Strangely throwing garbage into the stream is punished according to ’36’ in Y Ty

In Y Ty, anyone who throws garbage indiscriminately will be punished according to the law and this practice has been effective in building a new countryside in this highland commune.

People in Lao Chai, Y Ty commune clean up the stream flowing through the village. Photo: CX Environmental sanitation criteria in the construction of new rural areas in the highlands are difficult to achieve. However, Y Ty commune (Bat Xat district, Lao Cai) has its own way of doing it. Accordingly, implementing the criteria of environmental sanitation in the construction of new rural areas, people in Lao Chai village, Y Ty commune and many other villages have applied the regulation that if anyone dumps garbage indiscriminately into the stream or throws garbage around the village, will be sanctioned according to “reason 36” of the people here. Specifically, “36” stipulates that anyone who throws garbage indiscriminately will be fined 36kg of live pigs, 20kg of rice and 20 liters of alcohol. The implementation of environmental sanitation criteria in the construction of new rural areas in the highlands encountered many difficulties. However, since the application of reasonable sanctions, people have become more aware to work with local authorities to implement this criterion. In Lao Chai, Y Ty commune, people not only actively clean up the village but also pick up trash from two streams flowing through the village. Lao Chai people bring cement to build inter-village roads. Photo: CX Mr. Ha Ngoc Linh – Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Y Ty Commune said that reason is a common way of calling people, in fact this is a convention, the village convention has been approved by the commune and district after that, only to be approved. apply. The application of conventions and conventions is even more effective than the provisions of the law because the awareness of ethnic minorities is still low. Thereby, people join hands with the local government to build a new rural area Mr. Chu Xe Xa – a resident of Lao Chai village, Y Ty commune, said that in parallel with the implementation of environmental sanitation criteria in the construction of new homes, the people of Lao Chai village know well the necessity of the road. “The previous households’ houses did not have access roads, the way down was registered as the road connecting the surrounding households and also the road in the village. Households without garbage pits were registered as garbage pits. Households without pits were registered as garbage pits. If you use manure for cattle, you will register it as a manure pit. Households that do not have a toilet will register as a latrine with the village head and all households who register to do so will be provided with cement,” said Mr. Xa. Currently, Lao Chai people have been actively implementing two criteria at the same time, namely, environmental sanitation and traffic criteria, with the expectation that Lao Chai will soon complete the criteria for building a new rural area for the future. people’s lives are raised. From there, Lao Chai will become a bright spot and be more known to friends near and far and tourists in the coming years. The concrete road in Lao Chai village, Y Ty commune is about to be completed. Photo: CX In Lao Chai, people’s awareness has been raised somewhat, especially in the construction of new rural areas. Mr. Xa said that building a new village is the State and the people working together and the direct beneficiaries are the people. Therefore, in the construction of new rural areas, it is necessary to have village officials who do their best for the people and for the renewal of society so that the people will follow and follow. Currently, Y Ty is one of the attractive tourist attractions. Y Ty is about 100km from Lao Cai city. To get to Y Ty border commune, you can go from Lao Cai city to Trinh Tuong commune to go to Lung Po – where the Red river flows into Vietnam, then through A Mu Sung to arrive at Y Ty. The roads will go through old forests with old trees, and only a few roofs on the side of the mountain. Living in Lao Chai are mainly Ha Nhi people. They stayed in the log house built of earth, like in a fairy tale. Going to Y Ty is to hunt clouds and admire beautiful scenery, but experiencing the life of Ha Nhi people here is also very interesting. Y Ty is changing day by day thanks to the people and local authorities actively participating in the construction of new rural areas; At the same time, many large corporations have come here to invest in tourism with thousands of billions of dong.