Come to the resettled people

(Baonghean) -On November 10, exactly 51 years ago, Nghe An Newspaper published its first issue, a delegation of officials, reporters of Nghe An Newspaper, authors in the final round of the "Golden Moment" contest and Intimex Joint Stock Company, Nghe An branch, made a trip to the resettled people of Ngoc Lam and Thanh Son communes (Thanh Chuong). With meaningful gifts and sincere feelings, the delegation left a good impression on the officials and people of the resettlement area.

At 7am, the car started moving away from the editorial office, arriving at the headquarters of Ngoc Lam commune. The delegation divided into 2 groups: group 1 gave gifts and worked in Ngoc Lam commune and group 2 also included these activities in Thanh Son commune. Except for the members of the delegation who were cadres and reporters, the service department staff and the brothers and sisters in the Nghe An News - Arts Photography Club had never been to this area before, so they were very excited and eager.

In the headquarters yard, commune officials and 30 extremely disadvantaged households from 14 villages in the commune were present. After 6 years of moving to the new place, the people's lives are still facing many difficulties. Uncle Lo Van Luyen, from Ma village, who has been disabled since childhood, held the gift given by Nghe An Newspaper and the sponsor, and was moved: "I thank the journalists and businesses. No matter how difficult it is, our family must stay because this is our homeland...". Coming from Kim Hong village, Mrs. Vi Thi Nguyen emotionally confided: "My family came here to stay here only. I did not follow a few other families who sold their houses and land to go anywhere. Here, when our family is hungry, there are units to help, our children and grandchildren can study and get medical treatment...". Mr. Tran Quoc Hoan, Deputy General Director of Intimex Company, Director of Intimex Cassava Starch Factory confided: “People have sacrificed for the electricity for the Fatherland, so ensuring their lives is everyone's responsibility. Over the years, the factory has accompanied the people to develop cassava growing area. According to statistics, the cassava growing area of ​​the two communes is approximately 1,000 hectares, of which over 500 hectares of cassava have been invested by the factory with 12-month interest-free fertilizer loans. The agricultural extension program for cassava is also prioritized by the factory with the implementation of a high-yield cassava model of Thanh Chuong 1 variety on an area of ​​2.6 hectares with 25 households of Nhan Ninh village participating. The model is fully invested by the factory, with an expected yield of over 60 tons/ha”.

Giving gifts to resettled people in Ngoc Lam commune

At 10:00 a.m. the same day, working group No. 2 of Nghe An Newspaper and photographers participating in the "Golden Moment" photo contest, along with representatives of sponsoring enterprises, arrived at Thanh Son commune, Thanh Chuong district resettlement area. At the commune hall at this time, there were quite a lot of people and students of Kim Lam Secondary School; everyone expressed their joy and excitement at the small but meaningful gifts, imbued with the affection of the working group of Nghe An Newspaper and Intimex Joint Stock Company, Nghe An branch.

Intimex cassava starch factory purchases raw cassava from people in resettlement areas. Photo: Xuan Luong

Ms. Vi Thi Lien, 65 years old, living in Kim Chuong village, was happy and thanked the newspaper and sponsors for their attention. Ms. Lien said: The weather in this Thanh Son mountain area is also very harsh, it is very hot during the day and cold at night. The house has 2 electric fans - one is burnt, the other one was broken by my nephew while playing with it. Now I am very grateful to receive a new fan... Student Lo Thi Nhi, grade 9A, Kim Lam Secondary School, was very happy to represent her schoolmates to receive notebooks and pens. Nhi said: My family and most of my schoolmates are very poor, we do not have enough food and clothing, so studying is difficult. But thanks to the care and teachings of our teachers and everyone, we all understand that to be happy and contribute to the development of our homeland, there is no other way but to study well...

Thanh Son commune has 16 villages with 1,139 households, 4,891 people, people of 3 ethnic groups living together. In recent times, thanks to the attention of the Party, the State, organizations, businesses, and philanthropists, the lives of people migrating from Ban Ve Hydropower Reservoir here have basically stabilized, but the rate of poor households is still very high (86% - 912 households). Lunch with sticky rice and bread, along with the singing and cultural exchange program between the villagers and the working group ended quickly. At 1:00 p.m. - in the blazing noon, reporters of Nghe An Newspaper and photographers of the province divided themselves to go to the villages to learn and truly reflect the lives of the people here... Photographer Tran To and probationary reporter Vo Nguyen Long - those who came to Thanh Son for the first time came to Kim Chuong village - the highest village of Thanh Son with the desire to have a multi-dimensional view of life here; Reporter Thanh Phuc went to the junior high school hoping to reflect on the students' learning and the teaching work of the school and teachers; Reporter Thanh Thuy followed the Chairwoman of the Commune Women's Union to the homes of members who were doing well economically; Photographer Truong Sinh went to Xop Lam village where the acacia forests were starting to turn green...

Hybrid acacia nursery in Thanh Son commune.
Photo: Truong Sinh

After more than 3 short hours of work, we went and saw: Thanh Son with cassava hills in harvest time bustling with vehicles coming and going; with the water system almost completely damaged, wells and tanks also dry; Many houses do not have enough land for production, husband and wife sit leaning against the door looking out; There are houses with locked doors, asking only to know that the family has returned to their old hometown; But we also saw well-off and rich households thanks to quickly grasping and converting cultivation... All aspects of life, each person in the working group has taken on a different look: Photographer Tran To is still a bit sad because he has not yet had a satisfactory photo, it seems he still hopes to find a happy aspect of the village festival with the old jar of rice wine; Intern reporter Nguyen Long is happy because he has a good experience - understanding more, being more attached to his people, his hometown on the first steps of working.

Nghe An Newspaper reporters learn about the lives of the people. Photo: Xuan Nhuong

Saying goodbye to Thanh Son, Ngoc Lam, saying goodbye to all the resettled people when the afternoon shadows fell on the mountains and hills starting to turn green with cajuput and cassava, each of us promised ourselves - through articles and vivid photos, we will speak up about the difficulties, the worries, the shortages and the efforts of the people so that many people, many sectors, many philanthropists with heart, sympathy, with concrete actions to do something good to share, to accompany to ease the difficulties for this land, for the people here.

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