Pioneer in economic development
Attending the 4th Congress of Ethnic Minorities, we met again the millionaire farmer Ngai Cu Ly (Hoa ethnic group), De Bua village, Phin Ho commune, Nam Po district. Still as strong as a lim tree and with the same kind smile as 5 years ago, when I and Mr. Ly climbed steep slopes, pushed aside bushes to go to his family's farm raising buffalo, cows, horses... as large as several hills. At that time, in Phin Ho when people were still poor, Mr. Ly had built the most spacious and beautiful wooden house in the village; bought enough machinery for living and production.
As a person who is not afraid of hardship, dares to think, dares to do, and takes advantage of the large land, Mr. Ly invested in building barns, buying buffaloes, cows, and breeding horses. Mr. Ly shared: At first, he built solid barns, ensuring "warm in winter, cool in summer", then started breeding buffaloes, cows, and horses. To have a good herd, Mr. Ly raised the herd by selecting large and strong animals and gradually eliminating small and weak ones. He also planted 1 hectare of elephant grass to proactively provide food for the herd, fully vaccinated and monitored the herd. From raising cows in the form of free-range grazing, Mr. Ly has now built a farm of nearly 20 hectares, one of the largest in Nam Po district; currently the total herd of buffaloes, cows, and horses is more than 150.
Not stopping there, with a creative spirit, Mr. Ly also reclaimed 2 hectares of land to grow rice, and raised hundreds of poultry of all kinds. Roads were paved and concreted, traders from all over came to Mr. Ly's house to buy buffaloes, cows, horses... With a price of 10 - 15 million VND/cow, selling agricultural products brought the family an income of over 200 million VND/year.
Mr. Mua A Chang, Ta Phin village, Ta Phin commune (Tua Chua district) was also honored to be one of the delegates attending the Provincial Ethnic Minorities Congress. We were very impressed when learning about his A Chang Homestay model. Mr. Chang is a pioneer in successfully starting a business from the homestay model; not only changing his family's life but also contributing to preserving and promoting the cultural values of the whole community. Mr. Chang said: Before getting involved in community tourism, he had done many different jobs. In 2019, he started to have the idea of investing in accommodation services in the form of homestay.
Mr. Chang has boldly invested in building a homestay on an area of 200m2 including a stilt house, a common yard, providing accommodation and food services... Along with that, Mr. Chang has proactively approached technology, promoting the accommodation model through social networks. On average, each year, Homestay A Chang welcomes about 50 - 60 groups of guests to stay and eat. After deducting expenses, the estimated profit is about 170 - 200 million VND/year. Currently, the homestay creates jobs for 5 workers, with a stable income. According to Mr. Chang, in order to meet the needs of tourists, in the near future, he plans to open more homestays with a modern, unique style but still imbued with the unique culture of the Mong ethnic group in the Northwest highlands.
Bridge between Party committees and people
As the Party Secretary of Keo village, Chieng So commune, Dien Bien Dong district, for many years, Mr. Lo Van Khut (Xinh Mun ethnic group) has always been devoted to the common work, contributing a lot of effort to the new rural construction movement to gradually change and develop Keo village...
Ban Keo is a village where the majority of the population is Xinh Mun people, the economy depends on agriculture, so the people's lives are still difficult. However, understanding the purpose and meaning of the new rural development program, in his role as Party cell secretary, Mr. Khut coordinated with government officials to propagate and deploy to the people in the village about the criteria and solutions to achieve the new rural standards.
Mr. Khut shared: "To propagate and convince people, I have to be a role model, then I have to convince my relatives and family to mobilize people in the village". Mr. Khut was the first person to contribute 200,000 VND to support the construction of the village cultural house and mobilized his brothers and family to contribute money to build the cultural house. From Mr. Khut's words and actions, the households in the village trusted and followed, each household contributed 200,000 VND, labor days, joining hands to complete the spacious cultural house, 120m2 wide. Thanks to the joint efforts of the people, including Mr. Khut's leading role, the lives of the people in Keo village have increasingly improved, the rate of poor and near-poor households has decreased to 87/148 households; the whole village has 25 well-off households.
Also a typical factor among ethnic minorities, honored to be present at the Congress, Mr. Giang A Cu, a prestigious person, an excellent artisan of Huoi Lanh village, Muong Toong commune (Muong Nhe district) is not only a bridge to propagate the Party's guidelines and the State's legal policies to ethnic minorities, he also plays a good role in propagating and mobilizing people to preserve national cultural identity and practice a civilized lifestyle.
“The culture of the Mong people is expressed through customs, ethnic costumes, cuisine and many other unique features that are different from other ethnic groups… To preserve the beauty of culture, I have constantly researched, collected, restored, and taught the younger generation the cultural values of my people; at the same time, I have actively gone to every alley, knocked on every door, and encouraged people to build a civilized lifestyle; prevented the spread of harmful cultural products; eliminated superstitions, bad customs, and prevented social evils in the locality” - Mr. Giang A Cu shared.
The delegates attending the 4th Provincial Ethnic Minorities Congress are typical representatives of many people from different villages and ethnic groups in the province. Although in different positions and positions, each typical example of ethnic minorities always fulfills the role of a bridge between the Party and the people, a spiritual support in the ethnic community. They have worked with the Party Committee and the government to build and consolidate the grassroots political system, build a great national unity bloc; change the way of thinking and working to develop the economy, preserve and promote traditional cultural identity; contribute significantly to the comprehensive and sustainable development of the province in the far west of the country.
Source: https://baodienbienphu.com.vn/tin-tuc/chinh-tri/219430/dien-hinh-tieu-bieu-dong-bao-dan-toc-thieu-so
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