Innovation in mass mobilization work in remote districts

Changing thinking and doing

Xoong Con is a Thai village in Luu Kien commune - the area chosen by the Steering Committee of the "Skilled Mass Mobilization" movement of Tuong Duong district to implement the model of "Improving the quality of mass mobilization, eliminating conservative thinking, waiting, relying, building a clean village on drugs in the period 2023-2025".

Talking about the movements in the village, Mr. Ngan Van Hanh - Head of the Elderly Association of Xoong Con village said that the most obvious is the change in the thinking, thinking and working habits of the people. For example, in the past, the villagers often had questions about the State's support policies and guidelines, now they have proactively built economic development models to escape poverty.

Typical examples include Mr. Ngan Van Mao's household with a guava and pineapple growing model; Mr. Loc Van Thin's household with a pineapple and banana growing model; Mr. Loc Van Phuong's household raising nearly 19 goats, 4 buffaloes, pigs, chickens, and growing xoan trees to increase income.

In addition, thanks to "skillful" mass mobilization, the Party Cell and the Management Board of Xoong Con village have successfully built a model to protect aquatic resources (fresh fish), harvesting an average of 3 collective fishing seasons each year to serve holidays, Tet and raise funds. In 2023, the village will harvest 9.3 tonnes of fresh fish to fund the installation of 3 cameras and 3 solar panels on the main road; mobilize people to build 850m of internal roads, and renovate 1,500 branch roads along Provincial Road 543D.
Talking about the effectiveness of mass mobilization work, Mr. La Dinh Thi - Secretary of the Party Cell of Xoong Con village said: When the commune decided to build the Vang Phot eco-tourism site, the Party Cell and the Village Management Board mobilized people to donate 1,000m²land, donated trees, and contributed labor to create the shape and form of the tourist destination as it is today.

Visiting Khe Kien village, the village chosen by the commune as a pilot for the construction of new rural villages, thanks to skillful mass mobilization, up to now, 100% of the village roads have been concreted, and the stadium has been built spaciously. Mr. La Van Duy - Secretary of the Khe Kien village Party Cell said: In 2023, the Party Cell mobilized people to build 3m wide, 1,000m long internal roads; expanded the area of ​​banana leaves to 20 hectares, high-yield cassava to 25 hectares, increased the total herd of cows to 220, pigs to over 400, poultry to over 2,500, goats to 140 with many high-income farms.

With the solidarity of "Party's will - people's heart", Khe Kien village has successfully built a model of a drug-free village and security camera system, which has been recognized by the Party Committee and the commune government.

The entire Luu Kien commune currently has 11 grassroots mass mobilization teams that regularly stay close to the village and the people, coordinating with the political system to do a good job of propaganda and mobilization. According to the Standing Deputy Secretary of the Commune Party Committee - Mr. Lu Duy Hai: The Party Committee and the commune government have directed the construction of 15 "Skilled Mass Mobilization" models, including 5 economic development models (planting bananas for leaves; high-yield cassava; Taiwanese guava; raising buffaloes and cows in captivity; raising pigs for meat); 3 national defense - security models (drug-free village; security cameras; "My house has a fire extinguisher"); 6 models of implementing democratic regulations...

Thanks to that, difficulties and obstacles were gradually resolved; socio-economy was stable, security and order in the area were maintained.

Mai Son border commune (Tuong Duong), an area with a 10.23 km long border, borders Pha Danh commune cluster, Muong Quan district, Hua Phan province (Laos), Nhon Mai commune (Tuong Duong) and My Ly commune (Ky Son). The lives of Thai, Mong and Kho Mu people in Mai Son commune are still difficult, with the poverty rate accounting for 64.07%.

Therefore, according to Mr. Lo Van Dien - Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Head of the Mass Mobilization Block of Mai Son Commune, the Commune Steering Committee prioritizes people's livelihood models. Such as the fundraising model "ATM of one thousand dong" with 12 implementing units, collecting 21 million dong to support children in difficult circumstances in the area.

