Peace in Lang Dien parish
(Baonghean.vn) - Village 7, Thach Son commune, Anh Son district has 183 households, with more than 800 people, of which over 90% are Catholics in Lang Dien parish. Over the years, the parishioners of Village 7 have always been united, a bright spot in patriotic emulation movements and new rural construction in the locality.
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| Lang Dien Parish, Village 7, Thach Son Commune, Anh Son. Photo: Thai Hien |
Walking on the straight, clean, and spacious concrete road into the village today, the people of village 7, Thach Son commune all feel proud because it is the result of the contributions of everyone, every household.
Taking us around the village, Mr. Tran Van Kien - village chief said: With the motto "Living the gospel in the heart of the nation", in recent years, the parishioners in village 7, Thach Son commune have always complied well with the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's laws and local regulations, and carried out well the campaign "All people unite to build a cultural life in residential areas" and the movement "Catholics respect God, love the country, live a good life and follow their religion".
Since then, it has truly become a widespread emulation movement in all households in the area, creating motivation for all people to strive in economic development, building material and spiritual life.
The highlight of village 7 is that the parishioners have effectively implemented the policy of converting the structure of crops and livestock, bringing high economic efficiency, thus, the people's lives are increasingly improved.
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| Ms. Bui Thi Dung's family is one of the households that has become rich from a large-scale pig farming model in village 7. Photo: Thai Hien |
Visit an economic development model of Ms. Bui Thi Dung, one of the households that has become rich from a large-scale pig farming model. Ms. Dung shared: In 2016, her family invested in building a solid, closed, modern barn to raise pigs. Every year, she raises 3 batches, each batch has 50 - 80 pigs. Every year, after deducting expenses for the family, she earns over 100 million VND. Thanks to that, the family's life has changed day by day, the house is spacious, and the children are fully educated.
In addition to Ms. Bui Thi Dung's pig farming model, the entire village 7 currently has over 80 economic development models with high incomes such as chicken and pig farming models, vegetable conversion models on alluvial land, mechanical and carpentry models... Currently, the average income per capita of the village reaches 32 million VND/year, the village has no more hungry households, the number of rich and well-off households accounts for 80%, the number of poor households is only 5 households, accounting for 2.7%.
Implementing the movement to build new rural areas, in recent years, parishioners in village 7, Thach Son commune have actively responded to the movement with many specific and practical actions. With high consensus, parishioners here contributed over 1.2 billion VND to build more than 1.6 km of rural roads and over 20 million VND to build a lighting system. In 2017, the villagers contributed to build a cultural house worth 300 million VND.
Besides focusing on economic development and building new rural areas, the people of village 7 are always highly aware of implementing the movement "All people unite, build cultural life in residential areas" and 10 contents of "good life, good religion" associated with the emulation movement "Respect God, love country", building an advanced parish.
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| The village Party Committee and government are always close to the people, understand the people and grasp the people's thoughts and aspirations. Photo: Thai Hien |
Up to now, over 85% of households in the village have achieved the title of cultural family. The village has always been at the forefront and achieved high results in cultural, artistic and sports competitions organized by the locality. In particular, in recent years, parishioners in the village have built and promoted the savings group model very well. Currently, the whole village has established 2 savings groups, and every month the savings groups meet and contribute money to support and help families in difficult circumstances borrow capital to do business without interest. In addition, the meetings are also an opportunity for people to share after the hardships of daily life.
Talking about the patriotic emulation movements, living a "good life, good religion" in village 7 of Thach Son commune, Mr. Nguyen Tai Anh, Secretary of the Party Committee of Thach Son commune said: Although it is a Catholic village, in recent years, the Catholic people have always actively participated in patriotic emulation movements, built a great solidarity bloc of Catholics and non-Catholics, and improved the lives of the people in all aspects.
The consensus of the people is also thanks to the Party Committee and the village government always being close to the people, understanding the people and grasping the people's thoughts and aspirations; the issues that the people have questions about or do not understand are all resolved in a reasonable manner. From there, the people trust and support all movements and activities. In recent years, village 7 has been one of the most typical villages in Thach Son commune.