Changes in the highlands of Lao Cai are starting from very specific things, including the contributions of people, voluntarily donating land to open roads.
The meters of land given way today are opening up wider paths, and further, opening up paths for development.
At the end of April, many highland communes are bustling with construction atmosphere. Machinery leveling and concretizing inter-village and inter-hamlet roads.
Places that used to be muddy and slippery paths in the rainy season are now gradually forming spacious roads, connecting schools, production areas, and people's markets.
It is worth mentioning that these roads are not only built with budget funds. More than 1,380 billion VND was contributed by people in the period 2021-2025 in cash, labor days and especially donated land.
The completed roads in Lao Cai bring clear efficiency, agricultural products are transported conveniently, costs are reduced, and value is increased. People are more proactive in production, gradually shifting from self-sufficiency to commodity production.
The new road not only carries goods, but also carries opportunities. Motorized vehicles get to the village, services begin to appear, traders come, and the market expands.
The social value of those roads is also very clear. Children go to school safely, there is no longer the scene of wading streams and crossing forests in the cold rain. People have more convenient access to healthcare.
The distance between highlands and lowlands is shortened not only by kilometers, but by the quality of life.
The highlands of Lao Cai have changed thanks to people donating land to build roads, and the achievements have returned to each family and each community.
However, for the land donation movement to build roads to be effective in the long term, the role of the government is indispensable.
That is, planning must be clear and transparent, and construction must ensure quality.
All contributions of the people must be used for the right purpose, publicly, creating sustainable trust.
Lao Cai has solidified more than 3,850km of rural roads, and opened nearly 500km of new roads in the past few years. These figures not only reflect investment efforts, but are also the result of consensus between the government and people.
Donating land is not about losing it, but about investing in the future. When roads are expanded, not only goods are circulated, but development thinking is also unlocked.
