Do Luong - heroic homeland rising to new heights

Do Luong Town. Photo: Quang Dung

Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the district's founding, Do Luong is continuing its momentum of strong development and integration, aiming to become a town before 2030.

Over 60 years of solidarity in fighting, building, developing and integrating, under the glorious flag of the Party, the army and people of Do Luong have stood shoulder to shoulder with compatriots and soldiers nationwide to complete the revolution of national liberation, unify the country, build and defend the Fatherland; carry out the cause of innovation, industrialization and modernization of the country in the direction of socialism and international integration. That process has forged and crystallized the extremely precious, glorious and very proud tradition of the Party, army and people of Do Luong in particular.

Leaders of Do Luong district visited the seedless lemon growing model in Thuan Son commune. Photo: Hoang Vinh

During the war, Do Luong was a place that was fiercely attacked, and also the place that suffered the tragedy of the last bombing before the US empire stopped bombing the entire North; and the climax of the heroic and tragic battle in that fierce and tragic battle was the heroic feat and sacrifice of 13 youth volunteers in the early morning of October 31, 1968, creating a legendary and immortal Truong Bon.

Summing up all the wars of national defense, Do Luong has 4,041 martyrs; 4,862 wounded and sick soldiers; 263 Vietnamese Heroic Mothers; 8 Heroes of the People's Armed Forces; more than 800 veteran revolutionary and pre-uprising cadres; more than 1,200 resistance fighters infected with toxic chemicals; 267 revolutionary and resistance fighters imprisoned by the enemy; 29,535 resistance fighters awarded Medals; 18 communes were awarded the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces; 11 people were awarded the rank of general in the army and police... With those contributions contributing to the Great Victory of Spring 1975, completely liberating the South, unifying the country, Do Luong district was honored to be awarded the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces by the Party and State.

Technical infrastructure is being completed synchronously in Do Luong town. Photo: Hoang Vinh

Promoting the tradition of solidarity, brave fighting, indomitable resilience, after the country's reunification, with the tradition of diligence in labor, creativity in innovation, despite facing many difficulties due to both healing the wounds of war and preventing natural disasters and enemy attacks... but under the leadership of the District Party Committee, promoting the revolutionary spirit of attacking with focus on two key points: solving the problem of food and provisions, the army and people of Do Luong achieved many important results, notably Do Luong becoming the first "5-ton" homeland in the agricultural cooperativization movement of Nghe An province at that time.

Implementing the Resolution of the District Party Committee through the 12th, 13th, and 14th Congresses, Do Luong synchronously and drastically implemented 3 major economic programs "Food, foodstuffs; consumer goods and export goods"; focused on developing industry, small-scale industry and effectively performed the role of joint ventures and associations in production, finding sources of raw materials and markets for products, so a number of silk products, ceramics, exported wooden products, carpet weaving, and lace embroidery were organized into goods and promoted effectively, contributing to socio-economic development.

Minh Anh Garment Company operates effectively in Do Luong and has provided stable jobs for many workers. Photo: Hoang Vinh

Grasping the practical situation, in the process of innovation, the 15th Do Luong District Party Congress set out 4 general goals: Maintaining political stability, reducing poverty, improving people's knowledge, encouraging legitimate enrichment; focusing on innovating the cooperative management model, from concentrating on public ownership and public management, which eliminates the driving force for socio-economic development, to rearranging the production structure, promoting the strengths of each region.

Since then, the whole district has been divided into 4 economic zones to carry out intensive farming, specialized farming, industrial crop development, raw material planting, and greening of barren hills. The economic structure has shifted in the right direction, the proportion of agriculture has gradually decreased, small-scale industry and trade services have increased rapidly, basic consumer goods have met market demand, and people's lives have been significantly improved.

High-tech farm in Do Luong. Photo: Hoang Vinh

The 16th Do Luong District Party Congress proposed the "5-transformation" program with the goal of creating new breakthroughs in economic growth and restructuring, consolidating cooperative types to promote the role of household economy and the effect of the three red flags in rural areas, transforming the low-efficiency cooperative management form into government management, creating conditions for farmers to voluntarily establish diverse new cooperative economic forms, to better mobilize all resources for infrastructure development with the motto "people do, the State supports", gradually adjusting and supplementing the overall planning for socio-economic development, forming market centers and rural markets, accelerating the urbanization process, creating market attraction, entering the period of industrialization and modernization of the country.

The 17th, 18th, and 19th Do Luong District Party Congresses were held with the slogan of “innovation, solidarity, attack, acceleration, and development; promoting industrialization and modernization, taking economic development as the focus, Party building as the key, culture as the spiritual foundation; repelling negativity and social evils; building Do Luong to soon meet all criteria for becoming a town in 2015”. The army and people of Do Luong continued to enter a new period of development. The growth rate and economic restructuring continued to develop in a positive direction; attention was paid to investment and construction in socio-economic infrastructure, and the appearance of rural and urban areas had many improvements.

Do Luong district always cares about and supports local businesses to develop. Photo: Hoang Vinh

Faced with the requirements and tasks in the new situation, implementing the Resolution of the 20th and 21st District Party Congresses, the Party Committee and people of Do Luong District have been uniting and unanimously promoting their steadfast political will, dynamism, creativity and intelligence in the cause of building and developing their homeland; synchronously implementing solutions to achieve two parallel goals: becoming a type IV urban area and a new rural district to lay the foundation for the district to become a town before 2030. The economic growth rate has reached the highest in more than 35 years of innovation; the investment and business environment has been strongly improved, many large projects have been started and put into use; socio-economic infrastructure has been strengthened.

Cultural house hall of hamlet 3, Dong Son commune. Photo: Hoang Vinh

Do Luong is a land of culture with many famous landscapes, many historical, cultural and architectural relics ranked at the national level, with village names that have been localized and symbolized by the people, passed down from generation to generation, expressing the aspiration to excel in education and examinations. Through many generations, the noble qualities of Do Luong people have been nurtured, living humanely, loyally, respecting justice, rich in humanity, very affectionate, intelligent, studious and successful... bringing glory to the homeland and the country.

Photo exhibition on achievements in 60 years of construction and development of Do Luong district. Photo: Thuy Hang

Proud of the achievements over the past 60 years and to continue to successfully carry out the cause of innovation, Do Luong district determined: Always promote revolutionary heroism in fighting, building, innovating, developing and integrating; firmly adhere to the Party's ideal goal of "National independence associated with socialism, for a rich people, a strong country, a democratic, equitable and civilized society". Based on the reality and revolutionary requirements in each period, select key and central issues, form new breakthroughs, promote ideological work, propaganda and mobilize people to successfully carry out the task of building and defending the Fatherland. Promote the will of self-reliance, proactively exploit and maximize resources, overcome all difficulties and challenges, and complete the set goals.

Thoroughly grasp and apply the motto of economic development as the focus and Party building as the key; constantly train cadres and Party members in moral qualities and lifestyle, improve political capacity, and meet the requirements and tasks assigned by the Party, State and people.

Activities to celebrate 60 years of construction and development of Do Luong district. Photo: Thuy Hang:

Continuing the glorious revolutionary tradition of the Party Committee and the people of Do Luong, we continue to move forward firmly on the path of industrialization and modernization of the country; for a rich people, strong country, democracy, fairness, civilization, bringing the comprehensive innovation of the heroic homeland of Do Luong to new heights./.