, donated seedlings, and encouraged people to convert low-efficiency, scattered vegetable growing areas to grow Taiwanese pear guava.

The commune also connects with experienced officials in the agricultural sector to "hold hands and guide" the people of Dooc Bua village to master science and technology to apply in production.

Many households have boldly tried planting and achieved high efficiency. For example, the family of Mr. Lo Van Hoan - Secretary of the Dooc Bua Party Cell pioneered in planting 100 guava trees; the family of village chief Lo Van Van planted 60 trees for an average income of about 8 million VND/crop.

Currently, the entire Dooc Bua village has 31 households, almost all of whom grow pear guava with a total scale of more than 2 hectares, the household that grows the most is Mr. Lo Quang Tien's family with 150 trees. The total income from guava of the whole village in 1 year is about 100 million VND.

Dooc Bua village chief Lo Van Van said: Guava varieties are sold at a price of 15 to 20 thousand VND/kg, bringing a significant source of income to the people.

The families of the village cadres are pioneers in growing guava. “Since the development of the pear guava growing model, the lives of the people in Dooc Bua village have improved a lot, the average income has reached 33 million VND/person/year, in the village there are only 6 poor households that are in need of help,” said Mr. Lo Van Van.

Implementing Project 07-DA/HU dated March 8, 2022 of Tuong Duong District Party Committee on eliminating the mentality of waiting and relying, in many other villages and hamlets in Tam Thai commune, people have also boldly borrowed capital to invest in developing a comprehensive economic model; developing livestock, converting vacant land, bare hills, improving land that has not been produced for many years, greening the area with fruit trees, high-yield cassava, corn, Tuong Duong native mango, and elephant grass.

Some villages and hamlets such as Cay Me village mobilized people to contribute funds to hire excavators to build a 2.8 km long road to Khe Toc with a cost of 28,000,000 VND; Na Tong village mobilized people's strength to hire excavators to build a road to the collective meter garden, nearly 2 km long with a cost of nearly 10,000,000 VND... to facilitate travel, production and product consumption.

Thanks to that, up to now, the whole Tam Thai commune has 40 hectares of fruit tree growing area, the area of ​​high-yield cassava growing area has increased to 110 hectares, the area of ​​intensive wet rice cultivation has increased to 91.6 hectares... People's lives have improved a lot, the poverty rate in 2024 is 12.1%; near-poor households are 25%.

Efforts to clear the salestrong

In addition to economic development towards sustainable poverty reduction, the Tam Thai commune Party Committee and government pay special attention to the work of mobilizing and supporting the construction of houses for the poor and those with housing difficulties. Accordingly, the Commune Steering Committee has directed unions and social organizations to promote the strength of the great national solidarity bloc, mobilize social resources in combination with State resources to join hands to eliminate semi-permanent houses that do not meet the 3 "hard" requirements (hard foundation; hard wall frame; hard roof) for households with housing difficulties.

Through review, in the period of 2023-2024, in 9 villages and hamlets, the whole Tam Thai commune has 97 households with approved needs for new construction and repair of housing, of which 64 households are newly built and 33 households are for repair.

To achieve this common goal, the Steering Committee of the program to mobilize and support housing construction for the poor and disadvantaged people in Tam Thai commune has implemented many specific solutions, clearly identifying people and tasks, and linking them with personal responsibility.

Assign cadres to stay in the villages to directly take charge of and review the situation of families eligible for new construction or house repair to support households from completing documents to implementing construction and completing the project.

For households with few people, limited human resources and potential, the Party Committee and the commune government direct unions and social organizations to coordinate with the management boards of the villages to propagate and mobilize people to support through forms such as construction days, dismantling, relocation, and support of materials... The household in need of house renovation or repair is a member of which association, that association is responsible for supporting and helping its members (Farmers' Association, Women's Association, War Veterans' Association...).

Thanks to that, in the 2 years of 2023-2024, the whole commune had 77 households that had renovated and repaired their houses and 22 households that were renovating and repairing their houses under the National Target Programs on Poverty Reduction, the National Target Program for Development of Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Areas and funding sources from organizations and individuals.

According to the leader of Tam Thai commune: Currently, there are 22 semi-permanent houses in the area that are under repair but have not been implemented, because someone in the family has passed away and is working far away, the locality will try to complete the repair.wallin the first half of 2024. These are mainly houses lacking one of the 3 hard criteria of the previous Programs 134 and 147 and some cases arising from household separation.

Following the Chairwoman of the Fatherland Front Committee of Tam Thai Commune, Vang Thi Trang, we visited the spacious new house of Ms. Vi Thi Thanh in Na Tong village.

Although she is at a rare age, the Thai ethnic woman still has a very witty way of talking, her kind face cannot hide her joy when "This spring she will be able to celebrate a warm Tet in a new, solid house".

It is known that Ms. Thanh's house was built with a total cost of 120 million VND, of which 50 million VND was supported by the Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, Tuong Duong branch, and the rest was supported by children, grandchildren, and relatives, including construction labor.

Not far from Mrs. Thanh's house, the family of Mr. Vi Van Chien (born in 1970) is completing the repairs, roofing, and rebuilding the surrounding wall of their new house to welcome Spring.

Talking to us, Mr. Thanh said: Not only was his family supported financially, but he also received support from the people and village officials for construction work; the Vice Chairman of the People's Council of the commune, Kha Van Huong, in charge of the Na village, personally supervised and directed the repair and completion process.

“My family’s old house was built a long time ago and is now in disrepair. Without support from all levels and sectors, I don’t know when my family will be able to repair the house to live in. I am very excited and grateful that poor households like us always receive attention, sharing and motivation to improve their lives.”

According to Mr. Luong Ba Vin - Head of the Mass Mobilization Committee, Chairman of the Fatherland Front of Tuong Duong district: Thanks to skillful mass mobilization, the policy of building and repairing houses for the poor and people with housing difficulties has been effectively directed by the Party Committee and the government of Tam Thai commune, helping the poor to "settle down and have a career" while ensuring social security work in the area.

The people are responsible, the village is bright.

Not only "skillfully mobilizing the people" in implementing poverty reduction policies, the Party Committee and government of Tam Thai commune also launched an emulation movement, mobilizing the consensus and contributions of the people in building public works, beautifying the landscape in the area, not waiting for or relying on the support of the State.

For example, the "street lighting" project in Tan Hop village, Xoong Con village with a total mobilization cost of more than 175 million VND; the waste collection and treatment model in Cam village, Dooc Bua village with a cost of nearly 75 million VND. In addition, people in Na Tong and Tan Hop villages also donated 256 million VND to build Great Unity projects such as making corrugated iron roofs, upgrading cultural houses, making national flag roads... creating a new look for the village.

Ms. Vang Thi Trang - Chairwoman of the Fatherland Front of Tam Thai commune said: In 2024, responding to the emulation movement of skillful mass mobilization, the Front Working Committee and Mass Mobilization Teams in many villages and hamlets mobilized cadres, civil servants, and children living and working in all regions of the country and abroad to support and contribute to the construction of their homeland such as building lighting lines, roads to production areas, models of building a bright, green, clean, and beautiful rural environment... with an amount of 450,000,000 VND.

That is the result of "good mass mobilization, changing villages", actively contributing to the mountainous commune of Tam Thai to maintain and uphold the 19 criteria for building new rural areas, moving towards building advanced new rural areas.