Thanh Hoa: a farmer received the KOVA award

That is Mr. Tran Van Luu (pictured) - a farmer in Thang Loc village, Ngu Loc commune, Hau Loc district (Thanh Hoa) - the character in the article ' Mr. Liu's information station '. He was honored to receive the KOVA Prize in 2006 (VND 10 million).

The KOVA Prize (founded and funded by KOVA Paint Company) is an annual award to support the development of talents for poor students who overcome difficulties and study well; collectives and individuals with innovations and technical innovations in science and technology bring practical effects to serve life. Mr. Tran Van Luu was the only farmer to receive this year's award for his special achievements in building and maintaining the operation of Ngu Loc Coastal Information Station, helping to rescue and rescue the fishermen. sea ​​for many years.

Information station Mr. Luu

Mr. Tran Van Luu is reading the weather forecasts

In a cramped, hot room like a bakery, Mr. Tran Van Luu (42 years old) was screaming at the microphone of Ngu Loc coastal information system: ' The fishermen pay attention, this afternoon (27- 6-2006) Tropical depressions intensified into storms and storms No. 2 in Vietnam's waters . '.

Mr. Liu let go of the microphone, his whole body sweating profusely.This is his favorite work, not working for 17 years.

'My relatives died and were injured too much .'

Mr. Luu told me about his " charm " with the information industry on storms, search and rescue at sea . of me: 'After finishing high school in 1987, I took a test at Hanoi Medical University with a half point missing . Without further exam conditions, I switched to civil electronics repair and maritime electronics. One afternoon in late June 1989 . '.The afternoon he still remembers like: dozens of boats and boats in Ngu Loc commune are fishing in the East Sea when they encounter storms.

More than ten commune fishermen have perished in the open sea.That afternoon, his family went to the beach to wait for news of his father.At night, some tattered boats and boats dragged each other idly to dock.He rushed to the sea and realized his father was gradually exhausted in the arms of his colleagues.Seeing him, his father whispered: 'My children died and got hurt so much! Die for getting any news ! . '. After that, his father continued to go to the beach and just like thousands of other fishermen who kept on asserting that in the sea, ' what news is heard !'.

From the painful words of his father, from his wishes to get information when the boat went to the sea of ​​his village fishermen, Mr. Lu went everywhere to buy a low-frequency radio station system.After several months of searching, assembling and researching, on September 25, 1989, low-band communication system (one-band type) consisting of a machine signaling TUBOR 2400 MKII, his 3W capacity went into operation. .

The broadcasting radius of this system is about 5km (ie from Ngu Loc coast to Nao island).On the day Mr. Luu broadcast the radio successfully, many fishing boats of Ngu Loc caught seafood around Nao island, got the signal, the relatives were happy on the deck shouting: ' Welcome to Mr. Luu! Welcome to Mr. Luu! We can contact the land from now on. '

Since then, Mr. Luu's home has always been a place where fishermen and their relatives in Ngu Loc, Minh Loc, Hung Loc, Hoa Loc and Hai Loc communes (Hau Loc district) put their faith in love.At the time, the ships and boats were catching malfunctioning seafood that needed your rescue ship, when the fishermen's parents were seriously ill, they should inform their children in the distance . They all came and called Mr. Luu.

Recently, Mr. Luu has purchased a relatively modern new information radio system, including: an ICOM IC 710 machine (made in Japan) with a capacity of 150W, a distribution of AT 130, a 10m high antenna, a power source , battery, loudspeaker.The total investment for this station system is nearly VND 30 million.Information station of Mr. Luu was licensed by the Radio Frequency Department (under the Ministry of Post and Telematics) (No. 65199 / GP), operating on the following frequencies: 7903 kHz;7906 kHz and 7960 kHz.

Fishing vessels and boats in Bach Long Vi area, Cat Ba island (Hai Phong) can receive signals through the above frequencies.These are the frequencies for rescue work;crime prevention at sea;information between ships and boats;transfer weather forecast news . that fishing boats and ships of Thanh Hoa, Nam Dinh and Thai Binh regularly use.

Strange passion

Information station 'headquarters' Mr. Luu

' During the day he sat down at the station recording notes, recording, and reading to the fishermen who were out at sea. Many days infected with electromagnetic waves, fainting right at the table. Sending to an emergency district hospital, he woke up when he woke up : ' Why don't you stay at the motorbike factory to help me, what about the information from the offshore ship ' - Tran Thi Xuan, his wife, told them I heard about my husband's routine.

And Mr. Luu grinned and said: ' I just want to do it, but I have a sense of justice. For the past 17 years, I have quit my job to do this. It is unhappy when I helped tens of thousands of fishermen in and out of the province when going to sea. '

Many fishermen in Ngu Loc commune considered Mr. Liu a benefactor.Mr. Mai Van Hai in Thanh Lap village, Ngu Loc commune recounted: 'On the first day of June, our ship was fishing in the East Sea when it was dead, the propeller was broken, and the power system was malfunctioning.The ship kept staggering to sink, he was a bit angry.I remembered Mr. Liu's information station, hurriedly used a radio to call on the shore for rescue.

Hearing Mr. Liu's voice: ' Calm down, anchor the ship, I will call your ship'. About a few dozen minutes later, the three ships of Ngu Loc and Minh Loc hit the fish around that came to the rescue, bringing our ships to the mainland. The brothers on the ship came to thank Mr. Luu, but he only received warm handshakes and smiled and said, 'What is the fate of the brothers in the sea, remembering my information station is okay . .

In the handbook, I found Mr. Luu carefully recorded the rescue cases at sea: October 25, 2005, informed the ships to rescue the ship of Mr. Nguyen Van Khanh (Thanh Lap village, Ngu Loc commune). when this ship is ruined.On November 5, 2005, rescuing ships of Mr. Nguyen Van Thu (Thang Loc village, Ngu Loc commune) when he damaged the propeller . On the night of January 26, 2006, the ship TH 0098 of Mr. Nguyen Van Cuong (Minh village) Thang, Minh Loc commune are out in the sea, calling for help and information for five ships to rescue, saving 11 exhausted fishermen who have to brace themselves against each wave in order to double the ship that has died. .

Talking with Mr. Luu about the work of Mr. Luu in the past years, Mr. Nguyen Trong Duong, Chairman of Ngu Loc Commune People's Committee, said: ' Each year he has transmitted thousands of necessary information to family members. Family has a seafarer, actively participates in the rescue and rescue at sea. Up to now, although there is no regime or policy yet, Mr. Luu is still absorbed in his work . '

When I broke up with ' Mr. Liu's information station ', I saw that Mrs. Xuan was preparing a stack of old books. ' The new school year is going to the first grade but I have not bought anything yet. Just a little while ago, he gathered all the money to buy equipment for the information station . "- Xuan said with a smile to me while cutting back the pieces of white paper left on the old notebooks to close it. new book .

News, photos: HA DONG