This year is the 4th year, Kim Phu commune (Tuyen Quang city) was chosen as the location to launch the Tree Planting Festival.
Comrade Luu Hong Cham, Chairman of Kim Phu Commune People's Committee, said that Kim Phu currently has 2,100 hectares of forest. For many years now, there has been no vacant land left in the commune. Wherever the land is exploited, people will plant forests there. Right after the launching ceremony of the Tet tree planting festival "Eternal gratitude to Uncle Ho", Kim Phu strives to plant more than 60 hectares of forest in the first days of the year.
From 7 a.m., ethnic people dressed in traditional costumes gathered in village 21, ready for the Tree Planting Festival. Although the Tet atmosphere still lingers, the production spirit is already enthusiastic. Ms. Trieu Thi Nai, Red Dao ethnic group in village 22, Kim Phu commune, is excited. This is the first year she has participated in planting trees on the occasion of launching the Tree Planting Festival to forever be grateful to Uncle Ho. Ms. Nai hopes, today's exciting atmosphere will be the driving force for everything to go smoothly in the new year.
President Vo Van Thuong; Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Do Van Chien and Provincial Party Secretary Chau Van Lam planted trees at the ceremony.
Sharing the joyful atmosphere, Ms. Quan Thi Khoa, village 8, hopes for a good new year with a bountiful harvest, hopes the hustle and bustle of the launching day will spread, creating motivation for the people and for Kim Phu commune is increasingly developing and thriving.
At the launching ceremony, President Vo Van Thuong affirmed that, from the spring of 1960 until now, every time Tet comes, our people organize the "Tree Planting Festival". More than 6 decades have passed, "The Tree Planting Festival is eternally grateful to Uncle Ho" has become a tradition, a custom, a cultural beauty, and a widespread mass movement that brings great benefits to the country. .
Planting trees has contributed to protecting and improving the ecological environment, improving the landscape, proactively preventing and combating natural disasters, responding to climate change, and making an important contribution to socio-economic development. , improving the quality of life of the People. The President also reminded that in the context of climate change becoming more and more complicated, planting trees is a beautiful and meaningful action, each tree planted is a priceless gift to the future for generations. .
Tuyen Quang is always a leading locality in forest management, protection and development, upholding its determination to develop agriculture and forestry into a key economic sector, contributing significantly to the goal of rural construction. innovation and socio-economic development, ensuring national defense and security of the province, and people's lives are increasingly improving.
Tuyen Quang's achievements in annual new forest planting rate have achieved good results: planting over 11 thousand hectares of forest/year; The forest coverage rate is always maintained and stable at over 65%, ranking first in the country and second in the country in sustainable forest management according to international standards; The forestry economy develops strongly, contributing to the socio-economic development of the locality and the whole country.
Comrades: Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Le Thi Kim Dung; Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van Son and leaders of ministries and central branches participated in the Tree Planting Festival. Photo: Quoc Viet
Ms. Tran Le Thuy, a resident of Village 13 wearing the Cao Lan national costume excitedly shared that this is the first year she has attended the Tree Planting Festival. The messages that the President launched during the Tree Planting Festival made people Farmers like her feel very motivated to plant, care for, and protect forests.
Immediately after the launching ceremony, 60 cho chi trees and more than 3,000 acacia hybrid trees were planted by officials, party members and people in village 21, Kim Phu commune. Localities in the province also urgently planted 10,500 hectares of forest; Focus on protecting over 160,000 hectares of special-use forests and watershed protection forests; Exploiting 1.2 million m3 of wood for processing and export industries.
Comrade Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van Son affirmed the province's determination to promote the application of technical advances in forest care and protection; Improve productivity and quality of planted forests to ensure economic efficiency and environmental efficiency, associate forest development with ecotourism development, issue carbon credits and other benefits from forests, actively build a high-tech forestry park and a regional wood production and processing center in the province.
Open up new impetus for development
Also on the morning of February 15, the urban development backbone project from Tuyen Quang city to the center of Yen Son district was officially inaugurated.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Van Son affirmed that, with the awareness that the transport infrastructure system is still limited and is a bottleneck that prevents the province from fully promoting its strengths and potential, the province has identified and developed transport infrastructure, dynamic urban areas and information technology infrastructure in Tuyen Quang province are one of the three breakthrough stages of the province.
Open to traffic to inaugurate the urban development axis from Tuyen Quang city to the center of Yen Son district. Photo: Quang Hoa
Many key traffic projects were constructed, from the first expressway Tuyen Quang - Phu Tho, Tuyen Quang continued to build the Tuyen Quang - Ha Giang expressway and many traffic works in the province. In particular, the urban development backbone project is a key project of the province. In 2021, the urban development axis from Tuyen Quang city to the center of Yen Son district will be started, expected to be completed in 2024.
At the groundbreaking ceremony, the province promised the President that it would be completed earlier than planned. And keeping its promise, with high political determination, Tuyen Quang completed the project nearly a year earlier than planned. The completed project has opened up new space, creating a driving force for socio-economic development in the region.
Unable to hide her joy, Ms. Tran Thi An, a resident of Tu District residential group, Yen Son town, shared: This is truly the path of the Party's will - the people's heart, when it has shortened the distance and travel time. between Yen Son town and Tuyen Quang city.
Mr. Phan Duc Son, Head of Tu District Residential Group, said: More than a dozen households quickly handed over the premises for this project. The route has reduced the load on National Highway 2, avoiding crowded traffic and, in particular, making travel quick and convenient. Since before the Lunar New Year, travel has been smooth. Before, if people wanted to go back to the city, it would take them 30 minutes, sometimes more if they went during rush hour. Now, they ride a motorbike from town to the city. It only takes 12 minutes, truly a big step forward, opening up great opportunities for people in the neighborhood in particular and the central area in general.
Chairman of Yen Son Town People's Committee Hoang Trung Thong shared that people were excited when the route was completed, opening up many opportunities for people. The town transformed from agriculture and forestry to commercial services very quickly. The quick completion of the urban development trunk road has created new momentum for the town to continue to receive and build many other important projects, such as the D2 trunk road project through Nghia Trung residential group to the district. , Tuyen Quang - Ha Giang expressway resettlement project...
In 2024, Tuyen Quang is determined to achieve an increase in total product in the province of over 9%; Total product per capita reached 60 million VND; Budget revenue reached 3,862 billion VND; Planted 10,500 hectares of new forest, welcoming over 2,750 million tourists. The province continues to accelerate public investment and construction progress of Tuyen Quang - Ha Giang Expressway and key projects of the province; Actively remove difficulties to speed up the progress of off-budget projects, promote the implementation progress of National Target Programs; create jobs for over 22,550 workers; The poverty rate according to multidimensional standards decreased by over 3% and many other important indicators.
The exciting atmosphere of the first working day will create a new spirit and new motivation for Tuyen Quang to steadily step forward and complete the goal of becoming a well-developed, comprehensive and sustainable province in the Northern mountainous region.
Translated by Xuan Dung
Source: baotuyenquang.com.vn
