Quynh Luu parishioners join hands to build new countryside

Village 7, Quynh Hong commune has 390 households with 1,700 people, of which parishioners of Thuong Nguyen parish account for more than 76% (equivalent to 1,300 people). Implementing the State's policy on building new rural areas, after the Front's Working Committee organized a meeting to propagate and receive the people's consent, they voluntarily donated 500m2 of land, demolished the wall, cleared the site and contributed working days to build inter-village roads over 2,000 meters long, with a width of over 3.5m and a thickness of 18 - 20 centimeters.

Quynh Luu parishioners donate land to build rural roads.

In addition to the State's support of sand, gravel, and cement, the people also contributed over 1 billion VND, an average of over 3 million VND/household. Many upgraded and newly built routes have facilitated trade, contributing to changing the appearance of the countryside here.

“To build a concrete road, my family had to destroy more than 10m of wall, gate, residential land, rice fields, which cost more than ten million VND. But with a concrete road, it is easier for adults to go to work, children to go to school, not to mention cars and motorbikes can also come to the house to buy agricultural products, life is much less difficult” - Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong, a household leading the land donation movement in village 7, Quynh Hong commune shared.

Parishioners enthusiastically contributed labor to build rural roads.

After being informed by the pastoral council of Thuan Giang parish (Quynh Hung commune) about the benefits of the new rural construction program, especially the plan to upgrade and expand the road to Thuan Giang carpentry village, all 53 households on both sides of this road voluntarily donated land, demolished surrounding walls and solid structures.

On average, each household moved their own land by 1.2m.²to build a rural road. After a period of construction, the concrete road with a total length of 360m, width of 6.2m, thickness of 20cm was completed with a total cost of nearly 400 million VND. All of this money was contributed by the parishioners.

The completed roads have given people more motivation to develop the economy and build cultural and social life.

Implementing the new rural construction program, not only Thuong Nguyen Parish and Thuan Giang Parish but also many parishes and chapels in Quynh Luu district have been mobilizing parishioners to compete in economic development, actively contributing money and labor to build many welfare projects, implementing the new rural construction program.

In particular, in 2018, from the cement source supported by the District People's Committee with 765 tons, parishioners contributed working days and funds to build an additional 1.5 km of concrete road in Thuan Nghia parish (Quynh Lam commune), 3 km in Phu Xuan parish (Quynh Tam commune), 640 m of concrete ditch in Van Phu parish (Quynh Hung commune)... Building new Cultural Houses in Hamlet 8 (Cam Truong parish, Quynh Yen commune), Tho Dong hamlet (Van Truong parish, Quynh Tho commune), with an average cost of 600 million/house, of which parishioners contributed 30%.

Currently, the district has 6 religious villages that are building cultural houses (In the photo: Cultural house in village 5, Quynh Yen commune is under construction).