Female officer with perfect 'two roles'

"Outsiders still love"

In the days before the Lunar New Year of Quy Mao, although she was very busy with the work of taking care of the poor during Tet, Ms. Vu Thi Thanh Huong still took time to meet us to talk about the mass mobilization work and the Fatherland Front work of Tan Ky district. Before holding the important position of Head of the Mass Mobilization Committee and Chairwoman of the Fatherland Front Committee of Tan Ky district, Ms. Huong had worked in the Youth Union and the Women's Union of the district. According to her, these are valuable assets for her to do well in her "two roles" in her current job.

As Head of the District Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Committee and Chairwoman of the Tan Ky District Fatherland Front Committee, comrade Vu Thi Thanh Huong always completes her assigned tasks well. Photo: Ngan Hanh

Thinking back to that time, there are memories that make her tear up every time she recalls them. That is the story of a Tho ethnic woman with brittle bone disease, living alone with two small children in Tan Hop commune. Despite her difficult circumstances and poor health, the woman with two children did not receive love or help from her relatives.

In 2013, as Chairwoman of the District Women's Union, she and her colleagues mobilized family members, relatives and neighbors to help build a small house for her and her children following the model of "Warm House of Love".

Until now, Ms. Huong still remembers the words that the representative of the woman's family said on the day of receiving the house: "We feel very ashamed, because you are outsiders but seeing such a situation, you still sympathized and created conditions to build a house to protect mother and children from the rain and sun. We feel that we are not as loving and generous as outsiders. And without your influence, we certainly would not have a spacious house like today...".

This story is often mentioned by Ms. Huong during the handover of solidarity houses in the area, partly to motivate those in difficult circumstances, partly to help the Front bloc have more determination to help many families still in need.

Ms. Huong shared: “I will always remember this story, because it is proof that when you campaign for the people's will, you will be able to do everything and arouse love and solidarity in the community. That is the valuable experience that I have learned during my work.”

Comrade Vu Thi Thanh Huong is always close to the people, especially caring for the disadvantaged. Photo: Ngan Hanh

Full shoulders

Stepping out of her new, spacious house, Ms. Nguyen Thi Tai (Hamlet 5, Nghia Dong Commune) warmly welcomed us with a gentle smile. Living alone, without children, living in a house with full facilities is the lifelong dream of a woman who is about to turn 70. The house she is living in is one of 47 solidarity houses built and repaired in 2022 with funds mobilized by the Fatherland Front of Tan Ky District.

The solidarity house of Ms. Nguyen Thi Tai (Hamlet 5, Nghia Dong Commune, Tan Ky District). Photo: Ngan Hanh

Over the past year, thanks to the close direction of the Head of the Mass Mobilization Committee and Chairwoman of the Tan Ky District Fatherland Front Committee, Vu Thi Thanh Huong, the work of propagating and mobilizing people of all walks of life to implement the Party's policies and the State's laws, and actively participate in campaigns and patriotic emulation movements has had positive and clear changes.

Specifically, in 2022, the Fatherland Front of Tan Ky district and philanthropists supported 59 poor households in production and raising cows and goats with an amount of 840 million VND; supported medical examination and treatment for 20 households with an amount of 27 million VND, and supported 248 poor students with 96 million VND.

Besides, the district's Fatherland Front system actively mobilized people to donate 108,903 m²land, 11,599 valuable trees; people contributed 25.2 billion VND, 12,046 working days, built more than 40.6 km of concrete roads, 8.96 km of concrete canals, built, repaired and upgraded 10 cultural houses, with a total value of 4.9 billion VND and many other local welfare works.

Comrade Vu Thi Thanh Huong presents gifts to policy beneficiaries on War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27). Photo: NVCC

The Fatherland Front of Tan Ky district donated cows to support the livelihood of the poor. Photo: NVCC

In addition to implementing social security work well, the district Fatherland Front also pays attention to organizing direct dialogue conferences between leaders of Party committees and authorities with the people. In 2022, the Tan Ky district Fatherland Front and its member organizations coordinated to organize 52 dialogues, including 6 thematic dialogues with workers, civil servants, and laborers... Thereby, the dialogue opinions were answered at the conference and were basically agreed by the people; opinions under the authority of higher levels were summarized and reported to higher levels for consideration and resolution.

Comrade Vu Thi Thanh Huong is always exemplary and a pioneer in volunteer movements. Photo: NVCC

As Head of the District Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Committee and Chairwoman of the Tan Ky District Fatherland Front Committee, Ms. Vu Thi Thanh Huong has promoted her role well in each position to complement each other and fulfill the assigned tasks. According to Ms. Huong, taking on two jobs at the same time will help discover many deeper and more specific problems, thereby advising the Party Committee and the government on solutions suitable to reality. However, operating two agencies at the same time, the workload is very large, the human resources are thin, so she herself has to build a scientific work schedule, arrange time to handle the two jobs completely, without overlapping.

When evaluating comrade Vu Thi Thanh Huong, comrade Bui Thanh Bao - Secretary of Tan Ky District Party Committee said: “Taking on two important positions of the Fatherland Front and the District Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Committee is extremely heavy, especially for a female cadre. However, during her work, comrade Huong has demonstrated her ability, quickly approached the work, listened to the people, closely followed the grassroots, grasped the aspirations of the people, reflected them to the Party Committee and the government and advised on timely handling, thereby creating consensus among the people. She really plays a good role as a bridge between the Party, the Government and the people. No matter what position she holds, she is always enthusiastic and responsible. It can be said that it is rare for someone to take on so many roles, and in any role, she has performed well and left many impressions, which have been recognized by the Party Committee and the people”.