Efforts to create resources and develop new party members in remote districts

As a remote commune in the highland district of Tuong Duong with 3 ethnic groups living together (of which the Thai ethnic group accounts for over 90%), Xieng My is now one of the bright spots in party development work. Through the discussion, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Xieng My Commune Party Committee Loc Thi Van said: The Resolution of the Commune Party Congress set a target of admitting 40 party members for the 2020-2025 term (an average of 8-10 party members admitted each year), but up to this point, 42 party members have been admitted. In 2023 alone, the Commune Party Committee admitted 11 outstanding people to the Party, above the district's target of 08 comrades (reaching 137.5%). In 2024, the district's target is 7 party members, and it is expected that by the end of the year, Xieng My Commune Party Committee will admit 14 comrades.

Cán bộ xã Xiêng My (Tương Dương) trao đổi với cán bộ và người dân bản Phẩy về công tác tạo nguồn phát triển Đảng. Ảnh: K.L
Officials of Xieng My commune (Tuong Duong) discussed with officials and people of Phay village about the work of creating resources for Party development. Photo: KL

To overcome difficulties in creating sources for developing new party members due to the large number of young workers working far away (including 31 party members), the high rate of poor households, and limited awareness of a part of the people, in addition to strengthening the role of the cadres and civil servants of the commune working in the village and hamlet party cells, the Party Executive Committee of Xieng My commune has proactively reviewed sources from mass organizations, including demobilized soldiers, teachers, and outstanding people who are daughters-in-law and sons-in-law living in the locality to have a training plan. At the same time, 7/7 village chiefs in the area are party members; about 70% of heads and deputy heads of mass organizations are party members, and 100% of teachers are party members.

Đảng viên xã Xiêng My tham dự Lớp bồi dưỡng chuyên đề lịch sử Đảng  do Ban Tuyên giao Huyện ủy Tương Dương tổ chức. Ảnh: K.L
Xieng My commune Party members attend the Party history training course organized by the Propaganda Department of Tuong Duong District Party Committee. Photo: KL

Although some Party cells have encountered many difficulties in finding sources, they still strive to ensure the annual target of recruiting new Party members. A typical example is the Chon Village Party Cell, which in 2023 recruited 2 Party members recommended by the Village Farmers' Association. In 2024, 2 cases completed the Party awareness training course. Comrade Luong Van Ban - Secretary of the Chon Village Party Cell said: The Party Cell thoroughly grasps the policy that village and hamlet cadres, and union cadres must set an example in mobilizing their relatives and members in the branch to join the Party first so that everyone can follow; for example, the family of Party member Luong Van Phong has 5 Party members, of which 4 people (2 sons, 2 daughters-in-law) are active in the Chon Village Party Cell.

Chi bộ bản Lưu Thông, xã Lưu Kiền trao quyết định kết nạp đảng viên mới; Chi bộ bản Hợp Thành, xã Xá Lượng trao quyết định kết nạp Đảng viên mới; Lễ kết nạp đảng viên mới ở Chi bộ bản Hợp Thành, xã Xá Lượng; Chi bộ Trường Mầm non Nhôn Mai, xã Nhôn Mai trao quyết định kết nạp đảng viên mới. Ảnh: CSCC
Party cell of Luu Thong village, Luu Kien commune, presents decisions to admit new party members; Party cell of Hop Thanh village, Xa Luong commune, presents decisions to admit new party members; New party member admission ceremony at Party cell of Hop Thanh village, Xa Luong commune; Party cell of Nhon Mai Kindergarten, Nhon Mai commune, presents decisions to admit new party members. Photo: CSCC

Similarly, in Phay village, Party cell secretary Kha Thi Bich said: The village has 104 households and 406 people, but more than 60 workers work in companies and factories. Therefore, in addition to promoting the quality of activities of mass organizations to discover, train and create new sources of party members, the party cell also promotes the pioneering and exemplary role of cadres and party members, especially village and hamlet leaders, on all fronts, especially in the field of economic development, so that the masses can look at it and have the motivation to strive to join the party. Thanks to that, the village party cell currently has a pioneering and core force of 17 comrades, with an average of 2 new party members admitted each year.

Cán bộ bản Phẩy trao đổi với cán bộ xã Xiêng My về việc triển khai các phong trào thi đua ở cơ sở. Ảnh: K.L
Phay village officials discuss with Xieng My commune officials about implementing emulation movements at the grassroots level. Photo: KL

For the Nga My Commune Party Committee - where there are 14 Party cells, including 9 village and hamlet Party cells. In the conditions of traffic in the 4 inner villages, there are still many difficulties, mainly dirt roads, only accessible in the dry season, in the rainy and stormy season, they are often blocked due to the rising water of 2 streams (Nam Ngan and Nam Kho), half of Xop Kho village, Canh village and the entire Na Kho and Na Ngan villages are cut off when the water rises. The Commune Party Committee assigns responsibility to the Standing Committee members, the Executive Committee members of the Commune Party Committee in charge of the area to "hold hands and show work" to guide the village and hamlet Party cells to train and create resources, complete the procedures and records for Party admission; promptly supplement and complete Party cell committee members in Party cells with personnel changes. The Commune Party Committee also actively coordinated with the District Political Center to organize Party awareness classes in commune clusters to reduce travel difficulties, creating favorable conditions for the elite masses to easily access and become enlightened in the Party.

