In addition to their efforts to encourage residents to dutifully implement the Party's directives and resolutions and the State's policies and laws, venerable figures of the local communities are actively contributing to the effective execution of public order and security initiatives at the grassroots level.

Elder Sung A Denh of Thung Man village, Hang Kia commune, Mai Chau district, successfully persuades long-time drug addict Kha A Vang to undergo a rehabilitation process.


Despite his advanced age, Sung A Denh, living in Thung Man village, Hang Kia commune, Mai Chau district, consistently participates in disseminating information and mobilising his descendants and fellow community members to comply with the Party and State’s directions, policies, and laws. His notable efforts include motivating drug addicts to voluntarily seek rehabilitation and encouraging fugitives to surrender.

The reputable elderly, together with the heads of various clans in the commune, personally visited each household to encourage drug addicts to voluntarily undergo rehabilitation, succeeding in the persuasion of 23 individuals.

According to Colonel Nguyen Ngoc Minh, head of the provincial police’s internal security department, between 2010 and now, old people representing the H'Mong ethnic community in Mai Chau’s Hang Kia and Pa Co communes have successfully persuaded 16 drug-related fugitives to surrender. Meanwhile, the reputable's group of the Dao ethnic community has engaged in communications works targeting dozens of cases involving illegal immigration to China for undocumented labour, urging them to return to their localities. In Da Bac district, venerable people have mobilised 60 Dao ethnic people in Doan Ket commune, who were involved in illegal logging in the local Pu Canh Nature Reserve, to comply with the police’s requirements, facilitating related investigation and law enforcement activities.

Statistics indicate that there are 283 venerable people in Hoa Binh joining in the nationwide movement for the homeland's security protection. Minh said they have clearly demonstrated their role, responsibilities, and significance as a crucial pillar of the party committee and government in implementing democratic regulations at the grassroots level.

 

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