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To unify the forces tasked with protecting the border, the interior and the border, on November 19, 1958, the Politburo of the Party Central Committee (term II) issued a Resolution on building the domestic and border guard force. This was the Party's first special resolution on border, interior and border work, affirming the role, position and importance of the national border.
Pursuant to the Resolution of the Politburo, on March 3, 1959, the Prime Minister issued a Decree on the unification of the National Defense Force, Border Police, and Armed Police units into the People's Armed Police (CANDVT).
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At the founding ceremony on March 28, 1959, President Ho Chi Minh attended and instructed: "Solidarity, vigilance; Integrity, thrift; Completing tasks; Overcoming difficulties; Courage in front of the enemy; Forgetting oneself for the country; Loyalty to the Party; Devotion to the people".
Then, on March 2, 1962, at the first National People's Armed Police Emulation Congress, Uncle Ho attended, praised the achievements and presented the officers and soldiers of the entire force with a poem:
“ The green mountains and blue waters are endless/ To protect our Fatherland, we do not fear hardship/ The higher the mountain, the higher the career/ The deeper the sea, the deeper our spirit shines/ In competition, we are determined to seize the leading flag ”.
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| President Ho Chi Minh attended the first Emulation Congress of the People's Public Security Forces, 1962. |
Since its inception, the People's Public Security Forces (now the Border Guard) have performed well in their tasks of ensuring absolute safety for the Party and State's headquarters, important economic and social targets, and at the same time, carrying out the task of protecting the border.
Generations of cadres and soldiers of the People's Public Security Forces left the plains and cities to move to the highland border areas, to the sea and islands, to set up stations, to stick to the land and the people, to build and consolidate political bases, to mobilize the masses to well implement the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's policies and laws, to help people stabilize production, develop the socio-economy, build a revolutionary government, and build a "People's Border Steel Fortress".
The early days of establishment and development of the People's Armed Police force (now the Border Guard). Video source: Border Guard Cinema |
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| Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Nghi, on behalf of the Party and State, awarded the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces (first time) to the People's Public Security Forces on March 2, 1979. |
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In the early days of deploying combat missions and building forces, the People's Public Security Forces on the northern border and frontier lines raised their vigilance, intelligence, and creativity, correctly applied political and military guidelines, attacked and suppressed counter-revolutionaries, and closely combined political mobilization with professional measures and armed combat.
At the same time, the People's Public Security Forces, together with the armed forces and local people, actively fought, promptly detected and captured many spy and commando groups, crushed many bandit and king-claiming and armed riots in the border areas, contributing to maintaining the stability of the security and political situation in the interior and on the borders of the socialist North.
During the period of protecting the border, the temporary military demarcation line, and important targets inland, the People's Public Security Forces units both participated in fighting the US imperialists' war of destruction in the North by air and naval forces, and carried out international missions to help Laos; supported the Southern revolution to destroy evil, break the shackles, protect the Central Office, and protect the liberated areas.
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| Comrade Vu Hong Ca's squad (Post 303, Lai Chau Provincial People's Public Security) fought to protect the northern border, February 1979. |
The units coordinated with the intelligent, brave, and tenacious forces to directly use infantry guns to shoot down 219 American aircraft, capture many pilots, remove many bombs, mines, and mines to open channels to the sea, and protect thousands of fishing boats of fishermen who stay at sea to produce. Typical units are: Hien Luong Station, Cu Bai Station (Quang Tri Province Police), Cua Hoi Station, Nam Can Station (Nghe An Province Police), Hon Gai Port Station, Cua Ong Port Station (Quang Ninh Province Police)...
In the South, the armed security forces fought under extremely difficult, arduous, and fierce conditions; with support from the North, the armed security soldiers achieved many glorious feats, absolutely protected the safety of the Central Bureau's leaders; penetrated deep into the enemy's heartland, eliminated evil and traitors, supported the uprising masses, broke the siege, protected and expanded the liberated areas; contributed to the victory of the historic Ho Chi Minh Campaign, completely liberated the South, and reunified the country.
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National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong, on behalf of the Party and State, awarded the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces (for the second time) to the Border Guard force, March 2, 2009. |
In 1975, the country was unified, the task of protecting national sovereignty and border security developed in new conditions. For the first time, the People's Public Security Forces organized and deployed stations to form a system of border protection, a coastline of more than 8,000 km long, unified nationwide. In the two wars to protect the southwestern and northern borders, the People's Public Security Forces once again upheld their steadfast will, bravery, and spirit of national independence, coordinated with other forces, and achieved many outstanding feats; were honored by the Party and State with the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces, thousands of officers and soldiers were rewarded in many forms.
