Unite to build new rural areas and civilized urban areas

Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of My Yen commune, Ben Luc district maintains the annual model of honoring excellent students.

Join hands with social security work

Through the implementation of the movement "All people unite to build new rural areas and rural areas", the Vietnam Fatherland Front at all levels in Ben Luc district, Long An province propagates and mobilizes people to well implement the Party's guidelines and policies and the State's laws.

At the same time, to contribute to rapid and sustainable poverty reduction, the Fatherland Front at all levels in the district proactively coordinates with the government and mass organizations to propagate and mobilize people to unite and help each other develop the economy , reduce poverty, and strive to get rich through many forms such as supporting capital and seeds; transferring science and technology; guiding the conversion of crop and livestock structure; sponsoring poor households;...

Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ben Luc district - Thai Van Quy shared: "Through social security programs, the material and spiritual life of the people is increasingly improved and enhanced, the rate of poor and near-poor households is significantly reduced every year. From there, creating consensus in society, contributing to the successful implementation of political , economic, cultural - social, national defense - security tasks of the locality".

According to Mr. Thai Van Quy, the movement "All people unite to build new rural areas and rural areas" has been deployed and implemented effectively, thereby promoting the positivity and consensus among the people. Up to now, the whole Ben Luc district has 11/14 communes meeting new rural standards, of which 1 commune has met advanced new rural standards (Thanh Phu).

The district has completed the dossier to propose the Provincial People's Committee to recognize Tan Hoa commune as meeting the new rural standards and My Yen commune as meeting the advanced new rural standards. In 2024, the district strives to have 2 more communes meeting the new rural standards (Thanh Loi and Binh Duc) and 1 advanced new rural commune (Long Hiep) according to the roadmap and Resolution set forth by the District Party Committee. In 2025, the district strives to "reach the finish line" of the new rural district.

Social security work is of special concern to My Yen commune, Ben Luc district.

My Yen commune (Ben Luc district) currently has 8 hamlets with 2,646 households and 10,846 permanent residents, 7,539 temporary residents. In recent times, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the commune and organizations have closely and regularly coordinated to effectively implement the movement "All people unite to build new rural areas and urban areas".

Social security work is given special attention. Many good models have been built and implemented such as Supporting orphans, lonely elderly people, and disabled people in difficult circumstances. In 2023, the commune mobilized people and philanthropists to donate 1,830 gifts worth over 679 million VND; the study encouragement movement of the Front and member organizations with the model of Honoring excellent students, giving 254 scholarships to excellent students with an amount of 55 million VND and scholarships to support going to school for 20 students in difficult circumstances with an amount of 47 million VND.

Last year, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the commune repaired 2 gratitude houses with the amount of 40 million VND and built 1 new house with the amount of 50 million VND; sponsored 11 cases including orphans, lonely elderly people, and disabled people with the amount of 8.5 million VND/month.

Thanks to the consensus and cooperation of the government and people in social security work, up to now, My Yen commune has no poor households, only 16 near-poor households. It is expected that by the end of 2023, the commune will be recognized as meeting advanced NTM standards.

Chairwoman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of My Yen Commune - Tran Thi To Quyen said: "The Fatherland Front of the commune always mobilizes people to actively respond to the movement "All people unite to build new rural areas and urban areas". The government and people in the commune always pay attention to social security work, especially mobilizing social resources to care for near-poor households, social protection, and those in difficult circumstances, determined not to let poor households arise according to the criteria of advanced new rural areas".

Building the locality to be increasingly rich, beautiful and civilized

Over the past years, under the leadership and direction of Party committees and authorities at all levels, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ward 1 (Kien Tuong town) has always promoted the spirit of solidarity, mobilizing people of all walks of life to actively participate in the movement "All people unite to build new rural areas and urban areas".

Through the 5 contents of the campaign associated with the criteria for building a civilized family, movements, national target programs, job creation, poverty reduction, gratitude, and social security. Since then, the quality of building a cultural family and a cultural neighborhood has been increasingly improved. The movement to build a civilized family in the ward has received the support and response of all classes of people.

The main roads in Ward 1, Kien Tuong town have been expanded and paved for convenient travel, which is a driving force for economic development.

For a long time, Ward 1 has been a "bright spot" in implementing the movement "All people unite to build new rural areas and urban areas" of Kien Tuong town. Having achieved urban area standards since 2016, in recent years, Ward 1's appearance has increasingly improved, the landscape and environment are green, clean, and beautiful, and people's lives have been increasingly improved.

Chairwoman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ward 1 - Huynh Thi Dam said that from the beginning of the year, the Fatherland Front of the ward set a target to strive for. Up to now, 2,550/2,550 households have registered as cultural families, reaching 100% of all 3 contents; 5/5 neighborhoods have registered to maintain cultural neighborhoods.

In recent times, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the ward has deployed and expanded many good models, bringing practical results such as Green, clean, beautiful roads; Garbage-free residential groups; Listening to people speak, speaking for people to listen; Joining hands to protect the environment for community health; One topic every quarter;...

In recent years, local people have donated 16,466 ^{square meters} of land to build roads, equivalent to about 2.2 billion VND, including 16,043 ^{square meters} of agricultural land for the project to upgrade and expand Thien Ho Duong extended road and 423 square ^meters of urban land for the Le Huu Nghia road project. "Socio-economic development goals related to people's lives such as poverty reduction, gratitude, prevention and control of drug crimes, social evils, environmental sanitation, etc. are integrated and widely deployed to the community" - Ms. Huynh Thi Dam added.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Be Sau (Ward 1, Ward 1, Kien Tuong Town) shared: “I was born and raised here, so more than anyone else, I clearly see the development and prosperity of my hometown every day. Since the campaign “All people unite to build new rural areas and rural areas” was launched.

The people unanimously cooperated with the government to implement well, since then many essential works serving people's lives were built, the urban landscape became more and more spacious; the roads were paved with asphalt, convenient for travel and business. Thanks to that, people's lives were increasingly improved.

In addition, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ward 1 regularly encourages people to practice civilized lifestyles in weddings and funerals, eliminate social evils and superstitions, and build cultural families; coordinate with schools to visit families whose children drop out of school, find out the reasons, and help bring them back to school; and encourage couples to practice family planning and not have a third child.

The implementation of the movement "All people unite to build new rural areas and urban areas" in the province in recent times has brought about practical results in many aspects of social life with the participation of Party committees, authorities, the Fatherland Front and all classes of people with the motto "People know, people discuss, people do, people inspect, people supervise, people benefit". Thereby, improving the quality of people's lives and contributing to the successful implementation of the socio-economic development plan, maintaining national defense and security in the locality./.

Khanh Duy

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