Nghe An: Female veteran donates 500 million to build new rural areas

(Baonghean.vn) - That is Ms. Le Thi Lan, born in 1961, in hamlet 6, Quynh Van commune, Quynh Luu district, Nghe An province, a veteran and currently managing the Hoan Cau mechanical workshop.

Ms. Le Thi Lan (right) and the War Veterans Association officials mobilized people to donate land to build new rural areas.

As a veteran who had returned to her homeland after being demobilized, in 1981, Ms. Le Thi Lan fell in love and married Mr. Ho Van Hoan. With the bravery of Uncle Ho's soldiers who were not afraid of hardships, the couple started to develop the economy by investing in building a mechanical workshop to manufacture fuel-saving burners. The products were all sold well and consumed very strongly at that time. In 2004, Ms. Lan and Mr. Hoan continued to research and successfully produced a non-fired brick molding machine, which was recognized as a national-level scientific initiative.

After nearly 35 years of economic development, Lan and her husband have 2 workshops producing mechanical products and agricultural machinery, a stone powder production line, creating jobs for 80 workers with an income of 5-6 million VND/person/month.

After completing the road according to new rural standards, Ms. Lan still struggled to build a railing to prevent accidents at the bridge over Nong Giang River.

In addition to being good at economics, Ms. Lan also participates in social work and is currently a member of the Executive Committee of the Association of War Veterans in Quynh Van Commune and a member of the Executive Committee of the Association of War Veterans Enterprises in Nghe An Province. Regardless of her position, she always completes her assigned tasks well, actively working with the association to propagate and mobilize members to develop their family economy. Responding to the campaign for the whole people to join hands to build new rural areas in the locality, Ms. Lan, together with the Village Front Committee and the Executive Committee of the Association of War Veterans in the Commune, went to each house to mobilize people to donate land and contribute money to build new rural areas.

With the virtue of Uncle Ho's soldiers "saying goes hand in hand with doing", in June 2016, Ms. Le Thi Lan discussed with her husband and decided to support 500 million VND to build new rural roads. After only 15 days from the idea to the implementation, Ms. Lan bought materials, mobilized machines, hired workers to pour concrete on a 500m long road with a width of 5m and a thickness of 20cm according to new rural standards.

Mr. Nguyen Huu Cau, a resident of Hamlet 10, Quynh Van Commune, Quynh Luu District, Nghe An Province, excitedly said: Before, this road was very difficult to travel, and it was muddy when it rained, but since Ms. Lan supported 500 million VND to build a solid concrete road, our people can travel very easily, everyone is excited and thanks her.

Ms. Lan has the opportunity to pay more attention to social security work in the locality. Every year, her facility also supports tens of millions of VND to the Fund for the Poor, the Education Promotion Fund, and the Fund to support young people going to do military service. With her positive contributions to socio-economic development, Ms. Lan has been honored to receive many certificates of merit from the President, the People's Committee of Nghe An province, the Association of Veterans Enterprises of the province...

Nhu Thuy

Quynh Luu Station