(HBO) – Prior to realising the initiative on building a road designed for facilitating agricultural production, the management board of Nghe hamlet, Van Mai commune held a meeting to mobilize households to donate land and contribute labour.
Photo:People of Nghe village, Van Mai commune,
Mai Chau district contribute workdays and money to build a road leading to the
production area.
The initiative is supported by all households in
the village. Those who don’t have land in the production area actively
contribute their workdays.
Thanks to good communication work, the implementation of the grassroots
democracy regulations has created a high consensus and unity in society in
realizing guidelines, policies and laws of the Party and State, programmes,
projects, socio-economic development models in the locality.
Along with corn and peanut, from 2020, the
garlic cultivation has been expanded from 7-8 ha to 12 ha pear year and people
began planting safe vegetables. The commune has established a safe vegetable
cooperative with the participation of many households, bringing about higher
economic value and efficiency than corn and peanut.
Ngan Van Dien, Secretary of the Party Committee
of Thanh Son commune said after the merger, the commune has 11 hamlets with
4,171 people. Determining the leadership focusing on the grassroots, the
commune actively calls on cadres, party members and locals to shift the
structure of crops and livestock in line with market demand.
Ha Cong Nghi, Deputy Secretary of the Mai Chau
district Party Committee, said the good dissemination campaign has resulted in
the fact that local residents abide by policies and laws, especially the
implementation of grassroots democracy regulations, thereby creating a high
consensus when implementing socio-economic programmes, projects and models, and
ensuring national security.
Many models of intensive farming to increase
productivity and change the structure of crops and livestock are applied,
contributing to increasing the average income of people in the
district.Statistics from the district have shown that the
district's per capita income reached 34.8 million VND (1,510 USD) last year.
The poverty rate dropped to 12.56 percent, and all communes in the district met
the criteria relating to employment in the new rural building programme.
Security and order are guaranteed and social evils are reduced at the same
time.
All communes and districts have well
implemented the administrative procedure reform towards one single window
mechanism, creating favourable conditions for people.
Nguyen Thi Kieu Hoa, vice chairwoman of Mai Chau
district’s Fatherland Front Committee, emphasized that members and people from
all walks of life have actively participated in the common work of the
community as well as directly discuss and decide on practical issues associated
with the interests of the people and the community, adding that people’s
opinions and recommendations have been reported to the Party committee and
local authorities, preventing the emergence of hotspots in rural security.
On March 14th, the Party Committee of the Provincial Agencies Bloc coordinated with the Provincial Employees' Trade Union to organize the contest "Family meal - warm and loving”. The activity aims to celebrate the International Day of Happiness, March 20th, and the 66th anniversary of the founding of the Provincial Agencies’ Party Committee (March 27th, 1958 - March 27th, 2024).
Over the past years, Mai Chau district has concretised policies, mobilised resources, and integrated the State’s investment and support programmes into its socio-economic development, aiming to help ethnic minority groups improve their living standards.
As many as 79,988 locals joined compulsory social security scheme as of February, accounting for 93.76% of the annual plan and up 1.5% from the same time last year. There were 71,830 people covered with unemployment insurance, a year-on-year increase of 2.6%. Meanwhile, 796,322 held health insurance cards, or 90% of the population.
Toan Son commune in Da Bac district, with 70% of its population being ethnic minority people, has mobilised resources and created favourable conditions for local residents to access concessional loans to develop production. Thanks to the efforts, local livelihoods have seen positive changes.
Last year, the provincial health sector stepped up patriotic movements, encouraging its staff to improve their professional knowledge and skills, contributing to raising the quality of medical check-up and treatment.