Lãnh đạo Đảng uỷ xã Nga My (Tương Dương) trao đổi về công tác quản lý, phát triển đảng viên với chi ủy chi bộ bản Bay. Ảnh: K.L
Leaders of Nga My Commune Party Committee (Tuong Duong) discussed the work of managing and developing party members with the Bay village Party Committee. Photo: KL

“In 2023, the Nga My Commune Party Committee coordinated to open 3 classes to foster awareness of the Party; admitted 10 comrades, reaching 125% exceeding the district's target. Some Party cells admitted more than the target such as the Na Ca and Canh Village Party Cells; the Secondary School Party Cell; the Kindergarten Party Cell... In 2024, up to this point, they have coordinated to open 3 classes to foster awareness of the Party, admitted 3 new Party members and prepared to submit 3 sets of documents to the District Party Committee's Organizing Committee for appraisal. Currently, the source is still abundant with 30 cases having certificates of learning Party sympathy. Some Party cells facing difficulties in resources such as the Bay Village Party Cell have now introduced 3 outstanding people to participate and complete the Party awareness training class...", said comrade Luong Thi Lang - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Nga My Commune Party Committee.

Phó Bí thư Tỉnh ủy Hoàng Nghĩa Hiếu chung vui Ngày hội Đại đoàn kết với người dân bản Bay, xã Nga My, huyện Tương Dương. Ảnh tư liệu: Thanh Lê
Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Hoang Nghia Hieu joins in the Great Solidarity Festival with people of Bay village, Nga My commune, Tuong Duong district. Photo: Thanh Le

In reality, the work of creating new party members faces many difficulties due to the large number of workers working far away (about 10 thousand people). A part of young workers in the locality have limited qualifications and capacity, and a difficult life, so they pay little attention to political issues, and their awareness of Party enlightenment is still limited... In order to implement Resolution No. 21-NQ/TW of the Party Central Committee and the directives of the Provincial Party Standing Committee on strengthening and consolidating grassroots party organizations and improving the quality of party members in the new period, with the specific goal of the annual admission rate of new party members reaching 3-4% of the total number of party members. The Standing Committee of the Tuong Duong District Party Committee has directed grassroots party organizations to review and develop party member development plans suitable for each locality, agency, and unit. At the same time, it requires socio-political organizations to strengthen innovation in the content and form of activities to attract union members and association members to participate in patriotic emulation movements. Thereby, discovering and nurturing positive factors, creating additional human resources for the Party.

Đoàn công tác của huyện Tương Dương do đồng chí Lê Văn Lương, Ủy viên BCH Đảng bộ tỉnh, Bí thư Huyện uỷ làm trưởng đoàn  làm việc với Đảng bộ xã Lượng Minh. Ảnh: Đình Tuân
The working delegation of Tuong Duong district led by comrade Le Van Luong, member of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the District Party Committee, worked with the Party Committee of Luong Minh commune. Photo: Dinh Tuan

According to the Head of the District Party Committee's Organization Board - Comrade Mac Van Nguyen: Determining the work of developing new party members is an important step in building a clean and strong Party organization, meeting the requirements of tasks in the new period. Every year, the District Party Committee's Organization Board advises the District Party Committee's Standing Committee to issue specialized documents on Party admission work; assigning targets for Party admission to Party cells and grassroots Party committees as a basis for evaluating and classifying the quality of grassroots Party organizations at the end of the year. The District Party Committee's Standing Committee also established working groups to regularly inspect and grasp the situation in the locality, especially in border areas, remote and isolated areas in the work of training, fostering, and enlightening outstanding masses to join the Party; covering 100% of village and hamlet chiefs as Party members. At the same time, the Standing Committee members and Executive Committee members of the District Party Committee in charge of the localities are required to pay special attention to the work of creating sources and developing new Party members to ensure continuity, overcome the situation of "old bamboo but young shoots have not yet grown" and prevent the risk of the loss of grassroots Party cells in special areas. The District is also flexible in opening Party awareness training classes in commune clusters for Party Committees far from the center to reduce difficulties and save costs for learners.

Trung tâm Chính trị huyện Tương Dương tổ chức Lễ khai giảng lớp Bồi dưỡng Đảng viên mới năm 2024. Ảnh: Đình Tuân
Tuong Duong District Political Center held the opening ceremony of the 2024 New Party Member Training Class. Photo: Dinh Tuan

In addition, from capital sources of investment programs and projects for production development of the Central and local levels; funding sources supported by agencies and units under the program to help mountainous communes of the province, many Party members in villages and hamlets have taken the lead in effectively implementing production models, developing household economy; building new rural criteria, sustainable poverty reduction... Thereby, creating trust and motivation for the masses to learn, follow, and strive to join the ranks of the Party.

Thanks to the above-mentioned timely and synchronous solutions, as of November 2023, the Tuong Duong District Party Committee had admitted 166/164 party members, reaching 101.2% of the planned target. In 2024, the entire district was assigned the target of admitting 166 new party members, but in the first 4 months of the year, 72 outstanding people had been trained and admitted into the party... That is a good sign, proving the efforts to nurture "red seeds" in this remote and difficult border district.

Thị trấn Thạch Giám ngày càng khang trang sạch đẹp; Không khí đón chào các ngày lễ lớn ở huyện miền núi Tương Dương; Rừng săng lẻ tại xã Tam Đình (Tương Dương). Ảnh tư liệu: Sách Nguyễn - Đình Tuân - Hồ Phương
Thach Giam town is increasingly clean and beautiful; The atmosphere welcomes major holidays in the mountainous district of Tuong Duong; The forest of cassia in Tam Dinh commune (Tuong Duong). Photo: Nguyen - Dinh Tuan - Ho Phuong Book