Building civilized, friendly and hospitable Cua Lo people

On October 1, the People's Committee of Cua Lo town organized a conference to summarize 20 years of implementing the movement "All people unite to build a cultural life" in the period 2000 - 2020 and 10 years of implementing the "Vietnam Family Development Strategy 2010 - 2020". Attending and directing the conference were comrade Tran Thi My Hanh - Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism; representatives of the Department of Health; On the side of Cua Lo town, there were comrades Le Thanh Long - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Cua Lo Town Party Committee; Doan Tien Dung - Chairman of the People's Committee of Cua Lo town; representatives of relevant departments, branches and organizations...

Comrade Hoang Van Phuc - Vice Chairman of Cua Lo Town People's Committee, Head of the Steering Committee of the movement "All people unite to build a cultural life" of the town chaired the conference.

Improve the cultural and spiritual life of the people

After 20 years of implementing the movement"The whole people unite to build a cultural life"and 10 years of "Vietnam Family Development Strategy" ofCua Lo townhas brought about many practical results such as: Propaganda and mobilization work for people to participate in the movement "The masses protect national security" has been widely and promptly deployed, contributing to improving the quality of cultural families, cultural blocs... Thereby, enhancing the responsibility and effectiveness of the activities of departments, branches, and organizations at all levels in maintaining political security and social order and safety in residential communities and mobilizing people to participate in building cultural life in residential areas, building civilized urban areas...

Cua Lo beach town is attracting many tourists for vacation. Photo: Nguyen Sach

Up to now, the whole town has 39/39 blocks with cultural houses; 7/7 wards with cultural, sports and information facilities, of which 5/7 wards have standard cultural, sports and information facilities; 36/39 cultural blocks, reaching 92.3%; 94% of cultural families; 67% of agencies and units achieving culture; 13 clans achievingcultural lineage; 39 restaurants meet civilized standards; 34% of families exercise; 44% of people exercise regularly. Mobilizing people to build 30 model flag streets, 15 flower streets, install 295 public cameras, install 2,940 household trash cans, install 6,400 house number plates, 66 roads are named and 121 alleys are named, 45 alleys are named and house number plates are installed.

Cultural program to welcome the conference. Photo: TT

Travel businesses survey at Song Ngu Pagoda (Cua Lo town). Photo courtesy of Cong Kien

It can be affirmed that the movement "All people unite to build a cultural life" has been practically and effectively implemented by the Party Committee, government and people of the town, contributing to the successful implementation of the tasks of economic, social, security and defense development in the locality.

To promote the achievements gained in recent years, make the movement develop more and more deeply and achieve many practical results in life, have more cultural titles, many advanced models in various fields in the following years, this conference aims to evaluate the achievements and limitations, existing in the past 20 years and 10 years, thereby drawing out the causes and good lessons, valuable experiences through typical reports, praising outstanding achievements.

Comrade Hoang Van Phuc - Vice Chairman of the Town People's Committee - Head of the Steering Committee of the movement "All people unite to build a cultural life" of the town launched an emulation movement to implement the movement "All people unite to build a cultural life" in the coming time. Photo: TT

Building a sustainable and widespread movement

Speaking at the conference, Ms. Tran Thi My Hanh - Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism acknowledged the achievements of Cua Lo town in the past time, but the concern is whether the development of those movements is sustainable, has a spreading power or not, are people interested in those movements or not... As a coastal urban tourism town, I hope that in the coming time, Cua Lo town will have many good ways of doing things, have more breakthroughs in implementation to create highlights.

Further promote the synchronous system of cultural and sports institutions; effectively build tours and tourist routes from the system of relics and scenic spots in the area; successfully build a model residential area... Because the movement "All people unite to build a cultural life" will be a solid foundation for Cua Lo town to complete the goal of building a civilized, friendly and hospitable Cua Lo people.

Speaking at the conference, comrade Le Thanh Long - Standing Deputy Secretary of Cua Lo City Party Committee emphasized: In the coming time, we will continue to strive to fulfill our tasks, with specific actions to make culture truly permeate people's lives, maximize traditional cultural values, build a rich and healthy cultural environment, meet the people's increasingly high demand for enjoyment and creation of cultural values. Make the movement a cause for all people, connect everyone, every household, every residential area and community to live together in love and affection, residential areas will become more and more solid, contributing significantly to socio-economic development, completing the targets set by the Resolution of the Party Congress at all levels, striving to build urban areasCua Lo beach tourismTo become increasingly rich, beautiful and civilized, Party committees at all levels, governments, the Fatherland Front and organizations need to focus on doing well the following contents:

Organize the dissemination throughout the Party and people of the purpose, meaning and content of the movement; continue to disseminate the Party's guidelines and policies, State laws, educate on ideology, ethics and lifestyle; promote the“Studying and following Ho Chi Minh's moral example”; implement the plan to build a model residential area.

Comrade Le Thanh Long - Standing Deputy Secretary of Cua Lo Town Party Committee specifically stated the orientations of Cua Lo town in the coming time. Photo: TT

Improve the quality of the movementbuilding a cultural family, cultural bloc, agencies, cultural units. Build and replicate models of implementing civilized lifestyles in weddings, funerals and festivals; build each ward with a model residential area, strive for the remaining 5 wards to meet standardsurban civilization.

Focus on investing in building, developing and improving the quality of operations of the cultural and information technology system.

Strengthening state management of culture, sports, family,preserve and promote national cultural heritageIn the area, strengthen education on revolutionary patriotism traditions.

Maintain and continue to strengthen and build core forces as well as replicate models of preventing and combating domestic violence at the grassroots level such as the Sustainable Family Development Club, groupsprevention of domestic violence...

Leaders of Nghe An Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and leaders of Cua Lo town awarded Certificates of Merit from the Prime Minister to individuals and groups. Photo: TT

Leaders of Cua Lo town awarded the Emulation Flag of the Provincial People's Committee to the town's Department of Culture and Information for its outstanding achievements in implementing the movement in 2019. Photo: TT

Leaders of Cua Lo town awarded Certificates of Merit to collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements in 20 years of implementing the movement. Photo: TT

Thanh Hien