Not only playing an important role in propagating and disseminating the law to the people, in recent times, the prestigious people in the highland districts of Quang Nam have continuously increased production, pioneered in changing the structure of crops and livestock to develop the family economy, and supported people to improve their livelihoods. Mr. Thong sat there, next to a pile of papers, books and newspapers, his eyes squinted, his fingertips running evenly over the neatly printed lines. He also keeps a pencil tucked into his earlobe, so that whenever he comes across an interesting passage or piece of knowledge, he can reach out and take it right away, then mark it down, and find it when needed: “Books, newspapers, official documents, and papers, if you open them and read them, you are like a smart teacher. There are enough policies and regulations there. If you understand and know, then people will listen, even if the rooster wants to crow, you still have to learn,” Mr. Thong shared. Concluding the meeting of the Steering Committee on Science, Technology Development, Innovation, Digital Transformation and Project 06, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested to promote national digitalization, develop comprehensive digital citizenship, cut and simplify administrative procedures without limits, do as much as possible; resolutely transform the state from passively receiving and handling administrative procedures to a proactive and active state serving the people and businesses. Implementing the Central Government's policy on streamlining the apparatus, from March 1, 2025, the Department of Ethnic Minorities and Religions of Ho Chi Minh City was established and officially put into operation. "When the two fields of ethnicity and religion "come together under one roof", it will facilitate the State management of ethnicity and beliefs, especially in Ho Chi Minh City - where 53 ethnic minorities live together and millions of followers", said Mr. Nguyen Duy Tan, Director of the Department of Ethnic Minorities and Religions of Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh sharedIn recent years, from the resources of the National Target Program on Sustainable Poverty Reduction, Vi Xuyen district, Ha Giang province has focused on creating livelihoods and solving employment problems to help people escape poverty sustainably. Not only playing an important role in propagating and disseminating the law to the people, in recent times, the prestigious people in the mountainous districts of Quang Nam have continuously increased production, pioneered in converting the structure of crops and livestock to develop the family economy, supporting people to improve their livelihoods. On March 18, leaders of the Department of Ethnic Minorities and Religions, the Fatherland Front Committee of Thanh Hoa province came to congratulate the Bishop's House on the occasion of the Feast of the Patron Saint of Thanh Hoa Diocese in 2025. Receiving the delegation were Bishop of Thanh Hoa Diocese Nguyen Duc Cuong and priests. Located on Pham Ho Phap Street, Hoa Thanh town, Tay Ninh province, about 5km southeast of Tay Ninh city and 10km from Thanh Hoa city. About 100km west of Ho Chi Minh City, the Tay Ninh Holy See is where important religious activities take place, where Cao Dai followers come to make pilgrimages and perform solemn rituals. General news of the Ethnic and Development Newspaper. The morning news on March 18, there is the following notable information: The sacred ceremony of the Hoang Sa soldiers' memorial service. The ancient temple in Bac Ninh. The potential for community tourism in Bau Ech. Along with other current news in the ethnic minority and mountainous areas. The Quan The Am festival is one of the major cultural and religious events in Da Nang, attracting a large number of domestic and foreign tourists. With its rich activities, the festival is not only a place for people to worship and pray for peace, but also an opportunity to promote the unique cultural values of the Ngu Hanh Son land. Tuyen Quang province has 121 communes in ethnic minority areas, of which 570 are particularly disadvantaged villages. According to the report of the Provincial People's Committee, in the period of 2021 - 2025, from the capital of the assigned national target programs, especially the National Target Program 1719, the province has supported investment in the construction of 600 infrastructure works to serve production, exchange of goods, and people's daily life, of which 80% is invested in developing infrastructure in difficult areas. Mr. Thong sat there, next to a pile of papers, books and newspapers, his eyes squinted, his fingertips running evenly over the neatly printed lines. He also keeps a pencil tucked into his earlobe, so that whenever he comes across an interesting passage or knowledge he can reach out and take it right away, then mark it down, and find it when needed: “Books, newspapers, official dispatches, and papers, if you open them and read them, you are like a smart teacher. There are enough policies and regulations. If you understand and know, then people will listen, even if the rooster wants to crow, you still have to learn,” Mr. Thong shared. Although the People's Committee of Dak Ha district (Kon Tum) has issued a Decision to sanction administrative violations in the field of road traffic against Mr. Tran Bao Khanh, for the act of arbitrarily leveling the ground in the road safety corridor, up to now, Mr. Khanh has not yet taken remedial measures and the violating construction still exists, even though the 30-day deadline has passed. Is not fully complying with the Decision to sanction a disregard for the law? On the morning of March 18, in the city. Ho Chi Minh City, Lieutenant General Le Duc Thai - Member of the Party Central Committee, Member of the Central Military Commission, Commander of the Border Guard (BĐBP) chaired the Conference and awarded units with outstanding achievements in the fight against drug crimes. Also attending the Conference were Major General Tran Ngoc Huu - Deputy Commander of the Border Guard; Chief of the General Staff; Political Department; Department of Drug and Crime Prevention and Control; representatives of the award-winning units.
Old age but… ageless
The house of Mr. Arat Cuoc, a prestigious person in Prao town (Dong Giang district) is located on a small concrete road in Adinh residential group. The other side of the house is adjacent to a cool river. Over the years, thanks to his hard work, he has built himself a property with a neat house, a garden of many kinds of fruit trees, and a herd of pigs in breeding season.
