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 discussion, Standing Deputy Secretary of 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 per 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.
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.
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) participate in activities with the Chon Village Party Cell.
Similarly, in Phay village, Party cell secretary Kha Thi Bich said: The village has 104 households, 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, nurture and create new sources of party members, the party cell also promotes the exemplary pioneering role of cadres and party members, especially the 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, recruiting an average of 2 new party members each year.
For the Nga My Commune Party Committee - which has 14 Party cells, including 9 village and hamlet Party cells. In the conditions of traffic in 4 inner villages, there are still many difficulties, mainly dirt roads, only accessible in the dry season, in the rainy and stormy season, it is 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 assigned the 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" 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.
“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 masses to participate and complete the Party awareness training class...", said Comrade Luong Thi Lang - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Nga My Commune Party Committee.
Faced with the reality that the work of creating new party members is facing many difficulties due to the large number of workers working far away (about 10,000 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 have limited awareness of the Party... 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 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 political and social 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.
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 the tasks in the new period. Every year, the District Party Committee's Organization Board advises the Standing Committee of the District Party Committee to issue specialized documents on party admission work; assigns party admission targets 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 the 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 succession, overcome the situation of "old bamboo, 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.
In addition, from capital sources of production development investment programs and projects 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 Party's ranks.
Thanks to the above-mentioned timely and synchronous solutions, as of November 2023, the Party Committee of Tuong Duong district admitted 166/164 party members, reaching 101.2% of the planned target. In 2024, the whole district was assigned the target of admitting 166 new party members, but in the first 4 months of the year, 72 outstanding people were 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.