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Since the country entered the period of innovation, the task of protecting national border security and sovereignty has been comprehensive and complicated, requiring synchronous and comprehensive innovation in policies, countermeasures, professional measures, and force deployment and use.
Grasping the Party's viewpoints, guidelines, policies, and the State's policies and laws, the Party Committee and the Border Guard Command have advised the Central Military Commission - Ministry of National Defense, reported and proposed the Party and State to issue many policies, countermeasures and a system of legal documents on border construction, management and protection such as the Border Guard Ordinance, the National Border Law, especially Resolution 33-NQ/TW, dated September 28, 2018 of the Politburo on "National Border Protection Strategy" and the Vietnam Border Law 2020.
The silent contributions and sacrifices of Border soldiers in peacetime. Video source: Border Cinema |
Through that, we have strongly innovated measures to manage and protect national borders, detected and promptly and properly handled hundreds of thousands of border and sea violations; both resolutely maintaining territorial sovereignty, building a peaceful and friendly border with neighboring countries, and strengthening the implementation of the State management function on national borders, creating an open environment, well serving the policy of opening up and expanding international exchanges and cooperation.
On the front of maintaining security and order, protecting borders and sea areas, officers and soldiers of the Border Guard have actively trained their political mettle, improved their combat readiness, mastered their professional skills, and grasped the law; innovated and improved measures to manage and protect national borders, maintaining political security and social order and safety in border areas and islands.
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With the slogan "The station is home, the border is the homeland, the people of all ethnic groups are blood brothers" and the motto "Sticking to the place, sticking to the people, sticking to the area", implementing "Eating together, living together, working together, speaking the ethnic language together"; the images of "Green-uniformed teachers", "Green-uniformed doctors", "Cultural propaganda soldiers", "Commune-strengthening cadres"... have truly captured the affection, trust and love of the people of the whole country, especially the people of all ethnic groups in the border and island areas, shining the noble qualities of "Uncle Ho's soldiers" in the new era.
Correctly implement the Party's foreign policy. Be flexible in policies but resolute in principles, firmly maintain every inch of the Fatherland's sacred land; advise on promoting the twinning of residential areas on both sides of the border, twinning between units of the Vietnam Border Guard and the border management and protection forces of neighboring countries, creating mutual understanding and trust, contributing to building a peaceful, friendly, cooperative border for mutual development.
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To promote the combined strength of the whole country, of the rear line towards the front line to serve the task of building, managing and protecting the national border, on February 22, 1989, the Council of Ministers (now the Government) issued a Decision on organizing "Border Guard Day"; at the 3rd Session, the 11th National Assembly passed the 2003 Law on National Borders, which stipulated that March 3 every year is "National Border Guard Day".
Since then, the National Border Defense Day has become a festival for ethnic minorities living in border areas, associated with the effective implementation of the movement "All people participate in protecting territorial sovereignty and national border security in the new situation", with nearly 2,000 self-managed groups, 46,000 households and over 96,000 individuals registering to self-manage border lines and national border markers; more than 3,000 united boat groups; 400 safe wharves and yards and more than 16,000 security and order groups.
Along with that, the Party Committee and the Border Guard Command signed regulations and coordination programs with more than 20 central departments, ministries, branches, and organizations; 44 border provinces and cities, and military units. Consulting with local Party committees and authorities to direct the rear agencies and units, and inland areas to establish sisterhood and sponsor agencies and units on the border.
Many border-oriented programs are regularly and effectively organized such as "Border Spring warms the hearts of the villagers"; "Accompanying women in the border areas"; "Shelter for the poor in the border areas", "Breeding cows to help the poor in the border areas"... Many meaningful border diplomacy activities are deployed along the border lines, contributing to consolidating, enhancing and developing solidarity and friendship between the border management and protection forces and the people on both sides of the border.
Border Guards firmly protect national sovereignty and build peaceful and friendly borders. Video source: Border Guard Cinema |
Along with performing the core and specialized tasks in border management and protection, in the 2020 - 2025 term, the Border Guard has coordinated with local Party committees to effectively implement Conclusion No. 68 of the Secretariat, deploying 688 Border Guard officers to participate in district and commune Party committees; 229 comrades to participate in the People's Councils at district and commune levels; is strengthening 289 cadres for border communes; introducing more than 2,000 Border Guard station party members to participate in party activities at border village and hamlet party cells and assigning nearly 9,000 party members to be in charge of households in border areas.
The Border Guard also implemented many movements, programs, and models to help people develop their economy and society, such as "Helping children go to school - Adopted children of the Border Guard Station"; "Teacher in green uniform"; "Doctor in green uniform"; "Border Guard joins hands to build new countryside"... Directly working with localities to consolidate and improve the quality and efficiency of the political system at the grassroots level; effectively implementing key and urgent tasks of the locality; building the border area to gradually stabilize and develop.
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