Youth Volunteer Team 5 Nghe An celebrates 15th anniversary of its founding

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of September 12, the Youth Volunteer Team 5 Nghe An held a ceremony to celebrate its 15th anniversary (September 12, 2000 - September 12, 2015) and received a certificate of merit from the Prime Minister.

Attending the ceremony, on the side of the Central Youth Union, there was comrade Nguyen Xuan Hung - Member of the Standing Committee, Chief of the Office of the Central Youth Union. On the side of the province, there were comrade Le Xuan Dai - Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Member of the Provincial Party Committee - Secretary of the Provincial Agencies Party Committee, Nguyen Dinh Hung - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Youth Union.

Comrade Ho Duc Phoc - Provincial Party Secretary also sent a flower basket to congratulate the Youth Volunteer Force 5 on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of its establishment and to receive a Certificate of Merit from the Prime Minister.

Delegates attending the ceremony.

Comrade Hoang Van Dong - Captain of the 5th Youth Volunteer Team - Nghe An Construction and Engineering delivered the opening speech at the ceremony.

Comrade Ha Van Duong - an excellent member in the economic development movement shares experiences.

Promoting the pioneering role of youth in building and developing the socio-economy, ensuring security and order and border security in areas with difficult conditions and border areas in the province, in September 2000, the 5th Nghe An Youth Volunteer Team was officially established. The main task of the unit is to build a youth village, bring youth to the project area to establish a career; stabilize their lives long-term, create jobs and transfer science and technology to team members. At the same time, coordinate with functional agencies to ensure security and order and border security between Vietnam and Laos.

Comrade Thai Hong Thanh - Deputy Head of the Emulation and Reward Committee of the Provincial People's Committee - Former Captain of the Youth Volunteer Team 5 in the early days of its establishment spoke at the celebration ceremony.

The Youth Volunteer Team 5 Nghe An currently has 150 member households and more than 503 people. The unit is assigned to manage and use more than 5,932 hectares of natural land; of which the protective forest area is 3,526 hectares, production forest land is 1,588.1 hectares, agricultural land and mining land is 818.4 hectares.

After 15 years of construction and development, cadres and team members have strived to turn the barren, wild land into a rich, green land with tea hills, acacia forests, fruit trees and high-income integrated farms.

The unit's Executive Committee has built a farm economic model as the main direction, focusing on industrial tea trees. The total industrial tea area of ​​the Team is 230 hectares, with an average yield of 14 tons/ha, and an annual output of 2,400 tons of fresh buds, generating a revenue of more than 10 billion VND/year...

In parallel with developing industrial tea trees, the team members also planted 40 hectares of rosewood, 20 hectares of oranges, 10 hectares of bamboo for shoots, and more than 100 hectares of raw acacia; the total income from cultivation reached over 15 billion VND/year.

Along with cultivation, livestock farming is also identified as an advantage in economic development. Currently, the unit is implementing 6 models of breeding goats for reproduction and commercial breeding of 3/4 BOER crossbred goats with a scale of 14 goats/household; the annual value from livestock farming reaches more than 5 billion VND... Thanks to that, the lives of cadres and team members are increasingly improved, the average income per capita reaches 3.5 million VND/month, the average household reaches more than 11 million VND/month; many team members' households have an income of 150 million VND/year.

Comrade Nguyen Huu Vinh - Secretary of Thanh Chuong District Party Committee spoke at the ceremony.

Authorized by the Prime Minister, Comrade Le Xuan Dai - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee awarded Certificates of Merit to outstanding collectives and individuals in 15 years of construction and growth of the General Team.

Comrade Le Xuan Dai - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee awarded the emulation flag of the Provincial People's Committee to the cadres and team members of the General Team.

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Hung - Member of the Central Committee of the Youth Union - Chief of the Central Office of the Youth Union presented the emulation flag to the General Team.

Comrade Nguyen Dinh Hung - Secretary of the Provincial Youth Union awarded Certificates of Merit to outstanding team members.

In recognition of its achievements, the 5th Youth Volunteer Force was awarded a certificate of merit by the Prime Minister. The 15th anniversary of its founding is an opportunity to look back on the unit’s development and growth. At the same time, it continues to affirm the role of the Youth Volunteer Force in the cause of national construction and defense in the new era./.

PV Group