The bravery of "Uncle Ho's soldiers"

During the previous periods of revolutionary struggle and resistance war for national salvation, as well as during the current period of building socialism and defending the Fatherland, the veteran force has grown stronger and stronger. Always preserving and promoting the traditional nature of "Uncle Ho's soldiers", generations of veterans in the province have always strived to compete to fulfill the tasks of building and protecting the Party, the government, the socialist regime, protecting the people, maintaining political security, social order and safety at the grassroots level and developing the economy, actively participating in the task of hunger eradication, poverty reduction, and building a new life in the locality...

The farm model of veteran Bui Van Cat's family (left) in Song Lo commune, Viet Tri city brings in high income.

Promoting pioneering and exemplary role

Following the introduction of the Chairman of the Association of War Veterans in Song Lo Commune, Viet Tri City, we visited the economic development model of war veteran Bui Van Cat in Zone 4 - one of the typical examples of war veteran in the emulation movement to do good business in the locality.

In 2012, veteran Bui Van Cat boldly borrowed capital and invested over 1 billion VND to renovate vacant land and develop a farm model. The fruit trees he chose were red bananas and Thai bananas, because according to him, these are two banana varieties that have the ability to grow and develop well, suitable for local natural conditions, especially high productivity, stable commercial value, trusted by traders in and outside the province to order and directly come to buy.

In 2015, promoting the effectiveness of the model, veteran Bui Van Cat continued to expand the garden area to grow Dien grapefruit. Thanks to his diligence in learning and accumulating experience from effective grapefruit growing models, his family's Dien grapefruit garden produced quality fruit. Up to now, veteran Bui Van Cat's family has nearly 2 hectares of banana growing area and nearly 600 Dien grapefruit trees, over 1.2 hectares of fish ponds. In addition, he also developed a fishing lake service model that attracts many visitors to experience. From this farm model, veteran Bui Van Cat's family has an income of 400 - 500 million VND/year. As an enthusiastic and responsible person, he also regularly helps and shares experiences with members and people to develop the economy and get rich legitimately on his homeland.

Identifying participation in new rural construction as one of the important tasks, the War Veterans Association at all levels in the province regularly propagates and mobilizes members to actively participate in movements and activities launched by the Association and the locality, including many typical units such as: War Veterans Association of Cao Xa commune (Lam Thao district), War Veterans Association of Dan Quyen commune (Tam Nong district), War Veterans Association of Son Hung commune (Thanh Son district)...

Mr. Dang Hong Tuyen - Chairman of the Association of War Veterans in Dan Quyen Commune (Tam Nong District) informed: In recent years, cadres and members of the Association of War Veterans in the commune have always been exemplary, mobilizing their families and relatives to donate land and property on land, joining hands to build rural roads and build public works. The Association also maintains self-managed war veteran roads, regularly coordinates with associations and organizations to organize environmental sanitation; propagates to members and people to collect and classify household waste; plants many trees to contribute to environmental protection, creating a green - clean - beautiful landscape. At the same time, well implement the campaign "All people unite to build a cultural life in residential areas", well implement regulations to contribute to building a civilized lifestyle in the locality. Every year, over 96% of the War Veterans Association members of Dan Quyen Commune are exemplary members, 96% of member households achieve the title of cultural family.

By the end of October 2024, the outstanding loan balance entrusted to the Veterans Association reached over VND 1,476 billion with 897 Savings and Loan groups lending to 26,792 member households to develop production and business. Up to now, the whole province has 254 small and medium enterprises, 54 cooperatives, 3 cooperative groups, 2,850 farms and ranches, over 4,300 business households owned by veterans, creating jobs for thousands of workers, many of whom are members and relatives of veterans. During the year, the Association at all levels supported the construction and repair of 70 temporary and dilapidated houses for families of veterans in difficult circumstances, contributing to improving the lives of members.

The self-managed CCB road in zone 6, Dan Quyen commune, Tam Nong district is planted with flowers and trees, creating a green, clean and beautiful landscape.

Affirming the role of the Veterans Association

Through many rich and practical methods, forms and approaches, over the past years, the Veterans Association at all levels has promptly propagated, disseminated and educated the Party's guidelines, policies, the State's laws, and the political tasks of the locality and the Association; innovated information transmission methods to increase propaganda effectiveness, promptly orient the thinking of cadres and members, contributing to building an increasingly clean and strong association...

Vice Chairman of the Provincial Veterans Association, Colonel Ha Ba Linh, said: In 2024, the whole province admitted 1,440 new members, bringing the total number of Veterans Association members in the province to 116,223 people, with 316 grassroots Associations. The activities of the Veterans Association at all levels are constantly innovated, focused, and oriented towards the grassroots; at the same time, promoting the launching of emulation movements thereby promoting the role of Veterans in all fields. Veterans Association members unite and work together to develop family economy, contributing to hunger eradication, poverty reduction, building new rural areas and civilized urban areas.

Actively responding to social, humanitarian and charitable activities, the Association at all levels has presented over 9,500 gifts worth nearly 3 billion VND to policy beneficiaries, meritorious people, war veteran members in difficult circumstances, and those with serious illnesses on the occasion of Lunar New Year and War Invalids and Martyrs Day, July 27. The Provincial War Veterans Association has allocated the War Veterans' Gratitude Fund, and at the same time received and presented donations from the Central Vietnam War Veterans Association to members affected by Typhoon Yagi. In addition, the officers and members of the War Veterans Association have enthusiastically participated in maintaining security and order in the locality, setting an example in educating their children and grandchildren, educating the younger generation on patriotism, and building a cultured family...

To further improve the effectiveness of emulation movements and improve the quality of the Association's activities, the Provincial Veterans Association directs all levels of the Association to continue to thoroughly grasp and implement resolutions and directives from higher levels; at the same time, step up propaganda and launch emulation movements to all members; encourage cadres and members to focus on developing family economy; promote the spirit of mutual love, enthusiastically share and help veterans in difficulty to rise up in life, contributing to consolidating and building a strong Association organization, successfully implementing requirements and tasks in the new situation. From there, highlight the qualities of Uncle Ho's soldiers in the war veterans' force of the whole province.

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Source: https://baophutho.vn/ban-linh-bo-doi-cu-ho-224052.htm