Xuan Lam Commune (Hung Nguyen) with the goal of comprehensive development

Rising in difficult conditions

Xuan Lam commune was established on the basis of merging the entire natural area and population of Hung Xuan and Hung Lam communes according to Resolution No. 831/NQ-UBTVQH14, dated December 17, 2019 of the National Assembly Standing Committee. This is a diverse locality, with hills, mountains, rivers, especially the Lam River alluvial land area, which is very favorable for the development of commodity agriculture. However, because of the mindset of "eating well and dressing well", not being bold and daring to innovate has hindered and restrained the development here.

The Standing Committee of the Commune Party Committee meets with the Standing Committee of the People's Council - People's Committee to agree on key weekly tasks. Photo: Minh Chi

Comrade Nguyen Van Phan - Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of the commune said that, from clearly recognizing the limitations and weaknesses, associated with the arrangement and consolidation of the staff in some positions, especially key staff; in the term 2015 - 2020, the Party Committee and people of Xuan Lam commune have risen up and achieved some motivating results. Notably, in the construction of new rural areas, at the end of 2019, the old Hung Xuan commune was recognized as meeting new rural standards and Hung Lam commune also met 14/19 criteria.

According to comrade Nguyen Van Phan, through the construction of the new rural areas, the leadership and direction capacity of the Party Committee and the organization of the government has been improved; the participation of the Fatherland Front and mass organizations has been more responsible and effective. In particular, the people's trust in the Party Committee, the government and the political system has been enhanced, thereby creating consensus and support from the people for the overall development of the locality.

Model of ornamental flower growing applying science and technology in Xuan Lam. Photo: Minh Chi

Thanks to the spirit of solidarity, consensus and trust, the Party Committee, government and people of Xuan Lam have achieved many impressive results: Comprehensive economic development with large-scale agricultural fields. Alluvial land along the river is planned with suitable crop varieties, bringing high efficiency. The locality continues to focus on developing garden economy combined with poultry farming; the poultry flock reaches nearly 50,000.

The Party Committee and the government have also created favorable conditions for traditional industries to develop, such as mechanics; civil carpentry; unburnt brick production; masonry teams... Currently, the commune has 2 recognized craft villages, creating stable jobs for hundreds of workers. Service and commercial activities are encouraged to develop.

The whole commune currently has over 270 households providing services and trading, such as food and beverage services; goods and material transportation services; electronics, refrigeration, and motorbike repair; wedding services... Labor export activities are promoted, with an average of 80-90 people going abroad to work each year, and the total number of people currently going abroad to work in the locality is 346; revenue from labor export in 5 years is estimated at over 310 billion VND.

The cultural and social fields in the area also have many positive changes with the highlight of education in all 3 schools maintaining national standards and the quality of education has been improved with the results of the percentage of excellent students in the province and district ranking at the top of the district.

Cultural, artistic and sports activities are increasingly rich and diverse, meeting the essential needs of the people. Social security work is taken care of; the poverty rate has decreased from 6.3% in 2015 to 1.77%. National defense, security, and social order and safety are ensured, creating momentum for local development.

In 5 years, the Party Committee and the government have mobilized a total investment capital of more than 40 billion VND; of which the people contributed more than 11 billion VND to build 10 km of concrete roads; build 2 new multi-functional cultural houses and a communal stadium; 3 flagpole clusters; upgrade the school system, medical stations, memorials, markets and cultural houses in the hamlets...

During the term, the Party Committee and government of Xuan Lam commune promoted democracy and mobilized people to build a rural traffic system.

Taking care of Party building work

What is clearly seen in Xuan Lam commune during the 2015 - 2020 term is that the Party building work has been truly taken care of comprehensively in terms of political ideology; organization, cadres; inspection, supervision; mass mobilization, etc. Comrade Pham Ngoc Cu - Secretary of the Commune Party Committee shared: In the Party Committee, the spirit of "economic development is the central task, Party building is the key task" has always been thoroughly grasped and imbued, so during the term, the Party Committee and the Commune Party Committee have really paid attention and proposed many measures and solutions to improve the leadership capacity and fighting strength of Party committees and organizations at all levels; and promote the strength of the great national unity bloc.

The highlight is that the Commune Party Committee focuses on and seriously implements the Resolution of the 4th Central Committee (12th tenure) in conjunction with Directive No. 05 of the Politburo and the regulations on exemplary responsibility of the Central Party Secretariat. Thereby, raising the awareness and responsibility of cadres, party members, civil servants and workers in the political system; at the same time, considering this a key and important task of Party building work, aiming to consolidate and improve the leadership capacity and fighting strength of the Party organization.

Leaders of Xuan Lam commune (Hung Nguyen) check the economic efficiency of the garden. Photo: Mai Hoa

During the leadership and direction of the Party Committee, the Commune Party Committee was innovated on the basis of closely following the Resolution of the Commune Party Congress for the 2015-2020 term and the resolutions of the Party at higher levels for implementation; identifying key and key tasks, things that need to be done immediately at each time of focus; assigning responsibilities, specific implementation roadmap along with inspection, supervision, and mass mobilization work...

In addition, the Party Committee also pays attention to innovating and improving the capacity of the Party Committee and Party Cell on the basis of promoting the capacity and intelligence of Party Committee members and Party Cell members, especially the leaders in discussing and making resolutions, exemplary in performing tasks, directing and supervising all work, closely paying attention to the grassroots to promptly detect and resolve arising problems. Along with that, it is necessary to strengthen the effective coordination relationship between the Party Committee, the Party Committee Standing Committee with the People's Council, People's Committee, unions and hamlets in performing tasks.

From the results and lessons learned in leadership and direction during the 2015 - 2020 term, the Party Committee and people of Xuan Lam commune are determined to unite, be democratic, innovate, and reach consensus to develop the locality more strongly during the 2020 - 2025 term. The most common goal is to strive to complete the remaining 5 criteria of the commune to reach the NTM finish line by the end of 2020 and continue to build to achieve advanced NTM by 2023.

The face of the new rural area of ​​Xuan Lam commune is gradually changing. Photo: Minh Chi

Focus on developing agricultural production towards commodity production with high scientific and technological content in the Lam River alluvial land; build large fields, increase the value and income of the people; combine with investment in developing craft village clusters and industries, services, and trade along National Highway 46C, Road 8B, Con Market, the central area of ​​the commune...; promote labor export in high-income markets...