Solemn Ceremony to Announce 555 Years of the Name Thanh Chuong (1469 - 2024)

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Thang - Politburo member, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council attended the event of important political significance, to review the historical tradition and great contributions of Thanh Chuong people in the process of building and developing their homeland and country.

Also attending were comrades: Tran Sy Thanh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee; Nguyen Thi Kim Chi - Deputy Minister of Education and Training; Pham Duc An - Chairman of the Board of Members of the Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam; and former members of the Party Central Committee; leaders and former leaders of departments, ministries, branches and agencies of the Central Government. Representatives of the armed forces included Lieutenant General Tran Vo Dung - Party Committee Secretary, Political Commissar of Military Region 4;...

The leaders of Nghe An province include comrades: Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; Hoang Nghia Hieu - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; comrades in the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, former members of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee and leaders of the Provincial People's Council, Provincial People's Committee, departments, branches, districts, cities and towns.

Also attending were leaders of Duc Pho town, Quang Ngai province; Long Bien district, Hanoi city. Leaders of Thanh Chuong district included comrades: Nguyen Hai Duong - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of the District People's Council; Nguyen Van Que - Standing Deputy Secretary of the District Party Committee; Trinh Van Nha - Deputy Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of the District People's Committee; along with Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, Heroes of the People's Armed Forces; leaders, former leaders of the district and a large number of Thanh Chuong people living, studying and working in their hometown, in the province and in the country.

Promoting the invaluable heritage of our ancestors to a new level

Thanh Chuong is one of 21 district-level localities of Nghe An, located in the southwest of the province; to the north it borders Do Luong district and Anh Son district, to the south it borders Ha Tinh province, to the east it borders Nam Dan district, to the west and southwest it borders Anh Son district and Bolikhamxay province (Lao PDR) with a 53km long border.

Has a natural area of ​​nearly 1,129km²Thanh Chuong is an ancient land, where ancient Vietnamese people of the Son Vi culture lived in the Doi Dung and Doi Rang areas more than twenty thousand years ago. This land was once called Ham Hoan, then Cuu Duc, then Tho Du.

In the post-Le period, the country was peaceful and prosperous. In 1469, King Le Thanh Tong re-determined the map of the whole country and named the district Thanh Chuong. Since then, more than half a millennium, with many ups and downs, the land and people of Thanh Chuong have remained steadfast and courageous, and have always made worthy contributions to the cause of building and defending the Fatherland.

Along with the general development, Thanh Chuong today has had great changes. The economy has grown quite well, the structure has shifted in the right direction, the poverty rate has dropped sharply to 3.2%. From a district with "four traffic jams", there are now 6 national highways passing through, 36 ferry piers have been replaced by bridges connecting the shores of joy.

The district has 29 communes meeting new rural standards, 4 advanced new rural communes, 1 model new rural commune; Thanh Chuong town meeting civilized urban standards.

Culture and society develop healthily, education is still a solid foundation for Thanh Chuong people to move forward; national defense and security are maintained; Party building and political system work are well implemented.

At the event, on behalf of the district leaders, comrade Trinh Van Nha - Deputy Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Thanh Chuong district presented a speech expressing infinite gratitude to the predecessors who had contributed to opening, preserving and developing this land both materially and spiritually; respectfully remembering and infinitely grateful to the great President Ho Chi Minh, revolutionary predecessors, heroic martyrs, heroic Vietnamese mothers, war invalids, sick soldiers, families with meritorious services to the country, and generations of Vietnamese people who have worked for the longevity and prosperity of the Fatherland.

"The Party Committee, government and people of the district will continue to stand side by side, with fundamental and specific solutions, along with the help of the Central Government and the province to build the homeland to develop more and more sustainably", Comrade Trinh Van Nha - Deputy Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of the District People's Committee spoke and emphasized: "The announcement of the 555 titles of Thanh Chuong, commemorating the 94th anniversary of the tradition of the Party Committee and people of the district is an opportunity for us to continue to affirm the good traditions and precious qualities of the land and people of Thanh Chuong. That is the priceless heritage left by our predecessors. We respectfully express our gratitude, have the responsibility to preserve and promote it to a new height in the period of integration and development and pass it on to future generations".

