Proud of the land of the Emperor, united and creatively building Gia Vien district to develop quickly and sustainably

In the 10th century, Dinh Bo Linh - the outstanding hero of Gia Vien homeland defeated and subdued 12 warlords, unified the country, named the country Dai Co Viet, proclaimed himself Emperor, and established a legitimate national foundation after a thousand years of Chinese domination. This was a major event in the history of the Vietnamese nation, a continuation of the national tradition of the Hung Kings. Dinh Bo Linh and other talented people have made history famous, becoming the eternal pride of the people of Gia Vien and a fulcrum for the journey of innovation and development of the homeland.

Dinh Bo Linh (born February 15, 924) in Dai Huu village, Dai Hoang district (now Van Bong village, Gia Phuong commune, Gia Vien district). He was the son of Governor Dinh Cong Tru (Governor of Hoan Chau, concurrently Imperial Admiral under Duong Dinh Nghe and Ngo Quyen), his mother was Dam Thi. Dinh Bo Linh showed his talent early in his youth, often organizing military drills, using cotton as flags. Thanks to his commanding talent and great ambition, Dinh Bo Linh was respected by his friends and was honored as the Chief of Dao Ao village (now Gia Hung, Gia Phu, Lien Son communes).

In 944, after Ngo Quyen died, the court was in chaos, a number of mandarins and generals rose up to claim power and hegemony, the country was in chaos (historical records called it the chaos of the 12 warlords). At that time, Dinh Bo Linh, with his spirit and military talent, was respected and supported by the local people, and nurtured the will to quell the chaos, unify the country, and establish a court. He and his close friends such as Dinh Dien, Nguyen Bac, Luu Co, and Trinh Tu organized forces, forged weapons, and occupied Hoa Lu. During the period from 945 to 950, Dinh Bo Linh had complete control over Hoa Lu and the surrounding area.

In 951, Dinh Bo Linh's forces were quite strong, his reputation had risen, making Ngo Xuong Ngap and Ngo Xuong Van afraid, sending troops to attack but not winning and having to retreat. The Ngo Dynasty collapsed, the country was in chaos. Dinh Bo Linh decided to attack the warlords. By using flexible political measures - alliance, surrender combined with tough military measures - conquest, Dinh Bo Linh successively quelled the warlords, ending the "rebellion" in the middle of the 10th century, and unifying the country at the end of 967.

In 968, Dinh Bo Linh ascended the throne as Emperor, with the title Dai Thang Minh Hoang De, named the country Dai Co Viet, established the capital in Hoa Lu, built a palace, and established a court.

In 970, the reign name was Thai Binh; the first coin of the country was minted: Dong Thai Binh Hung Bao. Dinh Tien Hoang became the first Emperor of Vietnam after the period of Chinese domination. The birth of Dai Co Viet State in 968 ended the long-standing state of dispersion and division, unifying the country. This was the first centralized feudal state in Vietnam, opening the long-term period of independence and autonomy of the nation. The great contributions of Dinh Tien Hoang in the historical process of the nation will resonate forever.

The Dai Co Viet State under the Dinh Dynasty, although it only existed for 12 years (968-980), through 2 kings, during its existence, with its organizational structure, appropriate domestic and foreign policies, the Dai Co Viet State under the Dinh Dynasty brought our country's history into an unprecedented new stage of development (compared to before), restoring the proud position of the country and the nation. From here, the country of the Vietnamese ethnic community, with its persistent and dynamic vitality, rose strongly, strong enough to resist all plots and acts of invasion by foreign invaders, holding an important position in the region in the face of major changes that have occurred and will continue in many centuries to come.

Through the ups and downs of history, from the Dinh Dynasty to the Tay Son Nguyen Dynasty, the land of the sacred land of talented people "Dai Huu sinh Vuong, Diem Duong sinh Thanh" has always had an organic connection in the process of expanding the territory, building, protecting and developing the country. In the Ho Chi Minh era, Gia Vien was proud to be one of the localities that soon established a grassroots party organization with the birth of the Vietnam Revolutionary Youth Association Branch in Loi Son village (Gia Phong, in July 1929). This is also the place where the revolutionary movement developed strongly, carried out the first uprising to seize power in Ninh Binh province, contributed with the army and people of the whole country to make the August Revolution in 1945, contributed great feats in the two resistance wars against the French colonialists and the invading American imperialists, worthy of being the heroic homeland of a heroic nation.

With a rugged mountainous terrain, being the northern gateway of Ninh Binh province, bordering the three provinces of Hoa Binh, Nam Dinh, and Ha Nam, nature has bestowed upon Gia Vien beautiful landscapes of green mountains and water, but also forced the people here to regularly face and fight against harsh natural disasters when there are floods for half a year and drought for half a year. That has tempered and molded the people of Gia Vien, who have both the good qualities common to the Vietnamese people and their own unique characteristics, namely the heroic qualities in the resistance against foreign invaders; steadfastly overcoming and controlling nature; diligence and dynamism in labor and production; a humane, gentle, friendly, hospitable lifestyle, always promoting the spirit of solidarity, mutual love, and connection for the community, so that at historical moments, the people of Gia Vien have always been prominent, making many important contributions to the process of founding, building, protecting and developing the country.

