New spring colors in Co Phat village

(Baonghean) - Located in the core zone of Pu Mat National Park, bordering Vietnam and Laos, Co Phat village, Mon Son commune, Con Cuong district, where the Dan Lai people live, is filled with the colors of spring. With the attention of all levels and sectors, the Dan Lai people welcomed the New Year of the Goat 2015 with more abundant food than in previous springs.

Some Dan Lai households have milling machines to serve the villagers.

In the early days of Spring, in the fields, people are busy taking care of the 2015 spring crop with the hope of achieving success like last year. The whole Co Phat village has 107 households with a rice cultivation area of ​​8.5 hectares. Although not many, the Dan Lai people now know how to intensively cultivate rice, know how to sow and plant properly, invest more in fertilization than before, so the productivity is high. Typically, in 2014, the average yield of 2 rice crops reached nearly 30 quintals/ha, the highest ever. People also know how to develop livestock to use traction and raise livestock in the direction of goods to have food to serve the needs of life. The whole village currently has 103 buffaloes, cows, 135 pigs and other livestock and poultry. In 2014, the Fund "For the Poor" of Con Cuong district supported 5 Dan Lai households in Co Phat village, each household with 2 breeding pigs for breeding. Besides growing rice, people also actively grow vegetables and beans to serve family meals.

With efforts in production and animal husbandry, during the At Mui Tet, the Dan Lai people were excited because every household had rice, vegetables, chickens, pigs, etc. and after Tet, they no longer had to worry about hunger during the lean season like before. Mrs. La Thi Ky happily said: “Last year, people did better than previous years, and had a good harvest, so we were very happy. During this Tet, many families wrapped cakes with the sticky rice they had grown to offer to their grandparents and ancestors, praying that this year would be a better harvest and more prosperous than last year…”.

In recent years, with the socialization of humanitarian charity activities, the attention of the Party and the State, organizations and unions, and many activities aimed at the poor, the Dan Lai people in the core area of ​​Pu Mat National Park have received more support. During the recent Tet holiday, hundreds of gifts were given to poor families to welcome the New Year. Mr. La Van Linh, Secretary of the Party Cell of Co Phat village, shared: “We received many support gifts, so we were very excited and had a more complete Tet. The support from the Party, the State and all levels of the industry is a great source of encouragement for us Dan Lai people to confidently build a new life…”.

In the core area of ​​Pu Mat National Park, there are currently 211 households with 914 Dan Lai people living in both Co Phat and Khe Bung villages. Thanks to the investment of the State, schools here have been solidly built with relatively adequate facilities, traffic roads in the villages have been concreted, the road from the village to the commune center was completed and put into use before the Lunar New Year 2015, making the people really excited. In particular, during Tet, the people here benefit from the national target program to bring information to the grassroots with people receiving more information channels, gradually developing and integrating into the community. At the same time, to ensure that people have a full Tet holiday, the Mon Son commune government and units located in the area have actively coordinated to ensure border security; support production progress and take care of policies for the people.

Mon Son Border Guard Station sent officers and soldiers to the village to join hands in taking care of the Tet holiday and welcoming Spring with the people. Lieutenant Tran Duy Thanh, Co Phat Border Guard Station (Mon Son Border Guard Station) added: “Before, during and after the Lunar New Year, in addition to carrying out the task of strengthening border patrol and control to ensure that people have a safe Tet holiday, we also regularly connect and celebrate Spring with the Dan Lai people, actively propagandizing and mobilizing people to eliminate backward customs and build a new lifestyle. After Tet, the working teams continue to help people develop the economy, improve their material and spiritual lives…”.

Spring comes, in the core area of ​​Pu Mat National Park, trees sprout and bloom. The rice fields and corn fields planted by the Dan Lai people also sprout green with hope. In this border area, in joy, the Dan Lai people hum a song calling for Spring: “In the past, the Dan Lai people suffered a lot, following the deer's footprints to plant rice seeds, following the tiger's footprints to plant corn seeds; Wandering at the top of the mountain, feeling lost on the pass, like a small stream, like the wind of a thousand afternoons; Since the Party came into being, the Dan Lai people have had a peaceful life; No one forced them to pay for a hundred golden bamboo trees, No one forced them to pay for a rowed boat; The Dan Lai people call for Spring to come, The Dan Lai people call for Spring to come…”.

Thu Trang