Building a livable countryside in the old revolutionary base

Along with the New Year's Day, the Tay people in the revolutionary base area of Gia Ha village, Viet Tien commune (Bao Yen district) welcomed the Independence Day with joy and excitement. In the autumn sunshine, the Gia Ha rice fields smelled of yellow young rice against the clear blue sky, as if blending in with the joy of the people here.

Stele recording historical events of the past at Gia Ha communal house.

According to historical documents, in November 1947, the Provincial Party Committee and the Lao Cai Provincial Resistance Administrative Committee decided to evacuate the people to Luc Yen district, Yen Bai province, in Hung Viet commune (now Viet Tien commune, Bao Yen district, Lao Cai province).

At Gia Ha communal house, Lao Cai Provincial Party Committee held a conference of Party cadres across the province to discuss the direction of resistance, build forces in the base area, strengthen rural Party cells and discuss launching the border campaign, the Le Hong Phong campaign to liberate Lao Cai.

Gia Ha communal house was restored at its old location.

Mr. Nguyen Van Nom (born in 1941), the head of the Gia Ha communal house, said that at that time his house was right in the field near the communal house. One morning, he suddenly saw soldiers stationed in the village. In the following days, the soldiers came in large numbers, setting up camps from Gia Thuong and Gia Ha villages, Viet Tien commune to Minh Chuan (Luc Yen district, Yen Bai province). Later, we learned that they were officers and soldiers of the Lao Ha Regiment gathering to prepare for a major campaign to liberate Lao Cai.

Mr. Nom said that at that time, the people were very poor, but when the soldiers returned to their base, the people all unanimously supported them so that the soldiers had food and necessities to continue fighting.

In response to the people's wishes, in recent years, Bao Yen district has devoted resources to investing in and restoring Gia Ha communal house at its old location with a spacious and airy campus. Not only is it a red address marking one of the important milestones in the revolutionary struggle of the army and people of Lao Cai, but it has also become a place for community cultural activities of Gia Ha village and neighboring villages.

On the occasion of National Day September 2, the Tay people in Gia Ha village happily welcomed Independence Day.

Mr. Nguyen Van Nom added: During the two resistance wars against the French and the Americans to save the country, many Gia Ha youths also volunteered to join the army. Many of them passed away at a very young age. To educate the tradition of patriotism and national pride, every year on major holidays, at Gia Ha communal house, communes and villages often organize exchanges to fuel the tradition for the younger generation, so that the youth of the revolutionary countryside know how to appreciate the achievements of their fathers and brothers, thereby striving to contribute to building their homeland and country.

Promoting the local revolutionary tradition, in recent years, the Tay Gia Ha people have constantly strived to bring a new look to their homeland.

Mr. Ha Quang Thuc, Head of Gia Ha village, said that the village has 103 households, 90% of whom are Tay ethnic people, and the whole village has only 5 poor households. Thanks to the fertile fields and rich forests, the lives of the people here are increasingly improved, in which the green rice product here has been recognized as an OCOP product, famous far and wide.

Every person here is joining hands and working together to build a livable countryside.

This year, Gia Ha is striving to reach the finish line of a model rural village. The joint efforts of each person have created sweet results such as the extended inter-village and inter-family concrete roads, the rows of electric lights that are lit up every night, and the neatly trimmed flower rows. The space and landscape of the countryside are renewed to be green - clean - beautiful, Gia Ha is gradually becoming a livable countryside as the dream of many generations.

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