Quy Hop Town - 30 years of formation and development

(Baonghean) - On November 9, 1983, the Council of Ministers (now the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam) issued Decision No. 128 - QD/HDBT, on the basis of separating 600 hectares of land from Chau Quang commune, to establish Quy Hop Town. Exactly 30 years since its establishment, with the spirit of self-reliance, cadres and people have strived to overcome all difficulties to build Quy Hop Town to be worthy of being the economic - cultural - political center of the district.

A corner of Quy Hop Town.

The red marks

Before 1960, the land belonging to Quy Hop Town was wild and dense, with only a few people from Tong Hoc and Diem villages in Chau Dinh commune coming to farm. From the place where they cleared the land to make fields and built huts to guard the crops, the households formed a small village with a few roofs, called Na Lum village (behind the current Quy Hop District People's Committee headquarters).

In 1961, the province mobilized 500 youth union members from the lowlands including Nghi Loc, Hung Nguyen, Thanh Chuong, Quynh Luu districts... to form a Youth Volunteer Force to Quy Hop to build a new economic zone. In 1963, Quy Hop Forestry was established, workers were mobilized by Song Hieu Forestry Company. In July 1964, a number of patriotic overseas Vietnamese households settled in Thailand returned to build their homeland and settled in Quy Hop Town area at the call of the province... At this time, the residential area of ​​Quy Hop Town area was just beginning to take shape. Over time, more and more people came here to make a living, and grocery stores, restaurants, food stores, etc. were established.

In early 1983, realizing that this was a strategic area, suitable for building an economic - political - cultural center of the district, the district leaders met and issued a resolution to establish the town. Then, on November 9, 1983, the Council of Ministers issued Decision No. 128 - QD/HDBT, on the basis of separating 600 hectares of land from Chau Quang commune, to establish Quy Hop Town. At this time, Quy Hop Town only had 2 agricultural production teams divided into 6 hamlets, with 169 households and 977 people.

Overcoming many difficulties, up to now, Quy Hop Town has a natural land area of ​​over 737 hectares, 2,924 households divided into 20 blocks with 12,452 people, 67 State agencies and enterprises from central to local levels located in the area. About 1/3 of the town's residents work in service business and agricultural production, the remaining 2/3 are civil servants and public employees who are working or have retired. 20/20 blocks have spacious cultural houses; 98% of inner-city, inter-block, and intra-block roads have been invested in asphalt and concrete. Block Party cells have mobilized internal resources of over 2.3 billion VND to invest in the construction of works managed by the block.

Entering the period of innovation, with the attention and direction of the District Party Committee, People's Committee and district-level departments and branches, Quy Hop Town has been affirming its position. Up to now, the average annual economic growth rate has reached 16.5%. In 2012, the average income per capita reached 19.5 million VND; the poverty rate according to the new standard decreased to 7.14%. In particular, located on the road leading to the town is the white stone processing handicraft village in Thung Khuoc, which is bustling with the production of stone cladding and stone carving. Stone products produced and processed here are not only consumed in the domestic market but also exported abroad.

Currently, the number of children in the town studying at national universities and colleges is increasing, many have become engineers, doctors, officers in the army, lecturers at universities... Attention is paid to the health care work for the people. The town's health station has been recognized as a cultural unit. National defense and security have been strengthened, social order and safety have been ensured. Party building work has been focused on all three aspects of ideology, politics and organization. In recent years, the government, the front and organizations have always been ranked as excellent units by superiors, some organizations have been awarded certificates of merit by the Central Committee. The Party Committee has achieved the title of exemplary clean and strong for many years.

A typical group

In 2013, the Party Committee and people of Quy Hop Town were recognized by the Provincial Party Committee as a typical collective in implementing the Campaign "Studying and following the moral example of Ho Chi Minh". To achieve this honor, after Directive No. 03 was issued, the Town Party Committee included the content of studying and following the moral example of Ho Chi Minh in the action program to implement the Resolution of the 8th Town Party Congress, and at the same time included it in the annual work program of the Party Committee. From here, units, organizations and unions have linked studying with local emulation movements and achieved high results. The District Fatherland Front, Veterans Association, Women's Association, Farmers' Association, Red Cross Association, Youth Union have mobilized people, members and youth to contribute to the Fund to support the poor, charitable activities with an amount of up to hundreds of millions of VND/year...

Also in the movement of studying and following the moral example of Ho Chi Minh, 100% of Party cells and organizations registered for the program, with diverse and rich registration contents such as: competing to do well in environmental sanitation work, fully and promptly collecting taxes and funds of the State, actively fighting against social evils, drug abuse, building a stable and developing cultural life in residential areas... Some Party cells registered to build and replicate the "Civilized Block Alley"; The government coordinated with the Front and organizations to mobilize people to contribute to invest in building inter-block and intra-block concrete roads and drainage ditches, welcome gates, block halls, and lighting systems in the block. School Party cells mobilized teachers and parents to contribute working days and funds to build playgrounds and classrooms to build increasingly spacious and clean schools. The total investment value of construction works in blocks, hamlets, and schools through the program registered for the campaign reached over 1.7 billion dong...

Become an urban landmark

Many people, when asked, were proud of the remarkable changes of Quy Hop Town and wished that this land full of potential would develop even more strongly, becoming an urban highlight of the districts in the Western region of Nghe An. Mr. Hoang Khac Ly (66 years old), in Block 1, the town, a prestigious person among the people, said: "The achievements of Quy Hop Town are very remarkable. But the people of the town want this place to soon become a model urban area. I think this is a legitimate wish. But to do that, the Party Committee and the town government need to do a good job of Party building, building a political system with heart and strength to create solidarity among the people, and maximize the strength of the entire people of the town...".

Secretary of the Quy Hop Town Party Committee, Mr. Tran Nhat Minh affirmed: With the tasks and solutions set out, along with the attention and support of the District Party Committee, People's Committee and district-level departments and branches, the achievements and lessons learned from the past 30 years will be the foundation and important driving force to help the town confidently reach out to conquer new values... The people's expectations are also the goal of the Quy Hop Town Party Committee and government in the coming time.

Vu Nam