Politburo member Nguyen Xuan Thang joins in the Great National Unity Day in a mountainous border commune in Nghe An

Also attending were comrades: Nguyen Thi Thu Ha - Member of the Party Central Committee, Vice President, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front; Nguyen Duy Bac - Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Permanent Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics; Vu Hoang Anh - Assistant to the Politburo member.

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; Vo Thi Minh Sinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province; Major General Pham The Tung - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Director of the Provincial Public Security Department; Bui Dinh Long - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and leaders of the Provincial Party Committee Office, Commander of the Provincial Border Guard Command, Principal of the Provincial Political School;...

Tri Le is a highland border commune of Que Phong district, about 200km northwest of Vinh city, bordering Laos with a border length of 18.35km. Natural area 20,290 ha, rice area 450.8 ha.

The commune has 16 villages, with a total population of 10,992 people, including 2,146 households of 4 ethnic groups living together: Thai, Kinh, Mong, and Kho Mu. The commune party committee has 22 subordinate party cells, including 16 village party cells, with 560 party members.

With a large area, sparse population, and difficult economic conditions; some villages and hamlets do not have paved roads, community cultural houses, national grid electricity, telephone signals, or Internet systems..., but with the attention of the Party, the State, Nghe An province and Que Phong district for the highland border communes, Tri Le has made positive developments.

The material and spiritual life of the people has been improved, with an estimated average income of 21.3 million VND/person in 2023. The customs and cultural beauty of ethnic minorities are always preserved; bad customs are gradually pushed back and eliminated.

Education has gradually changed, people's awareness has been raised. The rate of children passing and attending universities, colleges, and vocational schools is increasing. Health care is always guaranteed, 100% of people have health insurance cards.

The ethnic communities in the area are united, attached, loving, and unanimous in carrying out movements, building many models of economic, cultural, social, and political development; ensuring national defense and security in many practical forms.

In particular, along with economic development, the Party Committee, government and people in the area have always done a good job of patrolling the border and landmarks; the models of "drug-free border communes" and "drug-free villages" have gradually become effective and have entered the hearts of the people.

With the spirit of mutual love and support, the commune has coordinated with all levels and sectors to propagate and mobilize people to complete 177 houses for poor households and households with housing difficulties in the area; including 138 prefabricated houses for families who are unable to build or repair their own houses. Currently, there are 63 households being mobilized to implement, including 16 prefabricated houses. Through mobilization, about 200 people have participated in supporting working days to build houses.

Delighted with the leaders of Nghe An province and the Fatherland Front at all levels attending the festival, comrade Nguyen Xuan Thang expressed his impression when witnessing the exciting atmosphere of the people in Tri Le commune, Que Phong district; at the same time, he acknowledged and praised the achievements that Tri Le people have made great efforts to achieve in the recent past.

He emphasized that the festival was held at Tri Le Secondary School for Ethnic Minorities, demonstrating the attention and investment of the Party, the State and especially the leaders of Nghe An province at all levels towards the children of ethnic minorities, so that they have good conditions to study and live.

After 20 years of implementation, the National Great Unity Day has truly become a beauty, affirming the precious traditions and core values ​​of the nation, the strategic policy of our Party. “Today, I listened to the speech of the Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Tri Le commune, showing the deep understanding of the Party's major policy and the very good organization and implementation. Tri Le is considered the farthest point in the Northwest region of Nghe An province, bordering Laos. The speech clearly showed the specific conditions of Tri Le, with the right way of doing things, realizing the great unity directions associated with livelihoods, creating a material and spiritual environment for people to enjoy the fruits of our cause" - Comrade Nguyen Xuan Thang noted.

The Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics added that the Central Committee will soon issue a new Resolution on promoting national solidarity and completing the cause of building and defending the Fatherland in the new era. Despite many difficulties, comrade Nguyen Xuan Thang expressed his hope that the people of Tri Le commune will continue to promote the achievements they have made to do even better.

“The poverty rate is still too high, at 68.13%, and the near-poor rate is still over 18%. This is a huge challenge. I hope that the provincial and district leaders, who have paid much attention, will continue to pay more attention and give more close guidance so that the households that have escaped poverty become rich, and the poor households will gradually increase so that the poverty rate will decrease in the overall achievements of the province and the whole country. We also need to pay attention to multidimensional poverty reduction, not only reducing poverty in terms of income and living standards, but also paying attention to education, healthcare, access to information, etc. " - said comrade Nguyen Xuan Thang.

He hoped that local leaders would comprehensively strengthen solutions for socio-economic development; actively share good models and new ways of doing things; pioneering households would create conditions to support later households to move forward together. In addition, it is necessary to pay attention to ensuring social security, hoping that in the area, social evils and negativity will be limited and gradually eliminated, backwardness will be eliminated, and a new lifestyle will be built.

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Thang also requested the locality to pay attention to landslides, flash floods, and landslides; to plant and protect forests to prevent natural disasters and ensure the safety of people's lives. Tri Le is a border area, so it is necessary to coordinate with forces to build a peaceful and friendly border.

On the occasion of attending the "Great Solidarity Day" program in Tri Le commune, comrade Nguyen Xuan Thang - Politburo member, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council donated 3 billion VND to support Que Phong district in natural disaster prevention and control; 10 houses, total value of 500 million VND and donated 100 million VND to the district's Association for Promotion of Education; donated televisions to officers and soldiers of Tri Le Border Guard Station; donated 50 bicycles to poor students and ethnic minorities in the district, worth 100 million VND.

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Thang and Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee Thai Thanh Quy presented gifts to representatives of residential areas in Tri Le commune and Lien Hop village residential area.

The leaders of the Central Government and Nghe An province presented 10 gifts to policy beneficiaries and prestigious families in difficult circumstances and 15 gifts to extremely poor households. The leaders of Que Phong district presented 5 gifts to 5 households in extremely difficult circumstances.

On this occasion, comrade Nguyen Xuan Thang and the delegation visited and planted a souvenir tree at Tri Le Border Guard Station./.