Building Yen Thanh district to be strong in all aspects, worthy of being the hometown of comrade Phan Dang Luu

A land rich in cultural and revolutionary traditions

Yen Thanh is a land with a cultural, patriotic and revolutionary tradition; bearing a strong historical mark. Since the Party was established, Yen Thanh has been one of the red addresses of the Soviet - Nghe Tinh movement 1930 - 1931; it is the place honored to be visited by Uncle Ho in December 1961. This place has "Dinh River, Gam Ru, a fairyland", Duc Hoang Temple worshiping King Hoang Ta Thon, Bao Nham Stone Church,...

A rural area of ​​Yen Thanh. Photo courtesy: Nguyen Book

Yen Thanh hometown is proud to be the birthplace of many famous people such as: First place winner Bach Lieu, Ho Tong Thoc, Ho Tong Don, Ho Tong Thanh; Heroes of the People's Armed Forces: Tran Can, Phan Tu, Tran Van Tri, Phan Van Quy, Phan Kim Ky, Pham Xuan Phong and Hero of Labor Nguyen Toan. Especially among them stands out the typical revolutionary leader Phan Dang Luu.

Comrade Phan Dang Luu was a staunch, exemplary communist soldier with deep patriotism, a far-sighted, resourceful, clever, brave, and resilient revolutionary leader; an outstanding journalist, writer, and pioneer theorist, typical of the Party and the Vietnamese revolution. Phan Dang Luu's great contributions and shining communist example will forever be respected, appreciated, studied, and followed by our entire Party, our entire people, and future generations.

Promoting the historical values ​​and cultural traditions of the homeland of revolutionary predecessor Phan Dang Luu, with solidarity and high determination, Yen Thanh has developed comprehensively and strongly, associated with perfecting cultural and historical institutions and improving political and ideological education in the new situation.

In terms of economic development, Yen Thanh has always maintained a good growth rate; the economic structure has shifted in the right direction; annual budget revenue has exceeded the target, ranking among the top in the province; average income per capita in 2021 reached 52 million VND/person/year; the poverty rate has decreased to only 2.58%. Agriculture has developed in the direction of commodity production, applying high technology, safety and sustainability; The appearance of the new countryside has clearly improved, notably in 2019, Yen Thanh district was recognized by the Prime Minister as a district meeting new rural standards.

Yen Thanh Town Industrial Park. Photo: Thai Duong

And now, Yen Thanh is striving to achieve the status of an advanced new rural district by 2025. In 2021, 5 communes achieved the status of an advanced new rural district. Industry and construction have developed quite well; the infrastructure system has made a breakthrough, many projects and works have attracted investment for construction and upgrading. Culture and society have made much progress, the material and spiritual life of the people has been constantly improved. National defense and security have been maintained; social order and safety have been ensured.

The work of building the Party and the political system has been built and consolidated. From the first red seed nurtured and educated by comrade Phan Dang Luu, up to now, the Yen Thanh District Party Committee has developed into a large Party Committee with more than 12,500 Party members operating in 79 grassroots Party organizations (including 39 Party Committees of communes and towns).

Over the past years, Yen Thanh has paid attention to building the Party and the increasingly strong political system in conjunction with implementing the Central Resolution 4 (term XII, XIII) and Directive No. 05-CT/TW of the Politburo on studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and lifestyle and regulations on setting examples for cadres and party members. This has had many positive and effective changes, contributing to preventing, repelling and strictly handling cadres and party members who have degraded in political ideology, morality, lifestyle, and manifestations of "self-evolution" and "self-transformation".

Improve the effectiveness of ideological work, focus on political and ideological education for cadres and party members, create solidarity and unity in the Party from district to grassroots. Practice democracy, always maintain a close and effective relationship with inspection, supervision and party discipline work. Strengthen the fight against, prevent and repel corruption and waste... contributing to consolidating and enhancing people's trust in the Party.

Monument of comrade Phan Dang Luu in Yen Thanh town (Yen Thanh district). Photo: Thanh Cuong

In addition to comprehensive development in all fields, Yen Thanh pays special attention to developing cultural and historical institutions and improving political and ideological education in the new situation. Implementing the National Target Program on New Rural Construction, Yen Thanh district strengthens the direction of building a system of cultural institutions.

Currently, 100% of hamlets and blocks in the district have planned cultural and sports houses (338/338 hamlets and blocks); 100% of communes and towns have central cultural houses (39 central cultural houses); 100% of communes and towns have stadiums (39 commune-level stadiums); equipment in hamlet and commune cultural houses is basically equipped; the rate of attracting people to participate in cultural, artistic, sports and other community activities is over 50%; 100% of communes and towns have radio stations, 100% of hamlets have FM loudspeaker clusters. Every year, the Department of Culture and Sports has coordinated with the District Department of Culture and Information to support communes and hamlets with equipment to improve the quality of activities of grassroots cultural institutions...

Besides, the district also pays attention to investing and embellishing the system of historical and cultural relics. Through the inventory, Yen Thanh has more than 500 historical relics, of which 91 historical relics are recognized as provincial and national relics. The Memorial House of Comrade Phan Dang Luu is a relic that has been recognized as a National Historical and Cultural Relic since 1990.

Memorial house of comrade Phan Dang Luu in Hoa Thanh commune, Yen Thanh. Photo: Vo Duc

Arousing pride in the homeland of comrade Phan Dang Luu

In the field of political and ideological education, every stage of development of the Party and people of Yen Thanh since the establishment of the Party has had the mark of comrade Phan Dang Luu. The district has built two schools named after Phan Dang Luu, Phan Dang Luu High School since 1985 and Phan Dang Luu Middle School since 2008. Every year, schools organize activities for students to visit historical sites; integrate local history into the teaching program. In 2012, the district invested in building the Phan Dang Luu Monument and the Central Square in Yen Thanh town. This place has become a cultural activity spot for the people.

This year, on the occasion of the 120th anniversary of the birth of comrade Phan Dang Luu, the district has coordinated to renovate and embellish the memorial house of comrade Phan Dang Luu; organized propaganda activities, educating revolutionary traditions, patriotism for cadres, party members and people of all walks of life, especially the young generation such as: Contest to learn about the life and revolutionary career of comrade Phan Dang Luu among union members, youth and students; admitted 120 outstanding union members; invited Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen The Ky to thoroughly understand and propagate the topic of the life and revolutionary career of comrade Phan Dang Luu to cadres, party members and all people in the district; coordinated to make a documentary film about comrade Phan Dang Luu; organized incense offering and flower offering ceremony at comrade Phan Dang Luu's grave in Ho Chi Minh City and at the memorial house in Hoa Thanh commune (Yen Thanh); participated in the national scientific conference on comrade Phan Dang Luu; In collaboration with the Center for Preservation and Promotion of Nghe An Folk Heritage, we organized a performance of the folk song play "Dawn",...

The above activities have contributed to arousing pride in the revolutionary tradition of the homeland, encouraging and motivating cadres, party members and people of all walks of life to compete and strive to successfully carry out political tasks.

A corner of Yen Thanh town, Yen Thanh district. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Promoting the heroic tradition of Phan Dang Luu's homeland, we believe that the Party Committee and People of Yen Thanh will continue to unite and strive to successfully implement the Resolution of the 27th District Party Congress, building Yen Thanh to be increasingly rich, beautiful and civilized./.