Resettled villagers happily receive "red books"

(Baonghean) - For the resettled people of Ngoc Lam commune (Thanh Chuong), on May 19 this year, the joy of Uncle Ho's birthday was multiplied by 738 households here holding land use right certificates for the first time, after nearly 10 years of waiting and hoping...

Coming to Ngoc Lam resettlement commune, the hot days reach up to 400C, but the heat cannot dispel the joy on the faces of the villagers. Everywhere there is talk of "red books". For people moving from Ban Ve Hydropower Reservoir (Tuong Duong), this can be considered a big event, because up to now, they have only heard about Land Use Rights Certificates in newspapers and radio, but no one has known about them in reality. Before, living with the mountains and forests, also gathered in hamlets, but the vast land was cleared by each household, no one had a "red book". Since returning to the new hometown, each family has been divided their land for production and business. "I heard" that it is theirs, but I have not seen any certificate, and because I must have that certificate, I am the legal owner of my land, no one is allowed to encroach. Therefore, the longing of the people for nearly ten years now is understandable...

Mr. Lo Hoai Dung, Chairman of the People's Committee of Ngoc Lam commune (Thanh Chuong) presented red books to the people of Nhan village.

Present at the People's Committee of Ngoc Lam commune on the afternoon of May 20, which is one day after the commune received the red book, we witnessed the bustling atmosphere of people waiting to receive the red book. Receiving the red book from the hands of the Chairman of the People's Committee of the commune, Mr. Kha Van Anh (Nhan village) and his wife excitedly confided: "A few days ago, we heard the village cadres announce on the loudspeaker for households in the village to come to the People's Committee of the commune to receive the red book. Although we did not know what the red book looked like, but hearing the village cadres say so, we were so happy, this afternoon both my wife and I rode our motorbikes to the People's Committee of the commune to receive it." Holding the newly received red book, reading each line carefully, Lam's eyes - Anh's wife - suddenly lit up: "Since I was little, I have only known about the red book, and it is the red book of my own family, I am so happy. So from now on, the land of nearly 1,000m2 that my family has truly owned. From now on, my husband and I can mortgage the red book to the bank to borrow money to invest in production, develop livestock farming, and raise more cows and pigs. My husband and I have 5 children, and have not been given rice fields for a long time, so family life is still difficult."

Kha Van Anh and his wife also boasted that they had just been given 3 acres of wet rice fields by the commune, reclaimed by the Hydropower Plant 2 Management Board. They had never done wet rice fields before, so the husband had to learn to plow, harrow, and work the land, and the wife had to learn to plant and take the initiative in farming. The first crop was unfamiliar, but the next crop will surely get used to it. With the land use right certificate and wet rice fields, the family will change their way of doing business and gradually stabilize their lives.

Mr. Kha Van Anh and Ms. Luong Thi Liem (Ma village) were also very excited to hold their family's Land Use Rights Certificate in their hands. Perhaps, for the past few days, she has been nervous and looking forward to the moment of holding, viewing and reading the information on it. Ms. Liem confided: The other day, when I heard the village cadre say that my family had a red book, I thought it was a dream, because I had never thought about it. We asked her, after receiving it, how did she use this red book? After a moment of thought, Ms. Liem replied: "Because it is a land use rights certificate, it has great value, so it must be kept carefully, not lost. When we need more capital to develop the family economy, we will mortgage it to the bank to borrow money. But that is a story for later, now I have to hold the red book home for my husband and children to see, I am sure everyone in the family will be very happy."

Through the discussion, Mr. Lo Hoai Dung - Chairman of the People's Committee of Ngoc Lam commune said: "The fact that people received red books is a great joy. Not only because it is the first time people here know about "red books" but also because they are aware that their land ownership rights have been protected. On the afternoon of May 19, Thanh Chuong district leaders directly went to the commune to bring 738 red books (out of a total of 1,473 households) to issue to people. Currently, the locality has issued them to a number of families...". Also according to Mr. Lo Hoai Dung, in the past time, the commune leaders have directed to step up propaganda to help people understand the meaning and importance of red books, so most people have clearly understood and hope to soon receive their family's red books. In the near future, the commune will hand over to representatives of the villages to receive and distribute to people. This is a legitimate and practical right of the people, so the locality will soon hand over to the people and at the same time propagate to people to use the red books for the right purpose.

Being present in Ngoc Lam, we also learned another good news for the people, that is, the Management Board of Hydropower Plant 2 has just handed over 46 hectares of newly reclaimed rice land to the commune to divide among 6 villages: Nhan Pa, Muong, Hien, Xieng Lam, Kim Hong and Cha Luan. Currently, the Commune Agriculture Board is implementing land division for people in time for the next crop. According to Mr. Lo Hoai Dung, this area of ​​rice fields will be divided among families with conditions to produce rice, not divided equally by household size. Because if divided equally by household size, it is easy for some households to leave the land fallow, because of old age, single parents or the husband and wife working far away, leaving young children at home unable to work in the fields.

Thus, after nearly 10 years of moving to the new place, with the attention of the commune and district authorities, the resettled people of Ngoc Lam commune began to hold in their hands the Land Use Rights Certificate issued by the State for their families. Hopefully, with this certificate, the people of Ngoc Lam commune will promote the awareness of property ownership, continue to be attached to the new homeland and have the conditions to access capital to invest in economic development and stabilize their lives.

Xuan Hoang