"Passing on" national culture

Accordingly, through specific actions and deeds, together with outstanding ethnic minority artisans, the team of Prestigious People of Quang Ninh province are shining examples in actively mobilizing and educating descendants in the family and community to participate in protecting and promoting ethnic cultural values; mobilizing people to build a new lifestyle, build cultural families and villages; preserve and promote good customs and practices, eliminate bad customs, especially in performing weddings and funerals of ethnic groups.

Typical examples include prestigious people Ninh A Cun, Dang Van Thanh, Dai Duc commune (Tien Yen), prestigious people in Bang Ca commune (Ha Long city) Ly Van Ut, Dang Thanh Luong...

As the Party cell secretary, village chief, and prestigious person of Khe Ngan village, Dai Duc commune, Mr. Dang Van Thanh is actively mobilizing people to preserve and promote the cultural identity of the San Chi people in association with the development of community tourism. Thereby, contributing to the goal of building Dai Duc commune into a center of ethnic culture rich in identity. He also coordinated with the Fatherland Front and commune organizations to establish 7 clubs to preserve and maintain ethnic culture, 1 Soong Co singing club, and opened Soong Co classes for students...

“I hope that leaders at all levels will continue to pay attention to and direct the preservation and promotion of San Chi ethnic culture in conjunction with economic development, improving the quality of spiritual life for the people of Dai Duc commune in particular, as well as Tien Yen district in general,” Mr. Thanh confided.

In fact, over the years, the team of Prestigious People has always been at the forefront of preserving and promoting traditional cultural values ​​of ethnic groups such as: The Dao people's ordination ceremony; the Soong Co festival of the San Chi people in Binh Lieu; the Cultural and Sports Association of Ethnic Minorities in Tien Yen, Binh Lieu, Ba Che, Dam Ha districts; collecting and preserving traditional costumes and Soong Co melodies of the San Diu people;...

"Bridge" to bring legal knowledge to local people

Ngan Vang Duoi Hamlet, Dong Tam Commune (Binh Lieu) has 44 households, mainly Tay and San Chi ethnic groups. The hamlet currently manages 150 hectares of forest land, which has now basically covered all the bare hills. Over the past 10 years, the prestigious Be Sinh Nghiep has participated in successfully mediating and handling many cases of disputes and encroachment on forest land of local households.

He regularly coordinates with the government to disseminate regulations on forest management, protection, exploitation and production of forest land in many different forms to raise awareness of local people, each year from 3 to 4 times of specialized propaganda on forest planting and protection; or integrate into village activities, with about 300 listeners...

Appreciating the contributions of the prestigious Be Sinh Nghiep to the development of the locality, Mr. Nong Van Son, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Dong Tam Commune, said: "Mr. Be Sinh Nghiep is also a pioneer, mobilizing his family and people in the work of planting and developing forests. He also established the Star Anise Cooperative with a number of households to build an operating fund for the village. He is a prestigious person in participating in resolving small disputes among the people, from calling, meeting, learning, mobilizing people to reconcile together, building solidarity within the family and village".

Bac Son is a mountainous border commune of Mong Cai city, with more than 22 km of border and 13 border markers, and is also an area that always has many potential complex factors such as smuggling, illegal entry and exit, human trafficking... With the thought of protecting the border and markers as well as protecting the land of his ancestors, Mr. Dang The Minh, Dao ethnic group, a prestigious person in Than Phun village, always knows by heart and understands every trail and opening in the area. Over the years, he has always been diligent in propagating the meaning of the border, border, and markers in the area; mobilizing people when visiting relatives or people in China to report to local authorities...

“In the past, there were also people who crossed the border without permission. But now, through propaganda, people have understood and grasped the provisions of the law, thereby strictly implementing the provisions of the law,” Mr. Minh added.

Not only contributing to the reconciliation and resolution of conflicts and disputes in the locality, the team of Prestigious People also reflects and contributes people's opinions and aspirations to competent authorities, contributing to limiting frustration and negativity, continuing to strengthen people's trust in the Party Committee and government.

In 2024 alone, prestigious people in the province participated in over 200 rounds of comments and recommendations to local Party committees and authorities to overcome shortcomings and shortcomings in the policy implementation process, especially compensation policies for site clearance, land recovery, land allocation policies, forest allocation policies, support for crops and livestock, etc.

Talking with Mr. Luc Thanh Chung, Head of the Ethnic Minorities Committee of Quang Ninh province, it is known that in 2024, the whole province has 391 Prestigious People. In order to build a team of Prestigious People in the ethnic minority areas in the area, the Provincial Ethnic Minorities Committee proactively coordinates with relevant departments, branches, and People's Committees of localities to promptly implement policies and regimes for this team. At the same time, the Provincial Ethnic Minorities Committee also consulted a document requesting the Provincial People's Committee to recognize the list of 7 Prestigious People to be honored at the 2nd "Village Support" Program in 2024.

Setting a shining example in the ethnic minority area of ​​Quang Ninh province: Stories of the "path pioneers" (Part 1)