Strengthening the people's hearts and minds

The provincial Border Guard force has done a good job of mobilizing the masses, mobilizing the combined strength of the entire political system, all levels, sectors and the entire population to participate in protecting territorial sovereignty, maintaining political security and social order and safety in the border area. Thereby contributing to building and consolidating a solid people's border defense posture.

svgd — Officers of Po Hen Border Guard Station support and guide people of Hai Son commune (Mong Cai city) to build model gardens.

Po Hen Border Guard Station is located in Hai Son Commune (Mong Cai City), managing and protecting more than 12km of land border adjacent to China. With the motto "Listen to people, speak so that people understand, do so that people believe", "Eat together, live together, work together, speak the ethnic language together", officers and soldiers of the unit regularly go to border hamlets and villages to help people work, produce, develop the economy; combine propaganda and mobilize people to increase vigilance, prevent bad guys from enticing them to do illegal things, and actively protect the border and border markers.

Lieutenant Colonel Tran Dai Duong, Political Commissar of Po Hen Border Post, said: The unit's officers and soldiers always rely on the people, take the people as the root, each person is a living landmark on the border, the people play a particularly important role in carrying out the task of building a national defense posture associated with a solid people's heart posture in ethnic minority, mountainous, and island border areas. The unit proactively deploys management measures, maintains security and order in the areas where it is located, actively helps people develop production, build new rural areas... From the beginning of 2024 up to now, the unit has organized 50 teams with nearly 200 officers and soldiers to go to the area to grasp the situation; coordinate to distribute 350 leaflets, propagate, provide legal aid on legal documents on borders, immigration; help people effectively maintain 5 "model gardens" growing oranges, jackfruit, yellow camellia...

With the motto "The station is home, the border is homeland, the people of all ethnic groups are blood brothers", over the past 5 years, the provincial Border Guard force has always proactively coordinated with the Party Committee, government, departments, branches, organizations, and local armed forces to propagate over 3,600 sessions for over 110,000 people in the border area. Thereby arousing national pride, self-respect, and a sense of responsibility for the task of protecting territorial sovereignty and national border security of cadres and people. Up to now, the border localities of the province have established 497 teams with 5,599 members participating in the management and protection of 112 national border markers, hundreds of kilometers of border lines, and ports and wharves. Since then, the people have provided the Border Guard with thousands of valuable information serving the management and protection of the border, the fight against crimes, illegal entry and exit, etc.

adf — Provincial Border Guard officers propagate and disseminate the law to people in Po Hen village (Hai Son commune, Mong Cai city).

Colonel Vu Van Hung, Deputy Political Commissar of the Provincial Border Guard, said: In order to build and promote the people's all-people posture associated with the people's hearts, the officers and soldiers of the Provincial Border Guard always uphold the spirit of responsibility, are closely attached to the people, proactively coordinate to help people develop the socio-economy, reduce poverty sustainably, build effective economic models, and transfer to the people for management and development. Over the past 5 years, the entire force has contributed over 5,000 working days to help border villages and hamlets build nearly 53km of rural roads, repair over 16km of irrigation canals, help people produce and harvest crops; coordinate and directly support the construction of 92 houses in the programs "Building houses for poor households in border areas", "Border shelters", "Giving houses of gratitude" with a total value of over 5 billion VND; presented over 35,000 national flags and 32,000 photos of Uncle Ho to people in border and island areas.

Implementing the program "Helping children go to school - Adopted children of border guards" and the project "Army officers and soldiers help children go to school", the provincial border guard force has donated over 3 billion VND to 111 students in especially difficult circumstances; helping people build ^30,000m2 Model garden, planting over 2,000 fruit trees of all kinds... Thereby contributing to the effective implementation of national target programs on building new rural areas, civilized urban areas, and improving people's lives.

The practical activities of the provincial Border Guard have contributed to strengthening the solidarity between the army and people in border and island areas, creating a source of combined strength for the people to successfully carry out the task of managing and firmly protecting the sovereignty and security of the national border in the new situation.

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