“Saturday for the people” in the countryside of Quynh

Officials and residents of Tan Thang village, An Hoa commune build rural roads. Photo:Thanh Toan

Saturday for the People

With the desire to best serve the needs of the people, reduce travel time, especially in remote areas, border areas, every weekend, the Administrative Management Team for Social Order, Quynh Luu District Police march to the communes in special areas to exchange and issue new Identity Cards (IDs) and household registration books for people, especially for the elderly, the weak, the lonely, and the sick.

Following the working group of the Administrative Management Team for Social Order, Quynh Luu District Police, we traveled nearly 30km to the mountainous commune of Quynh Thang to complete the procedures for changing and issuing new ID cards for the ethnic people here. At the commune People's Committee hall, many people were present to complete the procedures for getting new ID cards. The working atmosphere was very urgent. Officers and soldiers guided, took notes, fingerprinted, and took photos for the people.

Quynh Luu district police make identity cards for people in Quynh Thang commune. Photo: Thanh Toan

Mr. Phan Van Thanh - Hamlet 1, Quynh Thang Commune confided: "Many times I intended to go to the district to change my ID card, but because the road is far away, I am old and do not know how to ride a motorbike, so I had to put it aside. Now the police officers come to the village to help, not only me, but everyone here is very excited."

Implementing the program of Volunteer Saturday for the people, this time the officers and soldiers of the Administrative Management Team for Social Order of Quynh Luu District Police coordinated with the police of the communes: Quynh Thang, Quynh Nghia, Quynh Thanh ... to go to the villages to make free ID cards for the people. After completing the procedures within 10 - 15 days, the District Police will coordinate with the Youth Union and Women's Union to issue ID cards to the people.

Captain Pham Thi Ha Phuong - Officer of the Social Order Administrative Management Team - Quynh Luu District Police said:“We have coordinated with the Youth Union and Women's Union to go to people's homes in villages to issue ID cards to the elderly aged 70 and over, and to the disabled for free. In 2019, we strive to issue free ID cards to 1,000 people.”

“Saturday for the new countryside”

In 2019, An Hoa is one of the 5 communes striving to reach the new rural area (NTM) goal of Quynh Luu district. To achieve this goal, recently, the Standing Committee of the Commune Fatherland Front has launched a competition movement: civil servants and public employees carry out "Saturday for the new rural area".

Accordingly, every Saturday, all cadres, civil servants and public employees of the commune go to work as usual, go down to the village base to carry out tasks related to the new rural area. Through specific tasks such as: Directing and guiding the villages under their responsibility to build rural roads, supporting some villages in site clearance, repairing the village's cultural house and sports field. Renovating residential areas, renovating flower gardens, ornamental plants, protecting works. Directing residential areas to participate in general environmental cleaning, planting flowers on the roadsides, creating a green - clean - beautiful landscape.

Although it has only been launched for nearly a month, the spirit of Saturday to help people build new rural areas has really spread to every cadre, civil servant and employee of An Hoa commune. Ms. Mai Thi Ha - an official of An Hoa commune shared: "Instead of taking days off after a week of work, we return to the people. This is not only part of our responsibility, but only when we go to the grassroots level can we understand the difficulties and hardships of the people. Through each practical experience, we gain more knowledge and experience in the work process. Although we are tired, we feel happy and meaningful when we join the people in building new rural areas, determined to bring our commune to the finish line this year."

“Saturday without pay”

Quynh Luu Electricity workers work on Saturdays without pay. Photo: Thanh Toan

Quynh Luu Electricity is currently managing 112,000 customers of Quynh Luu district and Hoang Mai town, managing 640km of medium voltage lines and 1,200km of low voltage lines. To better meet the needs of customers, in early 2018, Quynh Luu Electricity directed officials and employees of the Electricity sector to launch the "Saturday without pay" movement. Mr. Phan Van Ha - Director of Quynh Luu Electricity said: "Due to the large amount of work, the degraded power grid, and the small number of staff, after many meetings, we also encouraged our employees to work extra on Saturdays. After a year of doing less work, it turns out that in 1 month, our employees also worked nearly 270 extra working days such as installing, transferring new power lines, promptly repairing problems on the grid...".

The practical activities on Saturday for the people carried out by units, cadres, officials and civil servants in Quynh Luu district have really brought about efficiency, thereby contributing to solving the legitimate needs and aspirations of the people. This is also a good and effective model that needs to be learned and replicated by localities.