Prestigious people in Son La regularly coordinate with propaganda forces to mobilize people to develop the economy.

Among the 2,200 prestigious people in Son La province selected and recognized according to Decision No. 12/2018/QD-TTg dated March 6, 2018 of the Prime Minister, there are 247 prestigious people living in the border communes of Son La province. By title, there are 260 prestigious people holding the positions of Party Secretary, Village Chief and 53 prestigious people are Heads of the Front Work Committee.

To see clearly the role of prestigious people among ethnic minorities in the mountainous, border and difficult communes of Son La, we went to the mountainous district of Bac Yen. This is one of the districts with more than 90% of ethnic minorities living in the mountainous communes and villages, of which nearly 50% are H'Mong ethnic people.

Cardamom growing model of Mr. Giang A Chu's family, a prestigious person in Pa Cu Sang village, Hang Chu commune, Bac Yen district

Comrade Nguyen Dang Thuc, Head of the Ethnic Affairs Department of Bac Yen district, informed: Implementing the policies of the Party and the State on socio-economic development, ethnic minorities in the district have actively converted to crops with economic value, such as hawthorn trees, terraced rice fields...

In particular, the people also know how to develop community tourism. The poverty rate of the H'Mong ethnic minority has decreased to 14.3%. Political security and social order and safety are ensured and maintained. The people trust the leadership of the Party Committee and the government. This result has been greatly contributed by prestigious people in the ethnic minority community.

As in the highland commune of Hang Chu,Bac Yen district, where there were once many difficulties with backward customs in daily life, there was still deforestation for farming, replanting opium, early marriage, funerals and weddings were still prolonged, affecting production and life, but now the commune has changed a lot...

Mr. Sung Gia Dia (middle) is a prestigious person in Cong Chap village, Phong Lai commune, Thuan Chau district. He is a pioneer and helps villagers grow medicinal plants under the forest canopy.

Comrade Mua Pao Tua, Secretary of the Hang Chu Commune Party Committee, Bac Yen District, said: In recent years, the appearance of the commune has changed a lot, with strong transformations in economic development. These changes, in addition to the attention of the Party and the State in investing in infrastructure, also have the contributions of prestigious people in the villages when they pioneered in bringing new things with high economic value to the people. Not only are they typical examples in economic development, they are also important nuclei in propagating and mobilizing people to well implement the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's policies and laws...

In Hang Chu commune, the H'Mong people here all know Mr. Giang A Chu, 75 years old, a prestigious person in Pa Cu Sang village. He has taken new directions, mobilizing people to destroy opium poppy cultivation and replace it with cardamom for high economic value. Up to now, his family life has stabilized, his children can go to school. Pa Cu Sang village was chosen as the cleanest and most forest-protected village in the commune.

With the determination to help people escape poverty, Mr. Giang A Chu bought 15kg of cardamom seeds himself, researched and guided, helping people to eliminate hunger and reduce poverty through this model. From the first 3 hectares of cardamom of his family, the area of ​​cardamom cultivation in Hang Chu commune has now increased to more than 300 hectares, becoming the largest cardamom growing area in Son La province with the income of cardamom growing households from 40-50 million VND/year.

Mr. Giang A Chu shared: Having been a Party member for 35 years, I always have to set an example for my fellow Party members and compatriots. To make people listen to me and follow me, I must first go first and do my job well. Over the years, I have been trusted by the people and have been invited to participate in everything in my village, from patriotic emulation movements to road construction activities, propaganda, mobilizing people to develop the economy or sending school-age children to school.

Over the years, prestigious people in the regionethnic minoritieshas played a good role in economic development and other fields.

In Chieng Khong village, Quy Huong commune, Moc Chau district, when mentioning Mr. Trieu Van Dan, a prestigious Dao ethnic person, everyone knows. Because in addition to being a person who always actively participates in the movements and activities of the village or is a typical example in economic development, Mr. Dan also coordinates with the Village Management Board to propagate people to switch from growing corn and cassava on the fields to growing fruit trees, developing livestock in the direction of commodity production.

Mr. Trieu Van Dan said: Currently, my family grows more than 1 hectare of longan, custard apple and banana, raises breeding cows and pigs, and earns more than 200 million VND per year. From the family's comprehensive economic model, in addition to increasing the family's economic income, many households have come to learn and follow suit and have escaped poverty.

Comrade Nguyen Van Thu, Head of the Ethnic Minorities Committee of Son La province, informed: Over the years, the prestigious people in Son La province have always been the core mass force, they have been helping agencies in the political system successfully complete their assigned functions and tasks. At the same time, through the extended arms of prestigious people, they have helped Party committees and authorities at all levels grasp the thoughts, feelings and aspirations of the people.

Through assessment, it shows that: In production development, many prestigious people in communes and villages in Son La have taken the lead, participated in propagating and mobilizing people to promote the application of new scientific and technical advances in production, intensive farming, increasing crop yields, developing household economy; actively implementing policies, mechanisms and strategies on agricultural and rural development of the province.

Mr. Vang Dua Di, Long He highland commune, Thuan Chau district is also a prestigious person in economic development and mobilizing highland people to destroy opium poppies.

Currently, in Son La province, there are many prestigious households and individuals who are typical in labor, production and business. In 2023 alone, 37 households and individuals were honored as typical advanced models nationwide and participated in the "Village Support" program.

Contributions of prestigious people atSon La provinceIn recent years, it has been helping Party committees and authorities at all levels in the province successfully implement socio-economic development goals. In particular, the poverty rate in Son La province has decreased from nearly 22% in 2021 to more than 11% in 2024; the poverty rate of ethnic minorities has decreased from 21.34% in 2021 to 10.9% in 2024.

Thereby, contributing to Party building, consolidating the political system at the grassroots level; building the solidarity bloc of ethnic groups; strengthening the trust of ethnic minorities in Son La province with the Party and State.

QUOC TUAN