Memorial site for female hero martyr Nguyen Thi Ut, at Ngoc Ho hamlet, Tam Ngai commune, Vinh Long province.
Heroine martyr Nguyen Thi Ut lived and fought for independence, freedom and made famous the spirit of Vietnamese women: "Heroic, indomitable, loyal, and courageous".
The glorious achievements of the female guerrilla team
Ms. Nguyen Thi Ut, a poor girl who had to work as a servant since childhood, soon awakened to revolutionary ideals and became an experienced guerrilla fighter, achieving many glorious feats. Ms. Ut is the main character in the work "The Mother with a Gun" by writer Nguyen Thi, famous for the simple saying "I will fight even if I have the hem of my pants", expressing the indomitable fighting spirit of the people of the South.
Ut was born in 1931 in Tam Ngai commune, Cau Ke district, former Tra Vinh province. During the revolutionary struggle until her death in November 1968, Ut, together with the local guerrilla forces and our main force, fought steadfastly, intelligently, and bravely against the enemy in 23 battles. Of these, 8 were during the anti-French period, killing and injuring more than 200 enemies, capturing 70 guns, and foiling many enemy sweeps.
During the fierce resistance war against the French, the situation between us and the enemy was not balanced, but Ut was still undaunted and fought steadfastly, as shown in the saying: "They attack us, we attack them". At this time, Ut took on the task of liaison, reconnaissance, grasping the situation, reporting timely information, our main force troops coordinated with local guerrilla forces to cause many losses to the enemy.
During the period 1950-1953, the battlefield situation in the communes of Tam Ngai, Cau Ke, An Phu Tan was extremely fierce, many of our officers and soldiers were sacrificed. Being hunted down by the enemy, Ut had to carry her child to Dong Thap province to hide. Here, Ut contacted our base, joined her comrades in destroying bridges and attacking enemy posts.
Farmers in Tam Ngai commune, Vinh Long province harvest high-yield rice.
Following the fighting example of Ut, during the resistance war against the US to save the country, many women voluntarily joined the commune guerrilla team to fight the enemy. Therefore, the superiors allowed Tam Ngai commune to establish a female guerrilla team, Ut was appointed as a squad leader, commanding many battles, contributing to the depletion of enemy forces.
In 1964 and 1965, while Ut was pregnant, she still joined the commune guerrilla force to attack Ba My post, Thanh Phu, intercepting an enemy regiment landing in Tan Dinh hamlet and achieving a great victory. In addition, Ut also mobilized mothers and sisters to organize revolutionary propaganda and participate in military work.
Ms. Tran Thanh Hong, the person in charge of reconnaissance and protection of female hero martyr Nguyen Thi Ut, shared: Ut devoted her whole life to the cause of national liberation. In fighting the enemy, Ut was a brave, resourceful, and talented soldier, many times leading troops to destroy enemy posts and forts, taking their guns without firing a single bullet.
Today, the memorial site of female hero martyr Nguyen Thi Ut, in Ngoc Ho hamlet, Tam Ngai commune, is a red address for people from all over the country to visit and learn about the revolutionary struggle history of female hero Ut in particular and the Party Committee, army and people of Vinh Long province in general.
Building a model new countryside
With many outstanding achievements in the struggle for national liberation, Tam Ngai was awarded the title of Heroic Commune of the People's Armed Forces by the President; the Prime Minister recognized the commune as a Safe Zone according to Decision No. 1317/QD-TTg dated November 1, 2024.
Tam Ngai commune was newly established after merging 3 commune-level administrative units including Tam Ngai, Thanh Phu, Thong Hoa, with a natural area of 61,310km2 and a population of 40,282 people. Tam Ngai commune is continuing to maintain and improve the quality of the criteria for an advanced new rural commune and a model rural commune.
In the period of 2021-2025, the commune mobilized nearly 500 billion VND to build modern rural infrastructure, creating a bright, green, clean and beautiful environmental landscape. Currently, 100% of inter-hamlet roads, more than 90% of alleys, hamlets, and main roads in the fields are paved with asphalt or concrete. The rate of households using clean water is 87.2%, 99.8% use safe electricity.
At the same time, Tam Ngai commune has deployed many effective, sustainable agricultural production models that adapt to climate change such as: Growing fruit trees that meet VietGAP standards; cultivating high-quality, low-emission rice, associated with product consumption contracts; raising biologically safe ducks;...
Up to now, the average production value on rice land has reached 174 million VND/ha, fruit land has reached 375 million VND/ha. The average income per capita of the commune has reached 81 million VND/year.
Typically, Mr. Nguyen Van Be Thi's family, Hamlet 4, Tam Ngai Commune, converted 0.6 hectares of rice land to grow Nam Roi grapefruit according to VietGAP standards, invested in an automatic irrigation system, and the enterprise guaranteed the output of the product. Thanks to that, Mr. Thi has a stable income of more than 300 million VND/year, with economic efficiency 5-7 times higher than that of rice.
The model of growing Nam Roi grapefruit meeting VietGAP standards of Mr. Nguyen Van Be Thi, Hamlet 4, Tam Ngai commune, Vinh Long province.
According to comrade Tran Thanh Binh, Secretary of the Party Committee of Tam Ngai commune, building advanced new rural areas and model new rural areas, associated with accelerating the restructuring of the agricultural economy, helps improve the material and spiritual life of the people.
Up to now, the commune has actively encouraged farmers to produce agricultural products that meet VietGAP and organic standards, bringing high economic value. It has focused on reorganizing production, focusing on developing cooperative economy, closely linking businesses and farmers in production, processing and consumption of products.
MINH KHOI
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