Dak Lua is far but near

*Farmer Bui Van Bay (right, residing in Hamlet 3, Dak Lua Commune) with a melon growing model brings in an income of 70 million VND/sao/65 days of growing.*

However, the people of Dak Lua commune still deeply feel the changes in the land and people here, especially when local officials and authorities make efforts to focus on the grassroots.

Changing the flood "navel" area

Dak Lua is considered the “navel” of floods. Local people still remember very clearly the historic floods in 1998, 2000, 2001 that caused them many difficulties. But since then, floods have not appeared again and the place name “navel” of floods Dak Lua is little known.

When there is no flood, it is also the time when Dak Lua farmers end the period of planting short-term crops to eat safely and avoid floods at harvest time... Dak Lua people confidently sow 3 rice crops/year, develop the profession of growing mulberry to raise silkworms and fruit trees of all kinds.

In the upcoming breakthrough tasks for local development, Dak Lua commune always determines to continuously improve the quality of its staff, especially key staff, with strong political will, sufficient qualities, capacity, and prestige equal to the task.

Party Secretary, Chairman of Dak Lua Commune People's Council PHAN VAN TUNG

Farmer Nguyen Van Hung (residing in Hamlet 2, Dak Lua Commune) said: When the canal and irrigation system in the fields of Hamlet 2 had not been invested in, farmers only sowed 1-2 rice crops per year. Because they could not take the initiative to irrigate the rice plants in the dry season and drain water in the rainy season, the yield was only 4-5 tons/hectare/crop. Now that the canal system covers the fields, farmers not only cultivate 3 rice crops per year, but the yield always reaches 7-8 tons/hectare/crop.

Thanks to the investment in the system of intra-field canals, roads and electricity, not only Mr. Nguyen Van Hung's household but also farmers in Hamlet 1 and many other hamlets in Dak Lua commune have been able to sow rice 3 crops/year, flexibly bringing mulberry trees, high-yield corn, sweet potatoes, various vegetables... into cultivation on high fields according to the model: 2 rice crops, 1 vegetable crop/year, contributing to enriching the soil with nutrients and increasing land use value.

Farmer Hoang Van Them (residing in Hamlet 4, Dak Lua Commune) said: With 3 sao of high fields, he only sows one main rice crop, then grows mulberry to raise silkworms. Thanks to that, his 3 sao of fields bring in an income of more than 150 million VND/year. This model in Dak Lua Commune is being widely applied by farmers, with a more attractive income than growing rice combined with growing crops.

Dak Lua commune has more than 250 hectares of land for growing mulberry and raising silkworms. Director of Duy Dong Mulberry Production and Service Cooperative (Hamlet 1, Dak Lua commune) Nguyen Duy Dong said that the cooperative has 20 members, providing regular jobs for more than 40 workers. Thanks to the stable price of cocoons from 155 thousand VND/kg or more, the cooperative members and mulberry growers and silkworm breeders in the commune have a relatively well-off economy .

Grassroots orientation, serving the people

Dak Lua commune is about 160km from the administrative center of Dong Nai province (from the commune to National Highway 20) and about 140km (from Dak Lua - Dang Ha). Although far from the provincial administrative center, to facilitate people in handling administrative procedures, developing the economy, enjoying health care, education , other social security policies, etc., Dak Lua commune is focusing on implementing the model of "Friendly Government", strongly innovating the working style of the grassroots government from "administrative orders" to "serving, guiding, mobilizing, persuading", so that officials and government are truly close to the people, serving the people.

*Many rice fields in Hamlet 1, Dak Lua Commune are starting to be harvested. Photo: Doan Phu*

Chairman of Dak Lua Commune People's Committee Nguyen Thanh Hien shared: The commune's cadres and leaders always focus their efforts on taking care of the grassroots, focusing on the grassroots, listening to their thoughts and aspirations to act promptly, appropriately, effectively and responsibly. From there, the cadres are closer to the people, understand the people, and the people feel that, although far from the provincial administrative center, they all fully benefit from the policies and support programs of the Central and local governments.

Party Secretary and Chairman of the People's Council of Dak Lua Commune, Phan Van Tung, said: "Friendly government" is to build a style of "respecting the people, being close to the people, understanding the people, learning from the people and being responsible to the people"; "listening to what the people say", "speaking so that the people understand", "guiding the people to do", "making the people trust" and the motto "sincere, active, cautious, persistent, tactful, effective", aiming at the people's satisfaction with the team of cadres and civil servants at the grassroots level...

“Through the implementation of a government close to the people, we have grasped and recorded many enthusiastic opinions from the people and grassroots such as: Focusing on ensuring environmental sanitation, investing in clean water for daily life, overcoming flooding in low-lying areas, investing from the budget for rural transportation in difficult areas…” - Secretary of the Party Committee of the commune Phan Van Tung cited.

Dak Lua commune has 7 hamlets, a natural land area of about 415.1 km2, a population of more than 8,200 people, including 284 ethnic minority households and 1,311 people. From 2020-2025, with budget capital and people's strength (with a total amount of 401 billion VND), the infrastructure and traffic system in Dak Lua commune is being completed. Hamlet 7 alone (a remote area of the commune) is prioritized with more than 200 billion VND of budget capital to invest in developing traffic infrastructure, education, health care, etc.

From a remote, purely agricultural commune, up to now, the economic structure of Dak Lua commune has had a positive shift, agriculture has decreased to 60%, trade - services account for 28%, small-scale industry accounts for 12% of the commune's economic structure.

According to Chairman of Dak Lua Commune People's Committee Nguyen Thanh Hien, the locality continues to promote industrial and handicraft development by focusing on developing the fields of agricultural processing, construction materials, mechanics, repair, etc. At the same time, it pays attention to, creates conditions for, and encourages existing handicraft establishments to expand their production and business scale.

Source: https://dongnai.gov.vn/vi/news/tin-dia-phuong/dak-lua-xa-ma-gan-55192.html