Nghe An: A shift in sense of responsibility in work at the grassroots level

"Locomotive" in hamlet, village, and commune

Blocks, hamlets, villages and communes are not administrative levels, but they play an important role - the place to directly convey and put the Party and State's policies and guidelines into practice. The success or failure of this work is decided by specific people, the "locomotives" leading the movement to spread throughout the community. The implementation of resolutions on Party building and rectification associated with studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style in blocks, hamlets, villages and communes has seen many typical factors like this appear.

In Trung Thanh village, Chau Thanh commune (Quy Hop district), there are 198 households, all of whom are Thai ethnic people. More than 99% of the roads in the village are concreted. People are conscious of maintaining environmental hygiene, and there are no longer any livestock barns built close to houses; each house has a fence, flowers, ornamental plants, and vegetables, creating a clean and beautiful landscape.

Some backward ideas have been gradually eliminated, the children in the village are increasingly interested in studying, equipping themselves with knowledge, skills and vocational training, and finding jobs. Each household knows how to renovate barns, fields and gardens, applying knowledge to develop the economy. Thanks to that, the number of poor households in the village has decreased from 98 households (accounting for nearly 50% of households in the village) to 42 households (21.21%) in the past 5 years.

As a result, the people of Trung Thanh village recognized the role of Party Secretary Lo Thanh Tro in propagating, mobilizing, and raising awareness of what people should and should not do. In addition to directly going to each household to propagate and persuade in the style of "slow and steady wins the race", comrade Tro also actively participated in emulation movements to contribute to changing the "thinking and working style" of the people.

By setting an example of "living well, doing first" for himself and his family and motivating his brothers and sisters in the clan, Party Secretary Lo Thanh Tro has become an example for many people in the village. Currently, comrade Tro's family has a good economy from the "garden - pond - barn" economic model, raising fish, eels, and black pigs. His children work hard, and Party Secretary Lo Thanh Tro himself has been classified as a party member who has excellently fulfilled the tasks of the Chau Thanh Commune Party Committee (Quy Hop District) for 3 consecutive years from 2021 to 2023.

In Tan Cat village, Binh Son commune (Anh Son district), in response to the requirement of building a new countryside, in 2023, as the leader, the village Party Secretary - comrade Phan Van Hong registered to "follow" Ho Chi Minh's style in mobilizing social resources. Accordingly, comrade Hong directly worked with organizations in the hamlet to review and re-evaluate the criteria that had not been met; develop plans, determine the contents to be done, estimate the budget for each project, specific tasks, and bring them to the discussion and agreement of the Party Committee, Party cell, mass organizations and people's meetings. Comrade Hong also wrote a letter calling for support from cadres, party members and people, children living far from home, organizations, individuals, and businesses located in the commune, broadcast through the hamlet's loudspeaker and Zalo and Facebook pages.

The family of the Party Secretary of Phan Van Hong village and the cadres and party members in the hamlet also set an example of contributing in advance at a higher level to spread the message. When completing each project, the work was publicly settled with clear and transparent revenue and expenditure. By doing that specifically and closely, in 2023, Binh Son hamlet completed many projects, including: traffic roads; village gate; building the campus and purchasing equipment, tables and chairs for the cultural house.

Party cell secretary and hamlet chief of Tan Lap hamlet, Thanh Xuan commune (Thanh Chuong district), comrade Nguyen Dinh To, is also considered a responsible person, daring to think, daring to do, and an exemplary pioneer. He and the Party cell led and directed the implementation of building the hamlet to reach the first new rural finish line in the locality, building rural environmental landscapes, mobilizing people to renovate mixed gardens, make gardens to meet new rural standards, and increase economic value. Comrade To is also a pioneer, initiating the summer-autumn rice growing movement for people in the hamlet; because in Thanh Xuan area, people used to only grow one spring crop, and the summer-autumn crop was abandoned partly due to fear of flooding, partly due to the idea that growing one crop was enough to eat for the whole year, so they abandoned it.

Change in style and sense of responsibility

The sense of responsibility in the work of the staff and civil servants in agencies and units has recently been implemented according to the working motto "work until the end of the day, not until the end of the day". That helps speed up the work, avoid congestion, especially in matters related to regimes and policies for the people, and handling administrative procedures for the people and businesses, etc.

Each agency, unit, and locality has developed standards of professional ethics, public service ethics, mottos, and working styles for cadres and civil servants to follow. Each level, sector, and locality has selected key tasks, difficult tasks, and "bottlenecks" to focus on innovating effective methods and solutions, and promoting the role and responsibility of leaders to create breakthroughs.

Talking about the reality in Thai Hoa town, comrade Tran Khanh Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Town Party Committee shared: Clearly identifying the "bottleneck" as inertia and stagnation among some cadres, civil servants and public employees, the Thai Hoa Town Party Committee focused on doing a good job of ideological work, arousing the aspiration and will to rise up of cadres to self-study and find solutions to perform work more effectively. The town also clearly identified difficult and pending "tasks" to practice leadership and direction resolutely, attaching responsibility to the heads of departments and offices at the district and grassroots levels. Accordingly, many pending and prolonged cases were resolved; site clearance for many projects was cleared...

Regarding Hoang Mai town, the Town Party Committee has reviewed and put under the Standing Committee's supervision and direction 23 pending, prolonged, and pressing cases among the people and 20 cases under the responsibility of the Party Committee and authorities of 10 communes and wards in the town. Regarding the 23 cases at the town level, up to this point, 11 cases have been completely resolved, and 12 cases are in the process of being resolved. Regarding the 20 cases at the commune and ward level, after exactly 1 year of implementation, as of March 2024, 6/20 cases have been resolved.

Comrade Nguyen Duy Xuyen - Chief of Office of Hoang Mai City Party Committee said: Each case is assigned collective responsibility and the head of each department, office at the town and local levels. Quarterly, the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee listens to the progress to remind and criticize collectives and individuals who are not focused and determined in directing, and at the same time remove difficulties and obstacles within its authority.

After more than 3 years of implementing Conclusion No. 01, dated May 18, 2021 of the Politburo on continuing to implement Directive No. 05 of the Politburo "Promoting the study and following of Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and lifestyle", Party committees, authorities, organizations and units at all levels continue to promote Party building and rectification; pay attention to solving breakthroughs and key, pressing issues in practice. Thereby, contributing to improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the political system, consolidating people's trust.