Entering the period of innovation, under the light of the innovation policy initiated and led by the Communist Party of Vietnam; promoting the historical and revolutionary traditions of the heroic homeland, the Party Committee, army and people of Gia Vien have united, been dynamic, creative, strived to overcome difficulties and challenges, and achieved many important achievements in all fields. From a purely agricultural district, once considered a "chiem khe, chuoi ky" area, where people's lives faced many difficulties, Gia Vien has now built an increasingly solid socio-economic foundation.

With strategic thinking and vision, in recent years, promoting the potential and advantages of the strategic geographical position in politics, economy, and an important trade gateway of the province and neighboring localities, along with the investment of the province, Gia Vien district has had many specific and practical preferential policies, making efforts in shifting the economic structure, mobilizing resources, investing with focus and key points, bringing the economic growth rate of the district to a high and sustainable level for many consecutive years (averaging over 25%/year), with an economic scale of over 40,000 billion VND. The economic structure has shifted towards increasing the proportion of industry, construction, trade and services (currently accounting for 97%). From a purely agricultural lowland district, Gia Vien has become the industrial center of the province with Gian Khau industrial park, 3 industrial clusters Gia Phu, Gia Lap, Gia Van have come into operation, attracting many investment projects, contributing significantly to promoting the socio-economic development of the district.

In particular, with the advantage of being an ancient land, a place of outstanding people, rich in historical and cultural traditions with many famous relics, landscapes and landscapes, the district has been focusing on developing tourism. Many models with good and creative ways in tourism development have been implemented and put into effective operation, such as: Bai Dinh Pagoda spiritual tourism area (Gia Sinh commune); Van Long wetland nature reserve (Gia Van commune); Kenh Ga mineral spring (Gia Thinh commune); Bong Cave, Ca Cave, Dich Long Cave tourist attractions (ranked as "Nam Thien De Tam Dong" - the third most beautiful cave in the South)... Historical relics such as: Temple of King Dinh Tien Hoang - Phat Tich tomb, Ky Lan pagoda (Gia Phuong); Thung Lau, Thung La (Gia Hung); Duc Thanh Nguyen Temple (Gia Thang and Gia Tien communes)... has also become a famous tourist attraction on the journey to find the origin and explore the history of visitors when coming to the land of "geomancy and talented people" - Gia Vien. Thanks to that, trade, services and tourism continue to develop comprehensively, with an average growth of 9.7%/year, nearly 3.8 times higher than in 2020. In 2023, the whole district attracted 1.7 million visitors, an increase of 47.8% in visitors and 72% in revenue compared to 2022.

Attention has been paid to synchronous investment in transport infrastructure, many works serving people's lives have been invested in and built, contributing to creating an increasingly civilized and modern rural appearance. In 2020, Gia Vien district was recognized as a district meeting new rural standards (NTM). Up to now, the whole district has 10 communes meeting advanced NTM standards, 1 commune meeting model NTM standards, 90 villages (hamlets) meeting model NTM standards; the district is striving to meet advanced NTM standards in the last year of the District Party Congress term, term 2020-2025 and striving to plan the district as a type IV urban area before 2030.

Culture and society have made much progress, poverty reduction work has been carried out drastically, ensuring social security; people's material and spiritual life has been significantly improved. In 2023, the poverty rate will be 1.92% (down 0.4% compared to 2022), near-poor households will be 1.81% (down 0.35% compared to 2022). Local defense will be strengthened, political security and social order and safety will be maintained, ensuring a peaceful life for the people and a healthy social environment to attract investment. Party building and political system building will be focused on leadership, comprehensively and synchronously implementing tasks and solutions, creating positive changes. The great national unity bloc and people's trust in the Party and the State will be increasingly consolidated.

With its achievements, Gia Vien was honored to be awarded many noble titles: Hero of the People's Armed Forces; awarded the Second and Third Class Labor Medals; awarded the Emulation Flag by the Prime Minister, along with many Emulation Flags and Certificates of Merit from ministries, branches and the Provincial People's Committee. The whole district has 9 communes awarded the title of Hero of the Armed Forces by the State; 5 individuals awarded the title of Hero of the Armed Forces, Hero of Labor by the State, 208 Vietnamese Heroic Mothers; 317 revolutionary veterans, 69 pre-uprising cadres...

The 1100th anniversary of the birth of King Dinh Tien Hoang (924-2024) is an opportunity for the Party Committee, government and people of Gia Vien to review the glorious historical traditions of the homeland, to show gratitude for the great contributions of the former emperors and sages in the cause of building and defending the Fatherland. Those fine traditions have been, are, and continue to be promoted and shine, becoming a great endogenous resource on this land. With a sincere heart and deep gratitude for the great contributions of Emperor Dinh Tien Hoang - the wise Saint, National Hero; With a spirit full of faith, determination and aspiration to rise up, the Party Committee, government and people of Gia Vien vow to unite, be dynamic, creative, exploit the maximum potential and advantages, mobilize and effectively use all resources, especially human resources, determined to build a homeland that develops quickly and sustainably, contributing to beautifying and making more glorious the heroic tradition of the land of "spiritual land and talented people", the homeland of Dinh Tien Hoang De.

Hoang Manh Hung
(Provincial Party Committee Member, District Party Secretary, Chairman of Gia Vien District People's Council)

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