Tam Lu border commune mobilizes resources for advanced new rural construction

Visiting Hau village - a model NTM village of Tam Lu commune (Quan Son), we were told by Mr. Ha Van Nhuong, Party cell secretary and village chief: Hau village is mostly inhabited by Thai ethnic people. Exploiting the potential of the hills and forests, the Party Committee and People's Committee of Tam Lu commune have led and directed Hau village to focus on forest protection and development (BV&PTR) in association with protecting the "fence" of the Fatherland.

Bamboo forests in Tam Lu commune have been protected, cared for properly, and developed well.

By early January 2025, Hau village had planted 268 hectares of bamboo and 138 hectares of bamboo, bringing the total area to 2,082 hectares of bamboo forest and 1,600 hectares of bamboo forest. Due to proper protection and care, bamboo and bamboo forests produce healthy shoots, growing abundantly, providing a stable source of raw materials for processing facilities. Most households in the village have a stable income from bamboo and bamboo, an average of about 20 million VND/ha/year. Management, forest protection and development work is effective. The whole commune has 15 forest product processing facilities, not only purchasing raw materials for people but also creating jobs and stable income for nearly 200 direct workers and 600 indirect workers. 130 households out of a total of 160 households in Hau village also develop livestock and poultry farming to increase income. The lives of the villagers are better off, they trust and support the policies of the Party and State, and join hands with the local government to successfully build a model new rural village by 2020.

Tam Lu is the first commune of Quan Son district and the first border commune under Program 135 of Thanh Hoa province to complete the New Rural Construction in 2018. Currently, the commune has been focusing on propaganda and mobilizing people to build advanced new rural areas. Officials and people in the commune are clearly aware of the operating mechanism of the Advanced New Rural Construction Program as "people do, people enjoy, using people's strength to take care of people". Not only has it overcome the mindset of waiting and relying on others, but it has also actively learned, visited, and proactively built many models of forest economic development and animal husbandry under the forest canopy for quite high income. People have been proactive in environmental protection, food hygiene and safety; developing commodity production has brought quite high economic efficiency.

In 2024, the commune's forestry production value will reach more than 20.5 billion VND. The total livestock herd will grow with 306 buffaloes and cows; 1,330 pigs, goats and tens of thousands of poultry. The average income per capita of the commune will reach 36 million VND/year. Infrastructure continues to receive investment attention. The quality of cultural and social activities is effective, social policies are fully and promptly implemented. National defense and security are stable, border security and forest security are ensured; foreign affairs are regularly exchanged. Party building and the political system are improved and operate effectively.

The movement to practice a cultural lifestyle, the movement to donate land to expand roads, ensure environmental sanitation, actively build green fences, develop OCOP products, build areas free of crime and drug abuse... is increasingly widespread. Tam Lu commune has successfully implemented the model of "a clean commune in terms of crime and drug abuse". The whole commune has 2 products achieving 3-star OCOP. People voluntarily agree to donate land to expand roads. Building a commune that meets advanced NTM standards with modern socio-economic infrastructure; reasonable economic structure and forms of production organization, associated with rural development according to planning, a democratic, stable rural society rich in national cultural identity. The ecological environment is protected, security and order are maintained, and the material and spiritual life of the people is increasingly improved.

Comrade Le The Anh, Secretary of the Party Committee of Tam Lu commune, shared: Accompanying Tam Lu commune in striving to reach the advanced NTM target before June 2025, Quan Son district has paid attention to leading, directing and supporting the commune to soon complete the advanced NTM construction. Since the beginning of 2025, many infrastructure projects have been and are being implemented, such as the project to build a rigid bridge across Lo River (in Hau village); the project to upgrade the road from National Highway 217 to the communes of Tam Lu and Tam Thanh; the project to build a traffic road from Hau village to Tinh village (Tam Lu commune). In addition, a number of inter-village and intra-village traffic roads, centralized domestic water works, etc. are urgently under construction. In 2025, the commune will focus on leading and directing the implementation of specialized resolutions, focusing on continuing to synchronously implement solutions, mobilizing resources for advanced NTM construction associated with effectively implementing the program of rapid and sustainable poverty reduction.

Article and photos: Thu Hoa

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