A memorable milestone for the Party Committee, army and people of Tan Ky district was on April 19, 1963, the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam signed Decision No. 52-CP dividing the three districts of Anh Son, Nghia Dan, Quy Chau into seven districts: Anh Son, Do Luong, Tan Ky, Nghia Dan, Quy Hop, Quy Chau and Que Phong. From here, Tan Ky district officially became an administrative unit on the map of Vietnam.
Located in the Northwest of Nghe An province, Tan Ky district is surrounded by the majestic Pu Loi, Pu A and Bo Bo mountain ranges, with Len Roi, Len Voi, Con river, Dragon valley and the Thung Khien cave system creating a discreet and solid defensive position. With that geographical location, Tan Ky has become an important strategic area - a land that has been chosen three times as a rear base during the most difficult times of the nation's historical struggles to defend the country.
During the fierce war against the US, the Party Committee and people of Tan Ky fulfilled the mission of both fighting and providing the highest level of human and material support to the battlefields. The slogans: "The rear competes with the front line"; "Steady hand on the plow, steady hand on the gun", "all for the South"... urged cadres, party members and people of Tan Ky to overcome the rain of bombs and bullets to protect the Fatherland and open the way to liberate the South. Tens of thousands of Tan Ky's children enthusiastically enlisted in the army, 1,286 children of Tan Ky's homeland sacrificed heroically and over 1,400 people left a part of their blood and bones on the fierce battlefield. The heroic feat of the nation in opening the great Ho Chi Minh trail is not coincidentally the Zero Milestone located in Tan Ky. Honored and proud to be the starting point of the legendary Truong Son - Ho Chi Minh trail, the army and people of Tan Ky were aware of their glorious mission, striving to compete in combat and production, protecting and hiding cadres, and being a strategic area serving the campaigns of many main divisions such as 316, 324, 304 and 312 before going to battle. The air defense force of the army and people of Tan Ky shot down 2 American planes with rifles and 12.7mm guns.
During those arduous war years, Tan Ky land embraced and sheltered kindergarten, primary and secondary teacher training schools, training future teachers for the mountainous homeland. Tan Ky homeland opened its arms to welcome nearly 30,000 people from Vinh Linh, Gio Linh, Cam Lo districts, Quang Tri province to evacuate and over 10,000 people from the delta districts to build a new economy. That unique historical evacuation was a miraculous reunion of “warm comradeship and deep patriotism”, so that the two homelands could enjoy the sweetness and bitterness, share the pain and sorrow” and build a special love, full of humanity, and today, returning here, is imbued with the gratitude of “Homeland of all homelands”. The homeland of Tan Ky with its beautiful mountains and rivers, once imprinted in the hearts of many people feelings of love, care, and sharing during difficult times, is still in a warm, tolerant, and grateful homeland, everyone comes here to review the heroic pages of history together.
The country was unified, with a strong will, with persistent efforts in labor and production, the Party Committee and people of Tan Ky highly promoted the spirit of national solidarity, quickly healed the wounds of war, and built the homeland. The people of Tan Ky worked hard "one day in the sun and two nights in the rain", not afraid of hardships, taking the lead in joining hands in movements to plant forestry and industrial trees, open roads, build new rural areas, and construct new projects.
In recent years, Tan Ky has made breakthroughs and progress in many aspects. The Party Committee has continuously achieved clean and strong status, national defense and security have been maintained. Innovating the Party's leadership methods, exploiting potential advantages, building and training teams to meet task requirements, the results of leadership and direction are increasingly substantial, reflected in economic and social aspects. Cadres are disciplined, exemplary, assigning the right people to the right jobs, thereby clearly showing the effectiveness of the work, in addition, the inspection and supervision work has been promoted. The work of mass mobilization of the government has achieved many achievements. There are no more "blank" Party cells, the clergy and laity unite to build new rural areas.
Agricultural production has many bright spots with many models: Exported bananas, straw mushrooms, Song Con oranges, OCOP chicken eggs, Tan Huong molasses; Tien Dong wine; Phu Son molasses; An Ha white oyster mushrooms, a locality with many intensive sugarcane field models of over 100 tons/ha, rice production using improved methods (SRI) in many communes in the area, applying mechanization in production. The whole district has 20 products recognized as meeting 3-star OCOP standards.
Poverty reduction has achieved many results. The average growth rate is 10.5%. The economic structure has shifted in a positive direction. The average added value per capita in 2022 reached 44.2 million VND, an increase of 25.1 million VND compared to 2015. The construction of new rural areas and civilized urban areas has achieved many results. It is expected that by the end of 2023, the whole district will have 17/21 communes recognized as meeting new rural standards and 2 communes meeting advanced NTM standards.
Tan Ky is also a locality that exploits construction materials well in the area with 4 brick factories in operation, 2 factories under construction, brick and tile products and other construction materials. From a place with poor infrastructure and a dead-end traffic system, Tan Ky now has a fairly complete traffic network to the center of the communes, including 292 km of national highways, provincial roads, and district roads that are basically asphalted. Ho Chi Minh Road running through the area has facilitated Tan Ky to trade with friends across the country. Tan Ky is an attractive investment location, a destination for investors.
The movement to build a cultural life, cultural families, cultural villages, the work of preserving and promoting cultural identity in Tan Ky has also achieved many proud results, eco-tourism is being restored and developed. The Tan Ky Education sector has made great strides in all aspects, with 86.3% of schools meeting national standards, becoming a bright spot of the Education and Training sector of Nghe An province, achieving the title of excellent labor collective at the provincial level for 8 consecutive years. The Tan Ky Health sector has also made many important contributions to the cause of taking care of people's health. The armed forces are heroic in combat, steadfast in discipline in peacetime, always contributing to preserving and protecting a peaceful and happy life for the people.
In recognition of the great sacrifices and contributions of the Party Committee and people of Tan Ky district over the past 60 years, the people and armed forces of the district and 7 communes were awarded the title of "Hero of the People's Armed Forces" by the State. There are 49 Vietnamese Heroic Mothers; Hero of the Armed Forces Dang Van Dai and Hero of Labor Luong Van Hau. In particular, at the ceremony celebrating the 60th anniversary of the district's founding, the Party Committee and people of Tan Ky district were honored to receive the Second Class Labor Medal from the President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
Joining the great achievements of the country and homeland, proud to be the children of Tan Ky homeland, in the coming years, the Party Committee, army and people of Tan Ky are determined to strive to achieve the average economic growth target of 11%/year. Focus on synchronously building economic and social infrastructure, especially traffic infrastructure, irrigation, electricity, community activity points in residential areas; promote investment attraction, prioritizing the fields of high-tech agriculture and construction materials production.
Building Tan Ky into a bright spot in administrative reform, promoting digital transformation; building a strong political system. Continuing to nurture the source and revolutionary tradition, historical tradition, regional cultural tradition of the common homeland. Seeing that as the source of strength, to gather and inspire each Tan Ky citizen to have the will to be self-reliant, self-reliant, and the aspiration to build an increasingly developed homeland. Tan Ky will exploit the potential opportunities, especially the potential of human resources to have new breakthroughs on the path of development.
