Spread the good deeds

At first, he just thought it was a beautiful morning, perfect for visiting the house and reminding the literacy class students of the new year's schedule tonight.

But before he could stop by the village chief's house, Thanh saw Klen - a student of his literacy class running to him, reporting that his fourth daughter - Yai had been missing for several days. By the time Klen calmed down, Thanh had already grasped the situation. Yai asked her mother's permission to go to her brother's house in the next village to play, because it was still the Tet holiday so her mother allowed it. Today, when her brother and sister came to play and couldn't find Yai, the whole family rushed to look for her all over the village but couldn't find her.

With his sharp guesses, Lieutenant Thanh discovered that Yai had just been given an old phone by his brother, although he was currently unreachable, it was still a clue to find Yai. So instead of stopping by other students' houses to remind them, Lieutenant Thanh quickly stopped by Kui's house - the village chief and also a former commune police officer - to talk about the situation. Thanh asked Kui to try sending a friend request via Zalo as well as texting Yai in the Bana language. After a long time of waiting anxiously, Yai agreed to make friends and asked for help from his new friend. Thanh hurriedly instructed Kui to show Yai how to locate the location, when he received the pin to locate Yai's location at the Dong Nai karaoke bar, Thanh hurriedly returned to the district to report the situation.

Lan tỏa mầm việc tốt - Ảnh 1. — Klen's family and Yai opened rice wine to celebrate Yai's rescue.

Thanks to the complete and accurate information provided by Thanh, Mang Yang district police took timely professional measures to identify and report to superiors to contact Dong Nai province police to set up a special case. So on February 13, only 3 days after contact was made, Yai was rescued by the authorities and reunited with her family.

Erase fingerprints

Senior Lieutenant Le Tuan Thanh was assigned to the project of bringing regular police officers to take up positions of commune police in 2023. He quickly learned that Kret Krot village - one of the three villages he was responsible for - was not only a particularly difficult village economically but also a hotbed of the Ha Mon cult, which caused people to flee to the mountains to pray, leaving their homes and fields unattended. According to people, the children at that time did not go to school because of this. No one cared about making a living, let alone going to school. So the most obvious consequence was that more than 80% of the village's population was illiterate. When filling out paperwork, people just used ink cartridges to roll their fingers and fingerprints.

Lan tỏa mầm việc tốt - Ảnh 2. — Teacher Thanh's evening class is filled with the efforts of mothers.

Although he quickly got used to the new working environment, those fingerprints always reminded Thanh of indescribable concerns. After sleepless nights, Thanh thought of teaching the villagers to read and write in the "Charity Class" model in the evening. The class was supported by the government but still faced many difficulties such as: the people's self-esteem, fatigue after a long day of work... Understanding these things, Thanh coordinated with the village chief to mobilize each house and the initial number of students in the class was more than 30 people, a commendable achievement for the young police officer.

After the success of the first class in Kret Krot village, although it was only taught on Mondays and Thursdays from December 2023 to December 2024, the class successfully eliminated illiteracy for more than 30 students. Thanh realized that the people's need for education still existed, so in January 2025, he opened a second class in Kon Hoa village with the number of students ranging from 15 to 35 people. Because the class was only held in the evening, students with small children chose to bring their children to class with them.

Lan tỏa mầm việc tốt - Ảnh 3. — Dad learned first to show you

Mr. Thun looked at the child sitting and playing with him, learning to read, and shared: "My child is about to go to school. I want to learn to read before him, so that when he goes to school, I can write his name, show him how to read, and learn with him. So I try to go to school."

The same goes for Ms. Klen, a woman in her early 40s who is already a grandmother, a mother of Yai - the girl who was tricked into working at a karaoke bar in Dong Nai - who could not hide her embarrassment but excitement when showing off her neat handwriting, she said: "I only intended to learn to write my name. But the more I learn, the more I like it. I want to be able to read papers and newspapers, not have someone read it to me anymore."

Lan tỏa mầm việc tốt - Ảnh 4. — Students with young children choose to bring their children to class with them.

Mr. Kuh - a teacher at Hra Primary School No. 1 - after realizing that this charity class model was extremely effective and necessary for the villagers, volunteered to accompany and help Thanh's class. Mr. Kuh said: "We have to study, only by having knowledge will we not be afraid of being deceived, and will not be lured by Ha Mon anymore. Thanh is not a villager but he still thinks like that, so we have to join hands."

Thanh's classroom model is a testament to the government's listening and understanding of the people, as the classroom is a solid bridge. Thanh always tries to grasp the people's thoughts when chatting during breaks, or coming to class a little earlier or leaving a little later. Regarding the Party's policies, prominent cases or matters related to the people's lives, Thanh will prioritize making short films for people to watch and discuss, thanks to which the security situation in the village has become much more stable.

Support from family

It is not difficult to see that Thanh is a person who loves volunteer activities. Looking at the certificates of merit neatly hung on the wall as proof of Thanh's contributions, I cannot help but admire the journey of this young lieutenant. Thanh hesitantly confided: "To get these certificates of merit, I have to thank the encouragement and understanding from my family, especially my wife."

Lan tỏa mầm việc tốt - Ảnh 5. — Lieutenant Thanh is looking to build more projects to support lonely elderly people.

Indeed, from the early days of the library project "Bookcases that light up morality" to donate books to prisons and rehabilitation centers to the project "Peaceful Roads" with the purpose of filling and patching potholes on village and inter-village roads to help people travel conveniently, contributing to limiting traffic accidents, there was support from Thanh's family members. His father - Mr. Le Van Dieng and father-in-law - Mr. Ksor Nhuat supported him in patching roads near his home, his younger brother Le Van Tam also donated blood with Thanh 15 times.

Go to school to promote and plant trees with students

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During his free weekends, he and other young people plant trees for the "Green Journey" project on alluvial beaches, on hills and mountains at military training grounds such as mangroves, kơ nia, pines, and green stars... At the same time, he also created a green startup model with nearly 300,000 startup seedlings including acacia and coffee trees to help people in difficulty start businesses to develop the economy, donate nearly 2,000 fruit trees and spread green living in schools.

When talking about his activities, Thanh confided: "I just want to help the community with my specific actions. The spirit of 'wherever youth is needed' that Uncle Ho taught is always true, sister. At first, my idea of planting trees or opening a bookshelf was inspired by Uncle Ho's teaching 'For the benefit of ten years, plant trees'. Even opening a literacy class was also based on Uncle Ho's lessons. I think we need to 'eliminate illiteracy' first, then village security will gradually be guaranteed, brother."