Solidarity in building homeland in Dong Lam Parish

Crossing the Dragon Ferry suspension bridge over the Lam River, passing through the green alluvial plains of corn and sugarcane, passing through seemingly endless green tea hills, we arrived at Dong Lam Parish, inHung Son commune(Mr. Son). Route 7B through Hung Son has been upgraded and paved; inter-village roads have also been concreted, making travel easy and convenient.

Dong Lam Parish Church, Hung Son Commune (Anh Son). Photo: Cong Kien

Dong Lam parish has about 270 households with 1,400 people (more than 23% of the total population of the commune), living mainly in Hop Tien village (about 80%) and Tan Tien village (about 20%). The income of the people is basically based on agricultural production, including growing rice, corn, sugarcane, tea and raising livestock and poultry. In particular, in recent years, industrial tea has become a key crop, helping many farming households to rise up.escape poverty, many households get rich.

In addition, some households have developed additional jobs such as service business, mechanics, baking and construction. Currently, the whole parish has only about 10 poor households.

Christmas atmosphere at Dong Lam Parish. Photo: Cong Kien

Thanks to that, people's lives have been constantly improved and enhanced, many families have built spacious houses, purchased modern amenities to serve their lives. When having a stable source of income, life is improved, from there children have the conditions to study at a higher level, many children have passed the entrance exams to universities, colleges and have stable jobs.

In particular, there are households here that earn hundreds of millions of dong each year, contributing to enriching their homeland. Typical examples include Mr. Le Tien Dung’s household with a mechanical workshop producing aluminum and glass to serve local people; Mr. Nguyen Van Quy with his job of making vermicelli, cakes and developing livestock; Mr. Dinh Xuan Phu with dozens of hectares of raw tea, earning tens of millions of dong each month…

Raw tea hills in Hung Son commune (Anh Son). Photo: Cong Kien

According to Mr. Tran Minh Hoan - Chairman of Hung Son Commune People's Committee, the parishioners in the area are all working hard, working in production and developing the socio-economy, their income is increasingly improving. In particular, most of the people are aware of building a rich and civilized homeland, contributing to maintaining a peaceful and prosperous life.

For example, the commune is implementing the construction of a Martyrs' Temple with an area of ​​1,500 m², total funding of 5 billion VND from socialized sources, including householdsparishionerssupporting tens of millions of dong. People also actively contribute to the construction of public welfare projects such as schools, cultural houses, rural roads, and stadiums.

People of Hung Son commune (Anh Son) unite and join hands to build their homeland. Photo: Thai Hien

Recently, the commune has mobilized people to contribute funds to build 7 stadiums with standard soccer, volleyball, and badminton fields, meeting the needs of training and improving the health of the people. Both Catholics and non-Catholics have enthusiastically supported funds and participated in working days for the construction.

Currently, the whole commune is focusing on building an advanced new countryside, the key task is to upgrade and expand rural roads associated with the movement to build green - clean - beautiful residential areas. The inner-village roads are expanded with concrete area, the surrounding wall system of households is reinforced, making the rural roads more spacious, clean and beautiful.

Hung Son Commune (Anh Son) focuses on building advanced new rural areas. Photo: Cong Kien

Chairman of the Commune People's Committee, Mr. Tran Minh Hoan said: "In recent years, thanks to the solidarity between Catholics and non-Catholics, Hung Son has had many changes, income and living standards have been increasingly improved, all are moving towards the goal of a prosperous society."new ruralCurrently, the parishioners of Dong Lam parish are excitedly welcoming Christmas 2022 with the joy of prosperity of their beloved homeland.