Pointing across the river, he said: The old acacia plantation of several hectares is in harvest time, but the road is a bit difficult to travel, so it is more or less not as expensive as the one near the main road. However, it is also one of the assets of his wife and him, a savings that brings him a significant income to enjoy his old age. Each harvest, his family earns a profit of tens to hundreds of millions of dong per crop.
In his large garden, he planted many types of trees such as lemon, grapefruit, dwarf banana, and many other types of trees. In the front of the house, he and his wife opened a grocery store with many types of necessities to serve the people living nearby. “We built the riverbank ourselves, hired people to fill in the soil to raise the garden so we could plant trees and make a living. Before, it was so dilapidated that it was difficult to do anything. With the land, we can plant more trees, raise pigs and chickens,” said Mr. Cuoc.
As if afraid that we would not believe him, he led us to the edge of the river to see more clearly. Looking down from the high hut, the land adjacent to the river was square, clean, and about two meters above the river surface, with all kinds of plants creating a colorful picture. On the beautiful land next to the main house, he built a hut in the traditional style of the Co Tu people - where he displayed a picture of Uncle Ho and some of the family's traditional musical instruments.
“I also propagate to people about how to do it, how to convert crops and livestock to improve the economy. Like the national target programs, when I propagate about support policies, people are very happy. Recently, dozens of households were also given cows, pigs, and seeds. I, together with the cadres of the residential group and town, propagated them to take good care of them, to stabilize their livelihoods,” Mr. Cuoc shared.
Knowing that we were reporters from the Ethnic and Development Newspaper, he grabbed my hand and led me to a corner of the garden with durian trees that were over a year old, taller than a person, and said: “I saw a few articles in the Ethnic and Development Newspaper about a very good model of growing durian trees, which were also economically effective, so I bought some to try. Now I see that they are growing well and are suitable for the soil. This time, the district has provided many seeds to the people, so I will plant them on a larger area soon. Many people have planted them before, so I am also interested.” He said and held the durian branches as if they were treasures.
Not only is he good at business, Mr. Arat Cuoc is also a pioneer, along with the local prestigious people, in performing well the role of propagating and disseminating the law to the people. In addition, he also does a good job of reconciliation and maintaining local security and order. Not only that, in recent years, he is one of the people who contributed to preserving and developing the weaving craft in the locality.
Retired but not retired
Whenever mentioning Mr. Tran Dinh Sach (82 years old, residing in Kham Duc town, Phuoc Son district), everyone expressed their admiration. Over the years, despite working in many different positions in the Judiciary, he has always fulfilled his role and responsibilities well. That is why, despite his retirement, he was still voted by the people as a Prestigious Person of Residential Group 3.
Despite his “rare” age, Mr. Sach is still actively doing business and striving to get rich. Currently, his family owns a large tea garden of nearly 1,000 square meters, which brings in tens of millions of dong each year. Along with that, he raises chickens and digs ponds to raise fish, to improve his life. In addition, he also grows ornamental plants, both to satisfy his passion and to earn extra income in his spare time.
As a prestigious person in the area for many years, Mr. Sach always closely follows and goes deep into every corner to propagate the policies of the Party and State to the people, focusing on propagating good ways of doing business, mobilizing people to change their way of thinking and doing, thereby rising up to escape poverty sustainably.
According to Mr. Sach, in order to effectively propagate the policies and guidelines of the Party and State to the people, first of all, there must be specific and easy-to-understand things. For example, in economic development, what are the typical models, what are the livestock and plant varieties that are similar to the locality? Or in the issue of propaganda to prevent child marriage, we must find out how other localities do it effectively, then have specific and practical evidence so that people can easily understand and comply.
“I read about the models of raising cows, pigs, growing durian or cinnamon trees in the mountainous areas of Dong Giang, Bac Tra My, Tay Giang in the Ethnic and Development Newspaper and found them very good, and then shared them with the people. The land and soil there are similar to here, if applied well, the economy will also develop a lot. Especially the model of growing fruit trees such as grapefruit, orange, guava, durian, I read that it is very good, quite effective, currently the authorities at all levels are also very interested in supporting seedlings, so if our people can apply it, it will be great,” said Mr. Sach.
Not only taking care of the economy, in many areas, he always tries to propagate and mobilize people to comply well. For example, last year, he mobilized dozens of households to contribute working days and donate land to build inter-village roads; or he has many important contributions in propagating to eliminate backward customs, early marriage and incestuous marriage.
Mr. Dang Tan Gian, Deputy Director of the Department of Ethnic Minorities and Religions, said: Over the years, the prestigious people have truly been a solid support for ethnic minorities in the locality. In order to promote the role of this force, Quang Nam has fully implemented policies such as commendation, gift giving, and visiting when sick. In addition, providing timely information to prestigious people.
Not only Mr. Arat Cuoc or Mr. Nguyen Dinh Sach, hundreds of prestigious people in the highlands of Quang Nam have been contributing their efforts to the development of their villages. They are always at the forefront of developing the family economy, and mobilizing people to actively work and produce, to escape poverty. They are an active bridge in propagating and mobilizing people to effectively implement the policies of the Party and the State.
Source: https://baodantoc.vn/diem-tua-o-vung-cao-quang-nam-1742219354874.htm
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