Hanoi people donate land to build roads

In 2023 alone, tens of thousands of square meters of land were donated by people in many communes of Ba Vi and My Duc districts to expand roads and build new rural areas.

In late 2023, Mr. Dinh Trong Phuong's family (Lat village, Minh Quang commune, Ba Vi district) and many other households were busy buying materials and rebuilding the surrounding wall after donating 40 square meters of land to widen the village road.

Dinh Trong Phuong's family rebuilt the surrounding wall after donating land to open a road in Lat village. Photo: Vo Hai

"The villagers told each other to move the walls back a little so that the road wouldn't "stick out or recede," said Mr. Phuong, adding that Lat village is located in the center of the commune, land prices are always higher than other villages, but people are willing to donate land to open roads.

According to the leader of Minh Quang commune, when there was a project to build a road, each household in the village along the road told each other to donate at least one square meter. The whole village had 46 households donating more than 900 square meters of land and voluntarily demolishing thousands of square meters of surrounding walls. In addition to Lat village, Noi village had 12 households donating more than 740 square meters; Moc village had 5 households donating about 250 square meters. In total, the three villages donated nearly 2,000 square meters of land in 2023.

Not only Minh Quang commune, people in many other communes of Ba Vi district also responded to the land donation movement such as Cam Linh, Khanh Thuong, Dong Quang, Van Thang, Minh Quang, Tong Bat...

People of Lat village walk on the newly renovated and expanded road thanks to land donation. Photo: Vo Hai

Ba Vi district said that in more than 10 years of building new rural areas, people in the district have donated more than 200,000 m2 of residential land and nearly 900,000 m2 of agricultural land. This movement has created land funds to widen roads in residential areas from 2 m to an average of 4-5 m, in many places 9 m, creating a spacious rural appearance.

In December 2023, My Duc was the last district of the capital recognized by the Prime Minister as meeting new rural standards. To achieve this result, people in the district donated nearly 5,500,000 square meters of residential land, more than half a million square meters of agricultural land, and supported nearly 151 billion VND and 230,000 working days.

A typical example of the land donation movement in My Duc is the family of Mr. Nguyen Van Nhat (Tho village, Hop Thanh commune) who donated more than 80 square meters three times in 2017, 2020 and 2023 to widen two village roads. "Donating land to build wider village roads and alleys, the first beneficiaries are our children and grandchildren, then the villagers," said Mr. Nhat.

Mr. Nguyen Van Quynh (first) and Mr. Nguyen Van Nhat (middle) stand on the road that was widened thanks to land donation. Photo: Vo Hai

Also donating land many times like Mr. Nhat, Mr. Nguyen Van Quynh (Tho village, Hop Thanh commune) said that in 2013, when he went to the district for training as Vice Chairman of the Commune Elderly Association, he heard about the policy of building new rural areas. When he returned home, he discussed with his wife and children and agreed to build a 50 cm wall to donate land for village roads. In 2023, there was a project to build a new road, and he donated another 32 square meters of land.

Mr. Quynh's work has been well received by many villagers. The dirt road through the village, which was previously difficult for cars to travel on, has now become a concrete road, allowing two cars to pass each other. According to statistics from the Hop Thanh commune government, Tho village has more than 70 households that have donated about 3,000 square meters of land to expand the road, costing more than 3 billion VND.

Mr. Le Van Trang, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of My Duc district, said that in the past time, the district has solidified nearly 400 km of village roads and alleys, with active contributions from people in terms of materials, labor and land donation. Many villages initially had only 3 m wide dirt roads, but after people donated land, they widened them to 7 m, facilitating traffic and promoting the local socio-economic development .

Vo Hai

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