President Vo Van Thuong attended and delivered a speech at the ceremony. Attending the ceremony were Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien, member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Minister of National Defense; representatives of central and local departments, ministries, branches, revolutionary veterans, Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, Heroes of the People's Armed Forces, officers and soldiers of the Border Guard, etc.
General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, and National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue sent congratulatory flower baskets.
Leaders of the Border Guard Command welcomed President Vo Van Thuong to attend the ceremony. Photo: Trong Duc/VNA
Speaking at the ceremony, Lieutenant General Nguyen Anh Tuan, Political Commissar of the Border Guard, stated that exactly 65 years ago, implementing the policy of the Party Central Committee and President Ho Chi Minh, on March 3, 1959, the Prime Minister issued Decree No. 100/TTg establishing the People's Armed Police Force - now the Border Guard. March 3 has become the traditional day of the Border Guard. At the 3rd Session, the 11th National Assembly passed the Law on National Borders, which determined March 3 every year as the People's Border Guard Day.
At the ceremony, President Vo Van Thuong respectfully awarded the Second Class Military Exploit Order to the Border Guard force for their outstanding achievements in the fight against crimes of illegal production, trading, transportation and storage of military weapons, contributing to maintaining political security and social order and safety. On this occasion, the Organizing Committee awarded Certificates of Merit from the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and the Minister of National Defense to individuals and groups with outstanding achievements in implementing the National Border Guard Day, contributing to the cause of building and defending the Fatherland.
President Vo Van Thuong speaks. Photo: Thong Nhat/VNA.
Speaking at the ceremony, President Vo Van Thuong affirmed that under the leadership of the Party, imbued with Uncle Ho's teachings, the attention and coordination of all levels, sectors and localities, the love, care and support of the people, over the past 65 years, the Border Guard has always been absolutely loyal to the Party, devoted to the people, intelligent, brave, overcoming all difficulties and hardships, excellently completing assigned tasks; actively participating in building and consolidating the political system at the grassroots level, developing the socio-economy in border areas, building a strong people's border defense, contributing to maintaining every inch of the sacred land of the Fatherland.
The President said that the Border Guard has proactively researched and advised the Party and State on many policies and measures to protect territorial sovereignty and national border security. It has actively and proactively fought successfully against many special projects and cases related to drugs, human trafficking, weapons, explosives, smuggling and trade fraud; resolved complicated cases related to security and order in border areas... Border Guard foreign affairs have been promoted, contributing to fostering the solidarity and friendship between our Army in general, the Border Guard in particular, and the border management and protection forces of neighboring countries and the authorities and people on both sides of the border.
With responsibility and noble heart, the Border Guard has created many good programs, movements, models and ways of doing things, such as: Helping children go to school - Adopted children of Border Guard stations; Green-uniformed teachers; Green-uniformed doctors; Border guards strengthen communes; Bright spots of border culture; Shelter for the poor and soldiers in border and island areas; Border spring warms the hearts of the villagers... Each Border Guard officer and soldier always determines that "The station is home, the border is homeland, ethnic people are blood brothers", always stick to the area, close to the people, understand the people, eat, live, work together, speak the ethnic language together, actively help and support the people to build a new life, and are trusted and highly appreciated by the Party committees, authorities and people of the border.
"Every beautiful action and good deed of the Border Guard soldiers at the remote borders, seas and islands has contributed to increasing the people's trust in the Party, State and regime, making the image of "Uncle Ho's soldiers" brighter in the new era," the President emphasized.
The President commented that over the past 35 years, the National Border Defense Day has truly become a national festival for the border and islands, creating a broad political movement with many exciting and meaningful activities, so that each citizen can promote patriotism, raise vigilance, identify the responsibility of each person in protecting the Fatherland, building a solid national border defense; further strengthening the solidarity, coordination and mutual assistance between the Border Defense Force and the People and other forces; constantly consolidating and developing solidarity and friendship between the people on both sides of the border.
President Vo Van Thuong pins the Second Class Military Exploit Order on the traditional flag of the Border Guard. Photo: Trong Duc/VNA
According to the President, the success of the National Border Defense Day once again affirms that this is a correct and wise policy of the Party, in line with the people's wishes, in line with the country's reality, mobilizing the combined strength of the entire people and the entire political system to participate in building, managing, protecting border security, national territorial sovereignty, building a border of peace, friendship, stability, cooperation and development.
"The national border has a particularly important strategic position for national defense, security, economy and foreign affairs; it is a sacred and priceless asset that our ancestors have created over thousands of years of building and defending the country, with many sacrifices and hardships to preserve and pass on to today's generations. In the face of rapid and unpredictable developments in the world situation, the task of protecting the Fatherland in general, managing and protecting territorial sovereignty and national border security in particular, besides advantages and opportunities, also faces many difficulties and challenges, posing new and higher requirements," the President emphasized.
The President stated that our Party affirmed: "Protecting the national border is an important and regular task of the entire Party, the entire people, the entire army, the entire political system and the entire country; relying on the people, the people are the root, the people are the subject, "each border resident is a living milestone"; the people's armed forces are the core, the Border Guard is the specialized force, the first fighting force, sticking to the end to protect and maintain the national border".
Faced with the requirements of protecting the Fatherland, protecting the borders, seas and islands in the new situation, the President requested the Border Guard, all levels and sectors, especially the border localities, to grasp and accurately forecast the situation, especially the peripheral situation related to border protection work, proactively have appropriate and correct countermeasures and measures, and not be passive or surprised in any situation.
Strengthening propaganda and education work, raising awareness and responsibility, creating unity of thought and action in the entire Party, people and army for the task of protecting territorial sovereignty and national border security, especially in border areas, seas and islands. Promoting and effectively organizing the National Border Defense Day nationwide, creating a vibrant movement, with practical activities to care for Border Guards and ethnic minorities in border areas and islands, mobilizing the strength of the entire political system and the entire people to participate in protecting the national border, building a strong national border defense.
Along with that, it is necessary to continue to improve the quality of training and education in conjunction with combat and work practices; apply achievements of science and technology in managing and protecting national borders. Strictly maintain combat readiness, manage and firmly protect border security, national sovereignty and territory; at the same time, create favorable conditions for exchange, cooperation and socio-economic development of the country according to the international integration policy of the Party and State.
The President proposed promoting the strength of national solidarity in building a strong all-people border defense and a strong all-people border defense posture; building a solid defense area, building a widespread border protection force, in which the people are the main subject, the armed forces are the core, and the Border Guard is a specialized and direct force. Promoting the role of the working army, the Border Guard continues to participate in building and consolidating the grassroots political system, developing the economy, culture, society, eliminating hunger and reducing poverty... in border and island areas; being a solid and reliable bridge between the Party, the State and the People.
Carry out defense diplomacy, border diplomacy, and people-to-people diplomacy flexibly, creatively, and effectively; focus on building the Border Guard Party organization strong in politics, ideology, ethics, organization, and cadres; strengthen the work of building and rectifying the Party and the political system, and improve the quality of cadres and party members. Build the Border Guard in the direction of being lean, compact, strong, effective, efficient, and highly combat-ready, meeting the requirements of border defense tasks and building the Army in the new situation.
The President requested that central ministries, branches, organizations, and local Party committees and authorities continue to pay attention, take practical actions and work, and join hands with the Border Guard to firmly protect the country's borders and build a border of peace, friendship, cooperation, stability, and development.
According to VNA/Tin Tuc Newspaper
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