When mentioning the two words poor - difficult, everyone immediately thinks of hardship and difficulty. But unlike the name, when coming to the Poor - Difficult area in Hoi Xuan town (Quan Hoa), we will have a very different view, with stilt houses, long concrete roads, and rice fields on the mountainside representing the prosperity here.
Ngheo and Kho villages were formerly part of Hoi Xuan commune. In order to implement Resolution No. 37-NQ/TW of the Politburo and Directive No. 20-CT/TU of the Provincial Party Standing Committee on the arrangement of administrative units at the district and commune levels, in 2019, Quan Hoa town and Hoi Xuan commune were merged and renamed Hoi Xuan town. Since then, Ngheo and Kho villages have been transformed into Ngheo and Kho areas.
According to the elderly, Kho and Ngheo villages have existed for more than 400 years. They are located at the foot of Pu Luong mountain range, where the Thai people live. The name Kho and Ngheo was given because in the past, the traffic conditions from the commune center to Kho and Ngheo villages were very difficult and arduous, so they were named Kho and Ngheo villages, in the Thai language (Khố - Ngheo), meaning a winding, winding, and steep road. The lives of the people in Kho and Ngheo villages were extremely difficult and arduous in the past. To get to the village, there was only one single road, winding and winding between the long mountain slopes. Although it is only about 10 km from the center of Quan Hoa district town, it was a difficult journey for the people in the village to get to the town center because the road was difficult, separated by deep rivers and high mountains. The self-sufficient life without trade and commerce makes Kho and Ngheo villages seem isolated from the outside world. To make the journey to the commune center less difficult and dangerous, the people of Ngheo and Kho villages have worked together day and night to break rocks and carry soil to build a road from the village to the center of Hoi Xuan commune. Nearly 10 years ago, the State invested in building and expanding the asphalt road to the village. Thanks to that, children of the two villages can go to school in the commune center more conveniently, trade and commerce have developed, and the people's lives have gradually improved.
Party cell secretary and head of the Poor Quarter - Cao Van Khanh said: In the past, the people's lives were very difficult. Hunger and poverty always haunted the people here. The rate of poor households at times reached more than 70%. Not accepting poverty, the party members in the party cell discussed together and found many suitable directions to help people change their thinking and effective ways of doing things. With the characteristic of a locality with a large area of forestry land and a small area of agricultural land, only 13 hectares of wet rice. Therefore, in order for people to develop the economy, in recent years the party cell has assigned each party member to be in charge of groups of households in the village, thereby promptly grasping the thoughts and aspirations of the people; propagating and mobilizing each household to change production habits, converting the structure of crops and livestock; applying scientific and technical advances in production. Based on the garden conditions of each household under their charge, the party members advised them to switch to suitable planting and raising of animals... such as growing manioc, bamboo, peach, plum... Currently, the average income is nearly 40 million VND/person/year. Along with economic development, people in the Ngheo neighborhood are also interested in studying. According to the elders in Ngheo village, due to the difficult and arduous life in the past, with little arable land, despite the difficulties, the people here have chosen to rise up and get rich through knowledge. The first successful person in Ngheo village was Mr. Cao Ngoc Bich (born in 1926). Before 1954, thanks to joining the resistance war, Mr. Cao Ngoc Bich was the first person in the village to know the national language. After 1954, Mr. Bich was able to finish 7th grade, then joined the revolution, became a cadre, and a teacher of "popular education" classes in the communes of Quan Hoa district. Mr. Bich retired as the head of the cultural department. He was the first person from Ngheo village to succeed and become a cadre. Continuing that education, up to now, there are about 70 people who have graduated from university, college..., many cadres of Quan Hoa district also come from Ngheo village.
Saying goodbye to the Poor Quarter, we came to the Difficult Quarter. Through an exchange with a party member and prestigious person, Pham Quang Hau, we learned that: The Party cell has 20 party members. In recent years, with the support and facilitation of the Party Committee and the government of Hoi Xuan town, with its location leaning against the majestic Pu Luong mountain range, the Difficult Quarter has 10 hectares of agricultural land that can grow two rice crops on terraced fields around the village. Currently, along with labor production and economic development, the people in the neighborhood are very interested in their children's education. The village has established a fund to encourage learning and talent to encourage their children to study; cultural activities are maintained and preserved. With a cool climate, the Party cell of the neighborhood is being guided by the Party Committee and the government to help people develop community tourism, attracting domestic and foreign tourists to Quan Hoa and to the Difficult Quarter.
According to comrade Ha Van Tuy, Chairman of Hoi Xuan Town People's Committee, in recent years, under the direct guidance of the Town Party Committee, Party members, and people of all ethnic groups in the area in general, Party members and people of the two Poor and Difficult neighborhoods have actively accessed knowledge and information to apply in production, economic development, and building a clean and strong political system. Currently, the Poor and Difficult neighborhoods are being paid attention to by the town to develop community tourism. With cool climate conditions, majestic mountain and forest scenery, terraced fields and unique cultural and culinary features of the Thai people here, this will be a destination to attract tourists from all over the world, from which people will get rich on their own Poor and Difficult land.
Minh Hieu
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