Talking with the locals, the President said that the VFF has upheld thenation’s noble tradition of unity, gathering people from all walks oflife in the fight for national independence and freedom. In thedevelopment process of the national revolution, the front hasunceasingly been strengthened and expanded to meet the requirements ofeach period, and has become one of the decisive factors behind thesuccess of the Vietnamese revolution, he said.
According to President Truong Tan Sang, the campaign “All people uniteto build cultural life” launched by the VFF has reaped remarkableoutcomes, helping enrich communities’ cultural and spiritual life.Meanwhile, the annual National Great Solidarity Festival has created ademocratic forum for all people to voice their opinions.
The President emphasized that the VFF should work as a bridge toconvey public opinions to Party and State agencies, and at the same timecoordinate with its member organisations and the authorities to wellcarry out its monitoring and social criticism functions.
One of six villages in An My Commune, An Thai village with populationof 2,170 has become a model in the drive “All people unite to buildcultural life” as well as the campaign on building new style ruralareas. Nearly 80 percent of local households have met the criteria to berecognised as a “cultural family”. During 2013-14, the village hascompleted the rearrangement of rice fields to create large-scale fields,paving the way to the application of scientific and technical advances,thus raising the average rice yield to 13.5 tonnes per ha and annualper capita income to 25.2 million VND (1,200 USD).
The local community said they will continue with the “All people uniteto build cultural life” campaign and took the occasion to ask for Statehelp in building infrastructure and the irrigation system.-VNA