BcongestiontSpeed ​​up and overcome to build Thanh Chuong district into a prosperous district.

On behalf of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, speaking at the event, Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Deputy Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee shared his feelings and respectful assessment of the historical, cultural and revolutionary traditions of Thanh Chuong, "an ancient land, pure people, and prosperous people"; at the same time warmly congratulated and commended the achievements that the Party Committee and people of Thanh Chuong district have achieved in recent years.

With outstanding historical and cultural factors, along with favorable opportunities, Deputy Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee Hoang Nghia Hieu believes that Thanh Chuong has all the conditions to steadily develop with its own internal strength.

In the coming time, the Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee requested the Party Committee, government, army and people of Thanh Chuong to promote the glorious revolutionary tradition, solidarity, democracy, discipline along with dynamism and creativity, but especially not to be subjective, hasty, or lose vigilance; at the same time, orient and point out 6 key goals, tasks, and breakthrough solutions for Thanh Chuong to develop comprehensively in Party building, economic and social development, ensuring national defense and security, worthy of its traditions, potentials and advantages.

"The Party Committee and people of Thanh Chuong promote the tradition of 555 years of history and 94 years of the Traditional Day of the Party Committee and people of the district to accelerate and overcome to build Thanh Chuong district into a well-off district, contributing to building Nghe An into a well-off province of the country as President Ho Chi Minh always wished," Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Hoang Nghia Hieu emphasized.

In his response speech, Comrade Nguyen Hai Duong - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Council of Thanh Chuong district fully grasped the profound and comprehensive understanding of the Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; continued to enhance the spirit of solidarity, aspiration to rise up, determination and make greater efforts to complete assigned tasks, responding to the expectations and sentiments of the Central and provincial leaders.

Right after the ceremony was a special art program with the theme: "555 years of Thanh Chuong people and land" lasting 60 minutes. The program was elaborately and magnificently staged, combining traditional art colors with modern stage techniques, design, and staging; ensuring both political and profound artistic values, bringing realistic images of the heroic traditions, history, and culture of Thanh Chuong land and people, as well as the new life that is changing in the ancient land; from there, the generations of Thanh Chuong people today understand better, are more proud, and confidently continue to write the heroic traditional history of their homeland.

Previously, the Organizing Committee of the Online Contest to learn about the history and culture of 555 years of the name (1469 - 2024) and 94 years of the tradition of the Party Committee and people of Thanh Chuong district (September 1, 1930 - September 1, 2024) awarded prizes to 6 collectives (1 First prize, 2 Second prizes, 3 Third prizes) and 24 individuals (4 First prizes, 8 Second prizes, 12 Third prizes).

The contest was launched on May 6, 2024 and after 4 weeks of competition, it attracted more than 1.7 million officials, party members and people of all walks of life, especially the young generation, to participate in learning about the history of formation and development of Thanh Chuong district, arousing love for the homeland and country, national pride and self-esteem, determination to overcome difficulties and challenges to build Thanh Chuong district to become more and more prosperous and civilized.

Implementing Directive 21 dated February 10, 2023 of the Standing Committee of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee on "strengthening the Party's leadership in mobilizing and supporting the construction and repair of houses for the poor and people with housing difficulties", Thanh Chuong district has received support from individuals and organizations inside and outside the district; thereby supporting the construction and repair of 381 houses for the poor and people with housing difficulties with a total amount of 19.04 billion VND.

It is known that the Organizing Committee of the Ceremony to announce the 555th anniversary of Thanh Chuong's name did not organize fireworks to celebrate; the socialized funding for fireworks from the District's Small and Medium Enterprises Association was used to build gratitude houses for policy families, poor households with housing difficulties and social security activities.

At the event, in the spirit of mutual love and support, the Vietnam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex), the Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Agribank) and Duc Pho town (Quang Ngai province) donated a total of VND 5.2 billion to continue building and repairing houses for poor households and households with housing difficulties in the district.