Efforts to keep peace in Long Xa

Clans self-governing security

Speaking of the Ngo family in Long Xa commune, people along the Lam River all praise a community that is united, sharing and supporting each other. Thanks to that, for decades, the Ngo families have had a peaceful and happy life, with almost no one breaking the law.

Mr. Ngo Minh Cuong, representative of the Ngo family, was very proud to introduce to us the rather impressive premises of the communal worship area.

Share the secret to help future generations stay away from social evils and comply with policieslawRegarding the Party and State's policies, Mr. Cuong said that first of all, parents must set an example. Next, there must be close coordination and connection with local authorities to educate and manage their children.

Mr. Ngo Minh Cuong - representative of the Ngo family's clan committee (second from right) introduces achievements in self-management of descendants. Photo: Hoai Thu

Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Nga - Deputy Secretary of the Long Xa Commune Party Committee said that in the 1990s - 2000s, Long Xa area was a complicated area in terms of security and order, especially drug addiction, drug trafficking, and theft. However, only one descendant of the Ngo family got involved in drug abuse, that is NXT. However, it is worth mentioning that after discovering that there was a drug addict in the family, the family council met and encouraged T. to quit drugs himself, proactively reported to the authorities to coordinate in helping his descendants. Thanks to that, not only did NXT help him quit drugs, but he also became a hard-working and good worker, built a solid foundation and built a happy family.

“The Ngo family is the first family in Hung Nguyen district to receive a Certificate of Merit from the Ministry of Public Security as “Outstanding family in the struggle against terrorism.”Crime Preventionand social evils” in 2005. Since then, generations of Ngo family descendants have maintained the tradition, receiving annual rewards and commendations from all levels and sectors, and almost no descendants have violated the law.

Most recently, the Ngo family was awarded a Certificate of Merit by the Provincial Police for their good performance in the movement "All people protect national security" in the 2005-2010 and 2017-2020 periods.

Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Nga

In Long Xa, from the effectiveness of building the model of "Clans self-managing security and order", in 2021, the Commune Party Committee deployed this model for the Le clan. After only 1 year, the Le clan was commended by the People's Committee of Hung Nguyen district as a typical clan in building the movement of All people participating in protecting the security of the Fatherland. "Our clan was recognized as a Cultural Clan in 2018. This is the premise for us to implement the clan self-managing security and order. In clan meetings, or meetings with the families of the descendants, the clan committee always reminds them to comply with the law. For example, in 2020, a couple in the clan had a conflict with each other, then filed for divorce. We investigated the cause, then together with the reconciliation committee of the hamlet advised and encouraged them, so now the family has returned to harmony and peace" - said Mr. Le Van Lan - Deputy Head of the Le clan committee.

Representative of the Le family, Mr. Le Van Lan (far left) shares about the method of educating children to comply with policies and laws. Photo: Hoai Thu

Don't let "hot" things happen

In 2020, Long Xa commune was formed from the merger of Hung Long and Hung Xa communes. Of these two areas, the old Hung Long commune used to be a painful area for drug trafficking and use. "After the merger, the work doubled, the management area was wider, so we always directed to grasp and immediately handle hot incidents that caused public uproar, to both maintain security and order and deter and prevent similar violations from happening" - Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Nga said.

The Deputy Secretary of the Long Xa Commune Party Committee also added that to do this, from the beginning of the year, the Party Committee issued programs and plans to assign tasks to organizations, unions and village committees, and plans to coordinate with the police and militia to establish and maintain strict security and order. When there is a "hot" incident, it is necessary to immediately inform the authorities and police to resolve it.

For example, the land dispute between Mr. VTC's family in Dong Tan hamlet and Mr. NHT's family in Dinh Tien hamlet caused a stir in the village, with the risk of a fight occurring in mid-2021. Immediately after learning about the incident, the Commune Police Department, along with the Party Committee, land officials, and Party Committees and authorities in the two hamlets, met, discussed and persuaded the two sides to resolve the conflict. Thanks to that, from the inability to agree on the boundary for building a water ditch between the two families, through mediation and analysis, the two sides agreed to build a ditch, determine the boundary and return to harmony and happiness.

Long Xa Commune Police check and remind people to comply with the Road Traffic Law. Photo: Hoai Thu

Also in 2021, in Long Xa area, there were 2 conflicts leading to fights, using weapons to cause injuries, which were reported by the people and the police force quickly approached, prevented, and reconciled the conflicts between the subjects, preventing unfortunate casualties for the people.

In particular, during the period of social distancing to prevent the Covid-19 epidemic, the Commune Police coordinated with the militia, associations and unions to regularly patrol, control and remind many people who showed signs of violating regulations on epidemic prevention. Of which, 3 cases were fined for intentionally violating, causing the risk of spreading the epidemic to the community.

Most recently, on March 4, Long Xa Commune Police coordinated with Nam Cat Commune Police (Nam Dan) to quickly arrest 3 subjects riding a motorbike to snatch a phone from a passerby, returning the property to the people. A resident living near the robbery site said that when hearing the news that a robbery had occurred near his house, many people were very confused and worried. However, after only 1 day, the police force arrested the perpetrator, so people were very reassured and confident in the functional forces and the government in maintaining and protecting security and order.

Long Xa commune leaders regularly closely direct forces and mass organizations to maintain security and order in the village. Photo: Hoai Thu

“Building models of self-governing clans on security and order”, other skillful mass mobilization models such as “The area where no one has a third child in Dinh Tien hamlet”, signing a commitment not to violate the law between mass organizations and 8 mass mobilization blocks in 8 hamlets… In addition, mobilizing the participation of organizations, mass organizations, the core of which is the commune police force in maintaining security and order is one of the effective measures to help Long Xa become more and more peaceful” - Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Long Xa commune emphasized.

From January 2021 to March 2022, the functional forces and Long Xa commune government detected and promptly handled many security and order incidents. Specifically, they advised on the final resolution of 2 land disputes; 2 cases of intentional injury. Detected and handled 2 cases of property theft, 1 case of robbery, 2 cases of fire and explosion; arrested 1 case of gambling in the form of lottery numbers; arrested 4 cases of 5 subjects for illegal possession of drugs and illegal possession of firecrackers. The People's Committee of the commune also issued a decision to send 1 case to compulsory drug rehabilitation and 2 cases of drug rehabilitation at home.