Yen Bai’s war veterans uphold tradition of “Uncle Ho’s soldiers”

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Yen Bai’s war veterans uphold tradition of “Uncle Ho’s soldiers”

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

YBO - Upholding the tradition of "Uncle Ho's soldiers,” Yen Bai’s war veterans have stayed united and try to set an example for others in joining patriotic emulation movements initiated by the central and local administrations.

A member of the veteran’s association of Y Can commune, Tran Yen district succeeds with citrus fruit farming.

Colonel Nguyen Trung Thai - Chairman of the Veterans’ Association of Yen Bai said the association’s local chapters have paid attention to educating members and spurring their fighting spirit in order to keep them stay alert on subversive plots and maintain national unity, political stability and social order.

In 2021, all the association’s chapters have organized workshops to popularize resolutions of all-level Party congresses, as well as directives, resolutions and action plans of the provincial Party Committee.

Setting good examples, they have strictly implemented measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19, proactively sent their members to participate in COVID-19 response communication teams and raised funds for COVID-19 relief efforts.

The chapters have been committed to local poverty reduction efforts as part of the movement calling on veterans to help each other escape from poverty with successful business and production.

The province now has 71 small and medium sized enterprises, 18 cooperatives, 26 cooperative groups, 83 plantations, and 1,963 services households owned by war veterans. Four district-level and one provincial-level clubs of veteran entrepreneur have been set up.

These businesses provide tens of thousands of jobs for local workers, with monthly wage ranging from 4.5 million – 9.5 million VND.

The veterans have also engaged in the new-style rural and civilized urban building campaigns, putting forward ideas and donating money, land and services for construction of rural infrastructure. They have contributed nearly 254,000 working days, over 950 million VND in cash and close to 156,000 sqm of land between 2014 and 2019. They have also helped upgrade and repair 536.4km of rural roads, 960km of inner-field canals, and 85 bridges and culverts, and construct 157 schools, medical stations and communal houses.

This year, they have supported concreting 15 roads at communes earning new-style rural status.

Hong Oanh

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