In 2023 alone, tens of thousands of square meters of land were donated by residents in many communes of Ba Vi and My Duc districts to expand roads and build new rural infrastructure.
In the final days of 2023, the family of Mr. Dinh Trong Phuong (Lat village, Minh Quang commune, Ba Vi district) and many other households were busy buying materials and rebuilding their boundary wall after donating 40 square meters of land to expand the village road.
The family of Mr. Dinh Trong Phuong rebuilt their boundary wall after donating land to open a road in Lat village. Photo: Vo Hai
"The villagers told each house to move their walls back a little so that the road wouldn't 'protrude and recede'," Mr. Phuong said, adding that Lat village is located in the center of the commune, and land prices are always higher than in other villages, but the people are willing to donate land to open the road.
According to the leaders of Minh Quang commune, when a road construction project was underway, each household in the village along the road donated at least one square meter of land. The entire village, with 46 households, donated over 900 square meters of land and voluntarily demolished thousands of square meters of boundary walls. Besides Lat village, Noi village had 12 households donating over 740 square meters; Moc village had 5 households donating approximately 250 square meters. In total, the three villages donated nearly 2,000 square meters of land in 2023.
Not only in Minh Quang commune, but also in numerous other communes of Ba Vi district, people have responded to the land donation movement, including Cam Linh, Khanh Thuong, Dong Quang, Van Thang, Minh Quang, Tong Bat, etc.
Villagers in Lat hamlet walk on the newly renovated and widened road, thanks to land donations. Photo: Vo Hai
Ba Vi District reports that over 10 years of building new rural areas, the people in the district have donated more than 200,000 square meters of residential land and nearly 900,000 square meters of agricultural land. This movement has created land reserves to expand roads in residential areas from 2 meters to an average of 4-5 meters, and in many places 9 meters, creating a more modern and attractive rural landscape.
In December 2023, My Duc became the last district in Hanoi to be recognized by the Prime Minister as having achieved the new rural standard. To achieve this result, the people of the district donated nearly 5,500 square meters of residential land, more than half a million square meters of agricultural land, contributed nearly 151 billion VND, and provided 230,000 days of labor.
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 over 80 square meters three times in 2017, 2020, and 2023 to expand two village roads. "Donating land to build wider village roads and alleys benefits our children and grandchildren first, then our neighbors," Mr. Nhat said.
Mr. Nguyen Van Quynh (first) and Mr. Nguyen Van Nhat (middle) stand at the road that was widened thanks to donated land. Photo: Vo Hai
Like Mr. Nhat, Mr. Nguyen Van Quynh (Tho village, Hop Thanh commune) also donated land many times. He recounted that in 2013, while attending a training course in the district as the Vice Chairman of the Elderly Association of the commune, he learned about the new rural development program. Upon returning home, he discussed it with his wife and children and they agreed to move their boundary wall back 50 cm to donate land for the village road. In 2023, when another new road construction project was underway, he donated an additional 32 square meters of land.
Mr. Quynh's initiative has been well-received by many villagers. The dirt road through the village, previously difficult for cars to navigate, has now been paved with concrete, allowing two cars to pass each other easily. According to statistics from Hop Thanh commune authorities, more than 70 households in Tho village have donated approximately 3,000 square meters of land for road expansion, valued at over 3 billion VND.
According to Mr. Le Van Trang, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of My Duc District, the district has recently paved nearly 400 km of village and hamlet roads, thanks to the active contributions of the people in terms of materials, labor, and land donations. Many villages initially had only dirt roads, 3 meters wide, but after people donated land, they were widened to 7 meters, facilitating transportation and promoting the socio -economic development of the locality.
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