Building Con Cuong worthy of being the 'cradle of revolution in the Western Nghe An region'
These days, the road leading to Mon Son commune, Con Cuong district is bright with red flags. The sun seems to gild the fields, mountains and rivers. Traveling through this countryside, the “revolutionary cradle of the Western Nghe An”, one can clearly see the joyful and excited atmosphere welcoming National Day September 2nd - the great festival of the country.
Nurture patriotism
Present at the National Revolutionary Historical Site of Mr. Vi Van Khang's House (Thai Hoa village, Mon Son commune) on a historic August day, we saw many union members and young people in the commune coming to learn about the source of patriotism and revolutionary spirit of the land and people of Con Cuong.
The house of Mr. Vi Van Khang has been engraved in the golden history pages of his homeland: In 1931, the Central Region Party Committee sent comrades Le Xuan Dao, Nguyen Huu Binh, and Le Manh Duyet to the Muong Qua - Mon Son area to build a revolutionary movement. Here, the comrades enlightened the revolutionary ideals of comrade Vi Van Khang.
Comrade Vi Van Khang mobilized and enlightened many young people who were patriotic and devoted to their homeland. They promoted the spirit of solidarity and mobilized the masses to unite into a strong bloc to fight against the colonialists and feudal lackeys.
In March 1931, in Muong Qua, a struggle against the tyrants and bullies took place and was victorious. About a month later, at the private home of comrade Vi Van Khang, the Mon Son Party Cell was officially established, consisting of 5 party members, with comrade Vi Van Khang as Secretary. This was the first Party Cell established in the mountainous area of Nghe An.
The Party cell was born and immediately started leading the revolutionary struggle. From July to August 1931, on the top of the banyan tree of Con Chua, Mon Son commune, the red flag with hammer and sickle fluttered. Under the leadership of the Party cell, the revolutionary movement of the people of Muong Qua in general and Mon Son commune in particular achieved many victories.
Ms. Ha Thi Huong - Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of Mon Son commune shared: Mr. Vi Van Khang's house and the Con Chua banyan tree are "red addresses" for young generations to come to study and nurture patriotism and revolutionary spirit. During the year, the commune's Youth Union organized many activities such as offering incense and saluting the flag at this address, which is one of the traditional education activities for the young generation.
In the revolutionary countryside of Mon Son, the work of educating the younger generation in tradition has received great attention from Party committees, authorities and schools. Mr. Nguyen Van Vy - Principal of Mon Son Secondary School said: The school attaches great importance to educating students in tradition and considers this a key activity to form and develop their personalities. The school's Youth Union regularly organizes extracurricular activities at the house of Mr. Vi Van Khang, the banyan tree of Con Chua, the martyrs' monument of the commune...
Comrade Le Thanh Hai - Secretary of the Party Committee of Mon Son commune said: In recent years, the local Party building work has received attention. The annual rate of Party membership admission has always met and exceeded the target, leading the district. The leadership of socio-economic development has achieved many good results. The new rural construction movement has been widely implemented. Up to now, 7/14 villages have reached the new rural finish line.
In the coming time, Mon Son commune will promote the implementation of Action Program No. 68 - CTr/TU of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee on implementing Resolution No. 39 - NQ/TW of the Politburo to build and develop Con Cuong into a type 4 urban area in the direction of ecology and tourism. Accordingly, the commune will implement the district's planning such as developing tourism in Pha Lai area, experiential tourism on Giang River, tourism to the Dan Lai ethnic group, culinary tourism, ecology...
Mon Son commune will also focus on building "4 good Party Committees", "4 good Party Cells"; actively improve new rural criteria; promote conversion of crops and livestock; build unique tourist experience spots and regional specialties "Muong Qua rice, Giang river fish".
Continuing the tradition
Now, traveling on the Tra Lan - Con Cuong area, we can see the wide, paved and concreted village roads and alleys. Many key projects on bridges and roads of the district such as Thanh Nam bridge over Lam river; National Highway 7A to Khe Kem waterfall; Bong Khe road to Mon Son... are being invested and constructed synchronously. The picture of this mountainous district is identified as a regional center of Western Nghe An, gradually taking on a civilized and modern appearance.
Comrade Nguyen Hoai An - Secretary of Con Cuong District Party Committee said: To realize the goal of "Building and developing Con Cuong district to become a type 4 urban area in the direction of ecology and tourism", the district has identified a number of key tasks: Focusing on investing in socio-economic development in the direction of rapid and sustainable development, developing the urban network in the direction of ecology; Developing rural areas in the direction of civilization, preserving traditional cultural values of villages and hamlets...
Specifically, gradually shift and modernize the economic structure towards services, especially tourism, trade, education, healthcare, finance; develop advantageous industries in industrial clusters such as mining, construction materials, food processing, forestry products, etc.
Develop concentrated, large-scale agricultural production areas, organize production according to linked chains for key products. At the same time, direct the development of clean agriculture, organic agriculture, apply high technology to the production process, build a diverse agriculture and forestry associated with resource protection and ecological environment protection.
Currently, Con Cuong district is focusing on accelerating the work of establishing and approving regional planning; developing in a modern direction, associated with rural belts; improving the material and spiritual life of the people; eliminating hunger, reducing poverty and social evils; gradually reducing the gap between rural and urban areas.
The district also focuses on implementing digital transformation tasks based on three pillars: digital government, digital economy, digital society; improving the investment environment, attracting investment; mobilizing domestic and foreign resources to build infrastructure systems to serve development needs...
Con Cuong District today is entering a new opportunity. Certainly, with its revolutionary tradition, the first Party cell in the mountainous region of Nghe An will be the strength for Con Cuong District to soon reach the goal of developing into an ecological and tourist urban area, a regional center of the Western region of the province.
