Que Phong carried out Uncle Ho's advice.

Taking to heart Uncle Ho's teachings, the Party Committee, Government and People of Que Phong district have had specific programs and actions, creating strong changes in socio-economic development, improving the material and spiritual life of the people.

Panorama of Que Phong district in the new day. Photo: Le Quang Dung

REACHING OUT TO ERADICATE HUNGER AND REDUCE POVERTY

In April, going up to the Que Phong border area, I stopped by Nhat Minh Farmstay in Chau Thon commune to visit the young owner Dinh Ba Cuong - the one who turned the wild hill area into an interesting tourist destination.

In the peaceful space, among the clouds, mountains, and streams, listening to Dinh Ba Cuong recall the journey of forming a farm combined with resort tourism on the top of Bu Chong Cha, one can "respect" the spirit of daring to think and daring to do of the young man from the mountain district. Photo: Dinh Tuyen

Born in 1984, he was a student of the Faculty of Literature, Hue University of Education, but with a sharp mind, Dinh Ba Cuong "had a fate" with business. He started a computer and technology store in 2007 and became one of the pioneers in this field in Que Phong district. Then he opened a coffee shop with the appearance of a garden house that attracted quite a lot of customers.

In 2015, Cuong made a bold decision when he and a few friends established a limited liability company, in addition to supplying office equipment, they also opened a mini supermarket in Kim Son market.

After a period of "doing well" and business going into difficulties, Dinh Ba Cuong struggled to find a new direction. Taking advantage of the family's 12 hectares of land on the top of Bu Chong Cha, assigned by the State under Decree 63 in 2018, he decided to pool all his capital and build a closed farm model to raise native black pigs, meeting VietGAP standards. The black pig brand of Cuong's Nhat Minh General Service Agricultural Cooperative not only supplies Que Phong but also extends beyond the district.

Nhat Minh Farmstay becomes an attractive destination for tourists. Photo: Dinh Tuyen

By 2020, when the community tourism movement developed, with the help of a friend working in tourism, Farmstay Nhat Minh was born at the top of Bu Chong Cha, under the skillful and talented hands of the young owner, this place became a tourist destination loved by tourists inside and outside the province.

In 2022, Nhat Minh Farmstay attracted 700 - 800 guests. In addition to developing the farm and doing tourism, Dinh Ba Cuong is also a representative of the District People's Council, honored as a typical example of studying and following the moral example of Ho Chi Minh. During his career, he took the brand name "Nhat Minh", meaning looking forward to a brighter tomorrow! He is a representative of the young generation who dare to think and dare to do in Que Phong mountainous district. Despite many difficulties and challenges, he always believes in tomorrow...

As a particularly difficult border district of Nghe An province, the Party Committee, authorities at all levels and each person in Que Phong district always determine that in order to eliminate hunger and reduce poverty, we must start by overcoming the mindset of waiting and relying on others; mobilizing and effectively using resources, promoting available potentials, creating strong changes in "thinking and doing" to improve the material and spiritual life of the people. That is also the most practical way to implement Directive 05 on studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and lifestyle.

Thanks to the Party cell's Resolution, the area of ​​bitter bamboo shoots in Pa Khom village is increasing, thereby, bitter bamboo shoots bring high income to the people here. Photo: Khanh Ly

For example, in Mong Pa Khom village, Tri Le commune, the Party cell issued a special resolution on forest management, protection and development of bitter bamboo shoots. In addition, it also encouraged people to grow peach trees and develop buffalo and cow breeding.

According to Deputy Secretary of the Party Cell, Head of Vu Ba Re Village: The Resolution was approved by the villagers and effectively implemented, so the area of ​​bitter bamboo shoots in Pa Khom village has grown from 5.3 hectares to 11.7 hectares; there are about 3,000 peach trees, creating a highlight for the landscape and providing a source of livelihood for the people. In addition, many households in Pa Khom village have also become "highland millionaires" with a concentrated model of raising 40-50 buffaloes and cows.

