Vietnam Navy - A fulcrum for fishermen to go offshore and stick to the sea

Hải quân Việt Nam – Điểm tựa cho ngư dân vươn khơi, bám biển

The working delegation of Region 4 presented firecracker jackets and national flags to fishermen at Phan Ri Cua fishing port. (Photo: Duc Thu)

In Phan Ri Cua town, Tuy Phong district, Binh Thuan province, Navy Region 4 coordinated with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Binh Thuan province and local authorities to organize the Vietnam Navy Program as a support for fishermen to go offshore and stick to the sea.

Over the past 4 years, Naval Region 4 has coordinated with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, agencies, departments, branches and localities of Binh Thuan province to implement the Vietnam Navy Program as a support for fishermen to go offshore and stick to the sea 3 times, in order to share the difficulties and encourage fishermen to continue going offshore and sticking to the sea to develop the economy. Along with that, Naval Region 4 also propagates to raise awareness among fishermen about the role of Vietnam's seas and islands and regulations when exploiting seafood in the seas...

Speaking at the program, Colonel Nguyen Xuan Dung, Deputy Chief of Politics of Naval Region 4, emphasized: Implementing the motto: "Helping fishermen like helping your relatives" and "Helping fishermen is an order from the heart", in the past time, the forces of Naval Region 4 and the army and people on Truong Sa island district, Khanh Hoa province have always been ready to help and support fishermen, especially when fishermen's boats unfortunately get into trouble.

The ports, fishing villages, and medical systems on Truong Sa island district have been invested in and built synchronously and modernly, truly becoming the fishermen's common homes in the middle of the sea; a place for thousands of fishing boats to anchor and take shelter during the rainy and stormy season. Fishermen's boats are repaired, refueled, and provided with food and provisions for long-term operations at sea. Fishermen receive medical care and emergency treatment when they are sick or injured at sea; serious cases are transported to the mainland for timely treatment.

Military doctors from Military Region 4 visit and examine the health of people in Phan Ri Cua town. (Photo: Duc Thu)

Implementing this program, Naval Region 4 presented 10 gifts to families of fishermen in difficult circumstances and 5 bicycles to children of fishermen who overcame difficulties and studied well in Phan Ri Cua Town, Tuy Phong District. The working delegation of Naval Region 4 also presented 100 fireproof vests, 450 national flags and distributed 300 sets of documents on the content "Some things fishermen need to know" to local people. Naval Region 4's medical staff organized health check-ups, provided free medicine and gave medical bags to nearly 100 local people. The total value of the gifts was nearly 200 million VND.

In Loc An commune, Dat Do district, Ba Ria Vung Tau province, Brigade 171, Naval Region 2 coordinated with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, functional agencies and localities to implement the program "Vietnam Navy as a support for fishermen to go offshore and stick to the sea".

Distributing leaflets and giving national flags to boats in Loc An commune. (Photo: Anh Tho)

Attending the program were comrade Dang Van Luong, Deputy Head of the Department of Fisheries, Ba Ria - Vung Tau province, Lieutenant Colonel Tran Thanh Vu, Secretary of the Party Committee - Political Commissar of Brigade 171 Navy, and comrades representing the functional agencies of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of the province, representatives of the People's Committee of Dat Do district, representatives of Loc An commune and fishermen and students with difficult circumstances in the commune.

Here, representatives of the Party Committee, the Commander of Brigade 171 and units and individuals presented 100 life jackets, 200 national flags; 20 gifts to students who are children of fishermen in difficult circumstances and gifts to two children of fishermen sponsored by the Brigade; 10 gifts to fishermen in difficult circumstances in Loc An commune and Phuoc Hai town.

Speaking at the program, Lieutenant Colonel Tran Thanh Vu, Political Commissar of Brigade 171 of the Navy, thanked Ba Ria - Vung Tau province, and directly the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of the province, for regularly coordinating and organizing many meaningful programs to help fishermen in the province, including the program "Vietnam Navy as a support for fishermen to go offshore and stick to the sea".

Thoroughly grasping the Party's viewpoints, with the role of the core force in managing and protecting the sovereignty of the sea, islands, and southern continental shelf of the Fatherland, in recent years, Naval Region 2 in general and Brigade 171 in particular have closely coordinated with other forces to firmly protect the sovereignty of the sea and islands of the Fatherland; protect our economic activities at sea; and maintain a peaceful and stable environment in assigned sea areas.

Representatives of the 171st Naval Brigade, groups and individuals presented gifts to students who are children of fishermen in difficult circumstances. (Photo: Anh Tho)

The Navy is the core force in protecting the sovereignty of the sea and islands, as well as protecting fishermen at sea; therefore, when our people do business at sea, there is the Navy, as well as the fisheries control force, coast guard, and border guards to support and protect fishermen in exploiting and catching aquatic products legally in Vietnam's seas.

Through the understanding of the functional forces, we are very happy and excited that in the recent past, fishermen of the province have basically complied well with Directive 45 of the Government.

The Brigade's Political Commissar believes that the program "Vietnam Navy as a support for fishermen to go offshore and stick to the sea" will become increasingly practical and effective, and Brigade 171 will always accompany fishermen. At the same time, he hopes that fishermen will always feel secure in sticking to the sea, together contributing to firmly protecting sovereignty at sea and protecting our traditional fishing grounds.

The program "Vietnam Navy as a fulcrum for fishermen to go offshore and stick to the sea" aims to contribute to improving the quality and effectiveness of propaganda, mobilization, support, assistance and protection activities for fishermen to exploit aquatic products safely, sustainably and legally, associated with building a national defense posture at sea, together with forces to firmly protect the sovereignty of the sea, islands and continental shelf of the Fatherland.

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