Or models in the field of economic development such as the high-yield cassava growing model in Huoi To 1 and Cha Lo villages with a total area of ​​87.9 hectares; the fattening cattle model in Pieng Cooc village; black pig farming in Pieng Mun village; duck farming in Na Hang village... bring a stable source of income for the people.

In addition, Mai Son commune also left its mark with forest protection models based on village and hamlet conventions. Taking us to visit the hundred-root clove forests in Na Hang village and the rare cassia forest in Huoi To village, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee Lo Van Dien said: That is the result of the Party Committee and government's efforts in propagating and mobilizing people to care for and protect forests and prevent illegal logging.

Towards the base

In 2023, the Steering Committee of the emulation movement "Skilled mass mobilization" in Tuong Duong district focused on oral propaganda work, taking the subjects of 142 village elders and prestigious people in the district; at the same time, using bilingualism to propagate the Party and State's policies and guidelines to the people.

According to Mr. Luong Ba Vin - Head of the Mass Mobilization Committee, Chairman of the Fatherland Front Committee of Tuong Duong district: Before implementing the "Skilled Mass Mobilization" model in various fields, the District's Movement Steering Committee organized 146 meetings with people in 17 communes and towns to listen to people's recommendations and proposals to build a model suitable to reality.

Thanks to that, in 2023, 189/254 models were recognized by localities and units; 63 models met the criteria of "Skilled Mass Mobilization" model at the district level, bringing practical results and spreading in the community.
Typical examples include the model of "Protecting aquatic resources and fresh fish" with 15/17 communes and towns; 56 village and hamlet mass mobilization teams deployed over a total length of 73 km. The model of "1,000 VND ATM" with 252 party cells of blocks, hamlets, villages and schools, trade unions and mass organizations implemented, earning more than 717 million VND; funds from this fund were used to support 289 poor households to buy breeding animals (cows, goats, pigs), 135 households to buy seedlings (rice, corn, cassava, vegetables and beans of all kinds), giving 5 bicycles to poor students to overcome difficulties, sponsoring 19 orphans, helping 148 students in difficult circumstances to go to school.

The model of assigning party members to be in charge of households, after being launched, had 123/146 grassroots party organizations and 398 party members support 435 households in especially difficult circumstances to build houses, buy plants and seeds, and help 86 orphans and poor students overcome difficulties to study well.
Tuong Duong has a high rate of poor households (6,232 households, accounting for 34.03%; 3,187 near-poor households, accounting for 17.40%). To achieve the goal of sustainable poverty reduction, Party committees and authorities at all levels have directed the implementation of 98 models that bring economic efficiency, harmoniously combining the legitimate and legal interests of the people with the interests of the State.

Typical examples include the model "Mobilizing the development and improvement of the quality of OCOP products in the area" of the Party Committee and the district government with 6 products achieving OCOP at the provincial level; the model "Skilled mass mobilization" of cage fish farming on the Nam Non hydroelectric reservoir in La village, Luong Minh commune; the model "Mobilizing people to grow peach trees for branches" in Huoi Man, Huoi Co and Tham Tham villages (Nhon Mai commune); "Mobilizing young people to keep bees" in Na Bon village, Yen Na commune; "VAC combined with agricultural services" in Pieng O village (Xieng My commune); "Mobilizing people to protect and grow bitter bamboo shoots" in Cha Lang village (Huu Khuong commune)...

Thereby, contributing to gradually "eliminating conservative thinking, waiting, and dependence among cadres, party members and the masses" according to Project No. 07-DA/HU dated March 8, 2022 of the Party Committee of Tuong Duong district.

“From the achieved results, the District Emulation Movement Steering Committee will continue to innovate the form of building models, typical examples of “Skilled Mass Mobilization” in ethnic minority areas in a profound and sustainable manner associated with studying and following the ideology, morality and style of Ho Chi Minh. Thereby, expanding and promoting democracy, mobilizing the strength of the entire political system to do mass mobilization work, contributing to the successful implementation of the goals and tasks of economic, social, defense and security development in the area” - Mr. Luong Ba Vin emphasized.