Clean, open rural roads in Na Cay village, Tien Phong commune. Photo: Dinh Tuyen

In Na Cay village Party Cell, Tien Phong commune, we always keep in mind: "Learning from Uncle Ho is to make the villagers "satisfied", join hands to eliminate hunger, reduce poverty, and gradually build a new, more prosperous life".

After the merger, Na Cay village has 242 households with 3 ethnic groups: Thai, Kho Mu, Kinh living together. Life is still difficult, the people's education level is uneven, facing that reality, the Party Cell and the Na Cay Village Management Board actively propagate and mobilize people to actively plant forests, develop buffalo and cow breeding, in which, cadres and party members must set an example first.

Officials and prestigious people of Na Cay village, Tien Phong commune, Que Phong district share their experience in "skillful mass mobilization". Photo: Dinh Tuyen

Mr. Lu Van Quy - Secretary of Na Cay village Party Cell said: Thanks to being close to the people, respecting the people, listening to the people, building the spirit of solidarity and mutual assistance among ethnic groups, the emulation movements in Na Cay village have been enthusiastically responded to by the people. A typical example is the movement of donating land and trees to concretize the internal traffic roads and 4 internal traffic routes to facilitate travel and production. "In 2022, the village mobilized people to contribute to building a lighting line of more than 1,000m long throughout the village and is building a football field of 850m wide.²"Serving the people's physical education and sports needs" - Secretary Lu Van Quy happily boasted.

"WHAT IS BENEFICIAL TO THE PEOPLE, WE MUST TRY OUR EFFORT TO DO"

Promote the spirit, responsibility and efforts of each cadre, party member, agency and unit through creative, effective and beneficial ways for the people and contribute to the stability and development of the homeland.

That is the consistent ideology of the Que Phong District Party Committee in the process of deploying and implementing Directive 05 and Conclusion No. 01 of the Politburo on "Promoting studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and lifestyle".

This content is associated with the Central Resolution 4 (term XI, XII, XIII) on building and rectifying the Party and the political system; Regulations on exemplary responsibility of cadres and party members.

Promoting the exemplary spirit of cadres and party members is one of the key contents in implementing Directive 05 of the Que Phong District Party Committee. Photo: Dinh Tuyen

The Pu Hoat Nature Reserve Management Board is assigned to manage 82,417.24 hectares of forest and forestry land belonging to special-use forests and protective forests located in Que Phong district (belonging to 1 of 3 core zones of the Western Nghe An World Biosphere Reserve).

The area assigned for management is large, mainly located in remote areas, with 73 km bordering the Vietnam - Laos border, 63 km bordering Thanh Hoa province and bordering the two districts of Tuong Duong and Quy Chau, while the total number of permanent and contract staff is only 63 people.

Despite many difficulties, the staff and party members of the Pu Hoat Nature Reserve Management Board still promote a sense of responsibility and effectively implement forest management and protection plans. Photo: Dinh Tuyen

Although the lives of workers in the forestry sector face many difficulties due to low income and high work pressure, over the years, cadres, party members and workers of the unit have always promoted a sense of responsibility, well implemented forest protection management plans, and prevented hot spots and complications of violations of forest protection laws and fire prevention and fighting in the area.

Mr. Nguyen Van Sinh - Party Secretary, Director of Pu Hoat Nature Reserve Management Board said: Determining "relying on people to protect forests", in addition to doing a good job of propaganda to raise awareness, for the past 5 years, every month, cadres, party members and workers in Pu Hoat Nature Reserve have voluntarily contributed 10,000 VND each to the savings fund to implement "smart mass mobilization" models linking forest planting and protection with creating livelihoods for people.

Officers of Na Chang Forest Protection Management Station guide people to grow cinnamon to increase income. Photo: Dinh Tuyen

For example, coordinating with the District Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Committee to support the construction of a taro planting model in Pieng Lang border village (Hanh Dich commune); a mixed garden renovation model to develop the economy for 3 households in Dong Van, Tien Phong and Hanh Dich communes; a cinnamon planting model to provide stable income for people in buffer zone communes.

