The village rests on the shoulders of the soldier.

(Baonghean.vn) –Every stilt house pillar, every plank, every piece of wood... carried across streams, rivers, fields, and plains is soaked with the sweat of Uncle Ho's soldiers. The villages rested on their shoulders, and together with the people, they united their efforts to return to their new homeland.

For nearly a month now, along with the urgent efforts to complete the Hua Na hydroelectric project (Thong Thu, Que Phong), 150 soldiers of Regiment 764 (Provincial Military Command) have been working diligently with local people in the reservoir area to dismantle and relocate their old villages to new locations, giving up their land and villages for a future electricity supply. In early July, as the Hua Na hydroelectric reservoir began to fill with water, the soldiers raced against the rising water, working harder than ever to move the people, their villages, and the lives of hundreds of people to a safe new home.

Soldiers and locals are dismantling stilt houses that have been a part of the lives of the people for generations in the upstream area of ​​the Chu River, a river bordering Nghe An and Thanh Hoa provinces.



Soldiers from Battalion 41 (Regiment 764) are transporting timber for the house of Mr. Luong Van Thuan's family (Don village) to Muong Piet (Thong Thu).



The wooden pillars of the stilt houses in Don village had to traverse many muddy paths to reach the Chu River bank.



The belongings of Mr. Lo Van Thuy's family in Ang village (Thong Thu) were also gathered, waiting for trucks to transport them away.



Three-year-old Vi Van Tinh and his grandmother, Luong Thi Mai (from Hua Na village), are waiting for the soldiers to come and help them move their belongings.



Logs are hoisted from the riverbank down to the edge of the Chu River, about 30 meters high, to build rafts for crossing the river.



A field lunch.



The timber from Ca Na (Thong Thu) village is gathered at Don village dock, waiting for the soldiers to transport it away.



Loading timber from the river onto trucks.



The banks of Ang village



A section of Bản Đon (Thông Thụ) has been almost completely relocated with the help of the soldiers.

Tran Hai