Focus on building grassroots cultural institutions in Quynh Luu

Previously, village 10, Ngoc Son commune builtcultural houseHowever, due to long-term use, it has been damaged and degraded, and villagers cannot come to participate in community activities. After the policy of building a new cultural house was announced, people were very excited. The Executive Committee of Village 10 held a meeting with the people, collected opinions and agreed that each person would contribute 1.2 million VND to build the cultural house and purchase additional items. In July 2020, the village cultural house was started to be built on an area of ​​1,000 m²including a cultural house, yard, fence... By February 2021, it will be completed and put into use with a total cost of over 1 billion VND; of which the commune budget supports 120 million VND; the rest is contributed by the people.

Villagers in village 10, Ngoc Son commune take care of flower gardens and ornamental plants in the village cultural house. Photo: Thu Huong

Mr. Pham Ngoc Tien - Secretary of the Party Cell of Village 10, Ngoc Son Commune said: "When there was a Resolution of the Party Cell, the village organized a meeting to launch and received high consensus and support because this is the aspiration of the people in building a cultural life and contributing to the commune's construction.Advanced NTM".

To help people understand their obligations and rights in building new rural areas in general and building village cultural houses in particular, right from the first days of launching the movement, Ngoc Son commune has promoted propaganda and mobilized people in many rich and diverse forms, such as: in Party cell meetings, village meetings; propaganda through the radio system, integrated in emulation movements, cultural and artistic programs...

With the motto "State and people work together", after being propagated, discussed openly and democratically and clearly understanding the policy of building cultural houses to serve community activities, people enthusiastically responded.

Up to now, Ngoc Son commune has 9/11 villages with cultural houses that meet the standards according to regulations on area and construction scale and have arranged sports areas and volleyball courts. The system of facilities and operating equipment is fully equipped. For each newly built village cultural house, Ngoc Son commune will allocate the local budget to support 120 million VND/cultural house with a total support cost of more than 1 billion VND.

The village cultural house in Ngoc Son commune meets the prescribed standards. Photo: Thu Huong

With the timely attention and direction of the Party Committee and the communal government and the solidarity, consensus and support of the people, Ngoc Son commune has just been recognized by the Provincial People's Committee as a provincial-level cultural model in 2021 for building and organizing well activities in the system of cultural, information and sports institutions at the grassroots level.

Mr. Nguyen Van Chuong - Chairman of the People's Committee of Ngoc Son commune said:“Implementing the program of building advanced new rural areas, the Commune People's Committee advised the Party Committee to focus on leading, directing, and allocating resources to complete grassroots cultural institutions. Up to now, the locality has invested in building a system of cultural houses, gymnasiums, libraries, and reading rooms; at the same time, directing villages to mobilize people's contributions to build cultural houses and sports grounds in the villages. In 2022, the commune will continue to build cultural houses in the remaining two villages."

Quynh Luu district has 33 communes and towns with 338 villages and hamlets. In 2021, the District Department of Culture and Information advised the District People's Committee to allocate 2.5 billion VND to support the construction of village cultural houses (support level from 100 - 200 million VND/1 village cultural house). During the year, Quynh Tan commune built a new cultural house; 6 communes built outdoor stages, upgraded stadiums including: Quynh Tan, Quynh Thang, Ngoc Son, Quynh Hau, Quynh Hong, Quynh Dien; Quynh Doi commune built a sports stadium; 6 communes upgraded and built new broadcasting systems; 09 village cultural houses were newly built. Up to now, the whole district has had 29 communes basically completing standard cultural, information and sports facilities, reaching 87.9%.

Quynh Luu district leaders visit Ngoc Son commune library. Photo: Thu Huong

All commune and village cultural houses have functional rooms, auxiliary works and facilities, equipment to ensure the organization of regular community activities, attracting a large number of people to participate. 100% of the staff managing cultural and sports institutions at commune and town levels have intermediate qualifications or higher. Up to now, the cultural houses of communes, towns and villages have arranged sports areas including: volleyball courts, simple badminton courts, and entertainment areas for the elderly and children.

In the coming time, the District People's Committee will continue to effectively implement the plan to build standard cultural, sports and entertainment institutions; focus on building a number of models for replication, striving to achieve 100% of communes completing standard cultural, sports and entertainment institutions; Focus on directing the industry's criteria associated with building new rural areas, advanced new rural areas, and model new rural areas, especially building and upgrading cultural houses, commune and village sports grounds, and grassroots radio stations. This is an important premise for the district to soon be recognized as meeting new rural standards in 2021.

Nguyen Van Thuong - Vice Chairman of Quynh Luu District People's Committee

To continue promoting the effectiveness of the grassroots cultural institution system, in the coming time, the People's Committee of Quynh Luu district will continue to strengthen the direction of functional agencies and localities to focus on leading and directing the implementation of planning, creating land funds, allocating budget funds and socializing to invest in completing cultural and sports institutions from the district to the grassroots. Thereby, contributing to improving the quality of the movement to build cultural families, cultural villages, building a rich, healthy cultural environment, rich in national identity, creating a driving force to promote sustainable development.