Works of love between the army and the people

(Baonghean.vn) -When the song “Volunteer Footprints” was played from the propaganda team, more than 250 officers and soldiers of the 16th Artillery Brigade (Military Region 4) along with officers, youth union members and people of Quynh Tam commune (Quynh Luu) embarked on a day of hard work to help village 3A, Quynh Tam commune build internal roads, build embankments and dikes to serve the work of land consolidation and land exchange.

At just over 6am, the fields of Phuong Chi, Con Bai, Hooc Lach, and village 3A in Quynh Tam commune were bustling like a festival. From afar, we saw banners, slogans, and heard cheerful voices and laughter. Interspersed among the green uniforms of soldiers were the green volunteer shirts of cadres, union members, and people in Quynh Tam commune. Some groups dug and built internal roads, others waded through mud to build embankments, plot embankments, and plot embankments. Despite the scorching summer sun of Nghe An, the working atmosphere was still bustling, urgent, and effective.

Near noon, the sun became more intense, the air was stuffy but the working spirit was still enthusiastic and tireless. Each hoe and shovel stroke was still pounding into the ground, mixed with the voices and laughter. After finishing pouring the soil with the young union member of village 3A, stopping to wipe the sweat from his forehead, Private Nguyen Van Phu, Soldier of Company 6, Battalion 2, Brigade 16 shared: "I am very happy and proud to participate in helping the people. This is a very meaningful job, so even though it is a bit hard, I still do not hesitate...".

Officers and soldiers of Brigade 16 and people of village 3A, Quynh Tam commune build internal roads.

Mr. Le Dinh Hung - Secretary of the Quynh Tam Commune Party Committee said: “Hamlet 3A is the first hamlet in the commune to implement land consolidation and plot exchange. In order to have time for people to start summer-autumn crop production, we proposed to Brigade 16 for help and received enthusiastic support from the unit. Despite the extremely hot weather and hard work, the officers and soldiers of Brigade 16 worked enthusiastically and responsibly. It was this enthusiasm and responsibility that attracted more people to participate and be more effective. Without the help of the unit, we don't know when it would have been finished."

With that spirit, after 1 day, officers and soldiers of Brigade 16, together with the people of Quynh Tam commune, dug 6,000m3 of soil, built more than 5km of internal roads, embankments, plot embankments, and plot embankments, contributing to helping village 3A complete the land consolidation and plot exchange on schedule.

With the motto "Each youth union member and each youth union organization has at least one practical volunteer activity to contribute to building new rural areas", since launching the movement "Youth of Brigade 16 join hands to build new rural areas" up to now, the unit has mobilized thousands of working days of cadres and soldiers together with mass organizations and people of Quynh Tam and Quynh Chau communes (Quynh Luu) to help the locality upgrade and expand rural roads, intra-field traffic, dredge irrigation canals, repair and upgrade village cultural houses, collect and treat waste, help people harvest crops...

In addition, on holidays and Tet, the unit also organizes visits and presents gifts to families with meritorious services and families with especially difficult circumstances in the area where it is stationed. Since the beginning of 2013, the unit has mobilized more than 1,000 working days to help Quynh Tam and Quynh Chau communes dig, build, and dredge more than 3 km of irrigation canals; expand and upgrade 6 km of inter-village roads; repair and upgrade 6 village cultural houses, etc.

Huy Cuong