Women building new countryside

- In recent times, the movement "Lang Son joins hands with the whole country to build new rural areas" has spread widely. Responding to that movement, women's associations at all levels in the province have promoted the spirit of dynamism, creativity, and actively participated in many specific and practical actions, making an important contribution to the completion of new rural criteria at the grassroots level.

Women of Bang Mac commune clean village roads and alleys

Accordingly, women's unions at all levels focus on implementing appropriate tasks associated with movements and campaigns such as "building a family of 5 no's, 3 clean's", "family of 5 yes's, 3 clean's", women join hands to protect the environment... to contribute to implementing criterion No. 17 on the environment; implementing activities to help members develop the economy , making an important contribution to implementing criterion No. 10 on income.

Vu Lang Commune Women's Union has 25 branches. In recent times, women's union members have actively participated in environmental protection activities, contributing to the construction of new rural areas in the commune. Ms. Vu Thi Hang, Permanent Vice President of the Fatherland Front Committee, President of Vu Lang Commune Women's Union, said: Clearly defining the role and responsibility of the union organization in the movement to build new rural areas, the union has directed the branches to actively participate with specific tasks; step up guidance and propaganda to link new rural construction with the union's movements. Accordingly, from the beginning of 2025 to now, the union has organized 78 village road cleaning sessions, pruning trees with the participation of more than 3,120 members. After the cleaning sessions, the union often organizes for female members to visit typical families in the movement to build "5 no, 3 clean families" to encourage other members to do the same. At the same time, the association has promoted and mobilized members to build 94 new hygienic bathrooms and toilets. Thereby, contributing to the implementation of environmental and food safety criteria in the construction of new rural areas.

Together with women in Vu Lang commune, women's union members in the whole province have also actively joined hands and contributed to the construction of the new rural areas. Ms. Vu Thi Huyen Trang, Permanent Vice President of the Provincial Women's Union, Head of the Women's Affairs Department of the Provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, said: To join hands to implement the new rural criteria, we have promoted propaganda to raise awareness for cadres and women's union members about building the new rural areas; directed unions to effectively implement the emulation movement " Lang Son joins hands to build the new rural areas", guided the implementation of the campaign "building a family of 5 no's and 3 clean", "a family of 5 yes's and 3 clean", women help each other develop the economy in association with the criteria for building the new rural areas...

Accordingly, from the beginning of 2025 to now, the Women's Union at all levels has coordinated with the government and organizations to organize over 1,300 propaganda sessions with over 69,500 participants. The main propaganda content is: implementing environmental protection, combating plastic waste, implementing the construction of green - clean - beautiful village models, propagating the contents in the set of criteria for new rural communes, advanced new rural communes, and model new rural communes in the period of 2021 - 2025... Thereby, raising awareness and promoting the role of women in the construction of new rural areas.

To contribute to implementing criterion No. 17 on environment and food safety, from the beginning of 2025 up to now, the Women's Union at all levels has mobilized women's union members and people to participate in clearing over 450 m of village roads and alleys; built 41 toilets, 9 incinerators; planted 11,300 more string of pearls trees, 20 flower beds; 100% of the union's bases supported 5 families to meet the criteria of "5 no, 3 clean families" and "5 yes, 3 clean families". At the same time, the Provincial Women's Union has allocated funds to support 92 poor women's union members to build hygienic toilet models, which are currently being completed.

Along with that, to contribute to the implementation of criterion No. 10 on income, women's unions at all levels have actively mobilized and supported members to start creative businesses and develop the economy through forms such as: receiving entrustment with the Social Policy Bank for members to borrow capital; organizing science and technology training courses... Accordingly, from the beginning of 2025 to now, the unions at all levels have received entrustment for 1,067 women members to borrow capital from the Social Policy Bank with an amount of over 80 billion VND to invest in developing economic models. At the same time, coordinating with relevant units to organize 63 classes for 1,005 women members to participate in training and transfer of science and technology on crops and livestock.

With the above specific actions, women's associations at all levels have made practical contributions to the implementation of the National Target Program on New Rural Development in the province. They are not only the ones who nurture family happiness but also the "beautiful flowers" that contribute to the more colorful picture of Lang Son's countryside. Up to now, on average, each commune in the province has achieved 10.93 criteria/commune; the whole province has 19/61 communes meeting the criteria on environment and food safety, 12/61 communes meeting the criteria on income.

Source: https://baolangson.vn/phu-nu-tich-cuc-tham-gia-xay-dung-nong-thon-moi-5063340.html