Determination on the construction site
The new resettlement area is located on 10ha of high terrain, safe, and suitable for arranging transport, electricity, and water infrastructure. The area includes 40 two-storey houses using the traditional architecture of the local people. Each has a total area of about 1,000m2.
Community houses, schools, and infrastructure like roads, electricity, and power systems will be built in the resettlement area.
According to Lieutenant Colonel Vu Dinh Dung, Corps 12 Commander of the construction site, when receiving the task for the project, all officers and soldiers of Corps 12 identified this as a key and meaningful project.
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The new resettlement area includes 40 two-storey houses using the traditional architecture of the local people. |
“We now have about 330 people working on the construction site, along with about 65 machines, equipment, and various transport vehicles. We are determined to complete the project as soon as possible so that the people can resettle their lives", Dung emphasised.
Currently, the first stilt houses of the project have been completed.
They are arranged in two shifts, working continuously from 6 AM to midnight despite weather conditions.
As a Truong Son Construction Corporation worker under Army Corps 12, Pham Chi Cong said the officers and soldiers of Army Corps 12 try their best to overcome the difficulties to complete the project as scheduled.
“Nu villagers have suffered too much pain. We are trying our best, hoping that the new village will be completed soon, contributing to helping locals overcome difficulties”, Cong shared.
New hope grows in the happy village
Nu Village is home to 168 people. The floods in early September swept away thirty-three households, leaving more than 50 people dead.
The floods claimed the lives of five relatives of Sam Van Bong and wiped out his house and properties.
Now, every day, after finishing his work, Bong goes to the construction site to join hands with the soldiers in rebuilding the new Nu Village.
Bong said that he could not just sit and do nothing. “After work, I go to the construction site to see if we can help. It helps me both to relax and to see the future village."
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Panoramic view of the new Nu Village. Photo taken on October 30, 2024. |
The new village is located on a high hill, not far from the old Nu Village. For those who have experienced pain and loss, like Bong, the construction symbolises hope for life.
Lieutenant Colonel Vu Dinh Dung said that Army Corps 12 and construction forces strive to complete the construction of 40 houses before November 30 and complete all infrastructure, electricity, water, and landscape of the new resettlement area before December 31 to hand over to local people who lost their homes after the flash floods.
Nguyen Van Nhat, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Bao Yen District, Lao Cai Province, said that the recent disaster has left too much pain and loss for Nu villagers as well as the Party Committee, authorities, and people of Bao Yen District in general.
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The new resettlement area is located on 10ha of high terrain, safe, and suitable for arranging transport, electricity, and water infrastructure. |
The Party Committee, authorities, and people of Nu Village are determined to build the new resettlement area into a liveable place with sustainable development in economy, culture, society, environment, national defence, and security while harmonising with nature and preserving indigenous cultural identity.
It is designed as a place where people can have a stable, prosperous and happy life.
The construction of such a “happy village” will contribute to alleviating the pain and loss of the Nu villagers, further promote the role of the people in building new rural areas, and cherish people’s hope for a better life.
