Building Quy Hop rich, civilized and imbued with national cultural identity

Panoramic view of Quy Hop town. Photo credit: Sach Nguyen

During the process of construction and development, the Party Committee, government and people of the district had to face countless challenges and hardships, but with the attention, leadership and direction of the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee and provincial departments, branches, and many generations of leaders of the Party Committee, government... Quy Hop has united and strived to achieve good results.

Implementing the motto that Party building is the key task and economic development is the central task, thanks to that, the Party building work has been focused on by the Quy Hop District Party Committee to develop comprehensively in all aspects of politics, ideology, organization and cadres, the political system has been constantly improved, consolidated and strengthened. When the District Party Committee was first established, there were only 720 Party members, accounting for 2.2% of the population. Up to now, the District Party Committee has 8,064 Party members, accounting for 5.85% of the population; there are 54 grassroots Party organizations with 371 Party cells (including 07 Party cells in private enterprises, 01 Party cell in a 100% foreign-owned enterprise).

Leaders of Quy Hop district talk with officials and people. Photo: Thu Huong

Along with that, the Party Committee and the government of Quy Hop district creatively applied the Party's guidelines and policies and the State's policies to local practices, in accordance with the people's wishes and received the people's support. At the same time, awakening the potential and advantages, mobilizing many resources to organize production, exploitation, processing, creating large-scale valuable products, developing the market... promoting the economic structure to shift towards gradually increasing the value of industry, basic construction and commercial services, achieving many remarkable results.

From identifying the development of industry, handicrafts, and services as a breakthrough to strongly shift the economic structure and labor resources, Quy Hop always creates favorable conditions and environments to attract large-scale, capable investors. Up to now, the whole district has 6 industrial clusters; 158 stone and tin ore production and processing workshops developing stably with large production facilities in the area such as NASU Sugar Factory, MNS Farm Nghe An Company Limited... annually creating jobs for more than 1,200 workers.

Quy Hop district always creates favorable conditions to attract investment and implement projects in the area. Photo: Hoang Vinh

In recent years, the application of science and technology, especially the introduction of new varieties into production and livestock breeding, has been continuously promoted and developed in the direction of commodity production; organizing organic agricultural production, clean and safe agriculture according to the value chain from commodity production to product consumption. Up to now, the whole district has had 14 OCOP products meeting the "3-star" standard at the provincial level; in particular, Quy Hop is a large raw material area for growing citrus trees and is a famous geographical indication for the Vinh Orange brand. Along with that, joint ventures with foreign countries in the fields of agricultural and mineral production and processing have increasingly contributed to the socio-economic development of the locality, promoting the rapid development of trade services, the average growth rate of the service industry in the period 2016 - 2022 (calculated by added value) is 7.54%.

High quality products of Tinh Sang Duong Agricultural Chemical Cooperative in Quy Hop. Photo: Hoang Vinh

Going back more than 20 years in 2001, the Ministry of Culture and Information (now the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) and Nghe An province chose Quy Hop district to build a cultural district for mountainous areas and ethnic minorities. From this policy, over the years, the cultural and social fields of the district have had strong changes. Quy Hop is the place where many major cultural activities of the province are organized and hosted, such as the program "Western Spring Festival Night", "Vietnam Ethnic Culture Day April 19"... On the other hand, the investment in building cultural institutions has received attention; the work of preserving and promoting the cultural values ​​of ethnic communities has been promoted; the movement "All people unite to build a cultural life" has brought positive effects on many aspects of cultural and social life. The National Target Program on New Rural Construction has changed the face of the locality. Up to now, the district has had Quy Hop town meeting urban civilization standards, 6 communes meeting NTM standards and is building Minh Hop commune to become an advanced NTM commune...

Quy Hop develops high-quality orange growing area. Photo: Hoang Vinh

The results in the recent construction and development process are the important basis and foundation for Quy Hop district to continue to strive, in the immediate future, by 2025, the average economic growth rate will reach 8.5%/year; average income per capita will be over 70 million VND/year; economic structure will shift towards "industry, construction, trade services, agriculture"; economic and social infrastructure will develop synchronously and modernly, meeting the requirements and serving people's lives well; the district will have 2 more communes meeting new rural standards...

To achieve the above goals, the Party Committee, government and people of all ethnic groups in Quy Hop district determined to continue to improve the leadership capacity and fighting strength of the district Party Committee, improve the quality of cadres and party members; build a truly clean and strong political system at all levels; unite, be responsible and constantly innovate and create, worthy of the people's trust. Improve the capacity, effectiveness and efficiency of state management of governments at all levels, shift from a management government to a government serving the people; strengthen discipline, administrative discipline, public service culture, and codes of conduct for cadres and civil servants so that the government is truly of the people, for the people.

Choong Temple, a ranked historical relic in Chau Ly commune, Quy Hop district. Photo: Hoang Vinh

In the coming time, Quy Hop district will continue to focus on effectively exploiting potentials and advantages; prioritize attracting investment in projects with modern technology and high added value; effectively use the concentration of resources to implement the set goals and tasks, create momentum and spread in economic growth; in particular, strive to gradually turn Quy Hop district into a fruit tree center and a bright spot in building medicinal plant planting models in Nghe An province.

Concrete roads in villages in Quy Hop. Photo: Hoang Vinh

Along with solutions to accelerate economic growth, the development of cultural tourism associated with the preservation of traditional cultural values ​​of ethnic minorities is also identified as a breakthrough so that, in addition to economic resources, cultural factors are an important driving force, building the district to develop comprehensively and sustainably, contributing to the successful implementation of the National Target Program on socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas in the period of 2021 - 2025.

Along with quickly establishing a vision and strategic thinking for socio-economic development, ensuring national defense and security in the new context, the Party Committee, government and people of all ethnic groups in Quy Hop district have been determined, joining hands and hearts, promoting patriotic emulation movements, creating new positions and strengths to build the homeland to be increasingly rich, civilized, and imbued with national cultural identity.

Phan Dinh Dat - Secretary of Quy Hop District Party Committee