Many forest protection management stations such as Na Chang station have built nurseries to serve people with good quality native seedlings such as cinnamon, Morinda officinalis, Atractylodes Rhizome, La Khoi, Mac Khen, Sa Mu Dau, etc. and actively instruct people on how to care for, protect, and plant trees effectively.

Na Chang Forest Protection Management Station effectively promotes the nursery garden to provide seedlings to local people. Photo: Dinh Tuyen

As for the Party Committee and the Government of Tien Phong commune, following Uncle Ho means promoting the spirit of responsibility in serving the people, focusing on solving issues that people are concerned about such as performing well the work of receiving citizens; resolving complaints and denunciations; simplifying administrative procedures; promptly handling pressing issues in the area such as land excavation for housing construction, encroachment, environmental pollution in the market area and Phu Phuong bridge.

According to the leaders of Tien Phong commune, in the past 2 years, the commune has focused on coordinating to remove difficulties and obstacles in granting Land Use Right Certificates for more than 200 pending files... creating people's trust in the Party Committee and government. In addition, focusing on building models of household economic development to improve the material and spiritual life of the people, towards gradually completing the new rural criteria.

Officials and civil servants of Tien Phong commune, Que Phong district promote their sense of responsibility in serving the people, focusing on solving issues of concern to the people. Photo: Dinh Tuyen

According to Mr. Ha Ngoc Thi - Head of the Propaganda Department of Que Phong District Party Committee: To promote socio-economic development and increase people's income, local Party committees and authorities always try to implement well social security policies, hunger eradication and poverty reduction, so that no one is left behind.

In particular, focusing on the strengths of a mountainous district with forest economy and native agricultural and medicinal plants. Many economic models have been successfully built and replicated such as the cage fish farming model on the Hua Na Hydropower Reservoir; the restoration and sustainable development of raw material trees certified by the international forest organization for sustainable forest management; the slow-release fertilizer model for terraced fields; high-yield cold-resistant rice, delicious quality rice.

Key products of Que Phong district. Photo: Reporter - Contributor

Precious medicinal plants such as yellow flower tea, bon bo tree, codonopsis, and cinnamon are being developed and expanded. In addition, a number of models, tourism facilities, and services have been initially formed to exploit the potential advantages of natural landscapes and indigenous cultures, such as: Hua Na Hydroelectric Lake, Seven-storey Waterfall Complex - Ancient Thai Village, Sao Va Waterfall, Nine-Garden Temple...

Comrade Duong Hoang Vu - Deputy Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Que Phong district inspected the cage fish farming model in the Hua Na Hydropower Reservoir. Photo: Dang Cuong

The most obvious change is thanks to the participation of the entire political system with many creative ways associated with emulation movements such as the movement "Farmer bricks", "New rural standard garden", "Youth volunteers join hands to build new rural areas; "Exemplary veterans"; the model "Savings tube", "Savings rice jar" to help each other develop the economy, eliminate hunger and reduce poverty... the average number of new rural criteria meeting the standards is maintained at 13.25 criteria/commune, the rate of poor households is reduced to 40.12%; the material and spiritual life of the people is clearly improved, social security is guaranteed and difficulties at the grassroots level have gradually been resolved.

The working group handed over houses and gave gifts to households in difficult circumstances in Muong Long village, Tri Le commune, Que Phong district. Photo: Ho Hung

According to Mr. Duong Hoang Vu - Deputy Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Que Phong district, in order to actively contribute to the local poverty reduction work, associated with the project of clean border communes on drugs, currently, the whole district is focusing on the work of eliminating temporary houses and dilapidated houses in the area, completing the construction of prefabricated houses under the Housing Construction Support Program sponsored by the Ministry of Public Security and Nghe An Provincial Police. It is expected that on April 15, 2023, the first batch of 309 houses will be handed over to the people... That is also the way for the Party Committee, Government and People of Que Phong district to be determined to turn sacred feelings for Uncle Ho into will and concrete, practical actions./.