Back to homeland
Major General Van Ngoc Que was born in 1968 in Viet Tri City, Phu Tho Province, but his father was a cadre who was regrouped to the North (from Dien Ban Town, Quang Nam Province ). After graduating from the Border Guard Officer School (1987-1990 course), he was assigned to the Border Guard of Quang Nam - Da Nang Province. The young officer Van Ngoc Que was extremely excited because from now on he could contribute his strength to building and protecting his homeland. Always thinking of himself as a son of his homeland Quang Nam, the resistance zone against the French and American invaders, the border guard officer Van Ngoc Que determined that he needed to strive and contribute to be worthy of the great sacrifice of his fathers.
Comrade Van Ngoc Que (when he was Colonel, Political Commissar of Quang Nam Provincial Border Guard) presented audio-visual equipment to people in the border area of Quang Nam province (2014).
During his work in the highland border areas, witnessing the lives of ethnic minorities, where the former bases and resistance corridors of the revolution were still poor, backward, and fragmented, he could not help but feel sad and understand that the responsibility of a border guard is not only to protect the sovereignty and security of the national border in a rigid manner, such as patrolling and protecting the border and landmarks, but also to mobilize the strength of the people.
As a force stationed in the area, the Border Guard cannot be an outsider, leaving it to the local government. But in fact, the desire to make the mountainous countryside flourish, change its appearance, make people's lives prosperous, happy, and catch up with the lowlands is not easy, it cannot be achieved overnight. However, if you do not go, you will never reach the destination. With such thinking, comrade Van Ngoc Que has taken specific actions.
The road to the border of Quang Nam province is difficult and arduous.
Continuing the thinking and work of previous generations of cadres, comrade Van Ngoc Que, together with the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and the Border Guard Command of Quang Nam province, sought many solutions to continue advising and proposing to the Provincial Party Committee and the People's Committee of Quang Nam province; coordinating with departments, branches, unions; Party committees and authorities of border districts and communes to promote socio-economic development, strengthen national defense and security, and build border areas into truly "fence" of the Fatherland.
To have a basis for proposing the implementation of these humane and groundbreaking projects, comrade Van Ngoc Que, together with the officers of the Political Department and the border posts on the border, went to each village and each household to survey and understand the living conditions, thoughts and aspirations of the people, the strengths of each region, so that "what trees should be planted and what animals should be raised" to develop the economy while still preserving the cultural identity of each ethnic group. At that time, the road to the Quang Nam border was remote and difficult, especially the border of Tay Giang district, which was full of rocks and gravel, and some sections turned into "muddy rivers" when it rained. However, he did not hesitate to walk down to the villages to survey and from there build models and projects with the Quang Nam Provincial Border Guard Command as the investor or chair to help people develop their socio-economic development.
Back to the villagers
Previous generations of commanders have implemented effective projects such as "TV coverage" and "Cow Bank". However, over time, these models need to be consolidated. Comrade Van Ngoc Que, together with the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and the Provincial Border Guard Command, directed units to coordinate with local Party committees to survey, plan, and call on philanthropists and businesses inside and outside the province to support additional investment in maintenance and repair of broadcasting stations; and purchase more than 200 breeding cows to supplement the "Cow Bank". In fact, thanks to the maintenance of the "Cow Bank", many families have the basis to raise livestock and escape poverty, many households have developed into large-scale cow farms, thereby accumulating for reproduction and purchasing household items.
Major General Van Ngoc Que and members of the Organizing Committee selected paintings in response to the Campaign to create and exhibit paintings on the topic of gender equality and prevention of domestic violence and gender-based violence in 2024.
In particular, during his time working at the Border Guard of Quang Nam province, comrade Van Ngoc Que devoted much effort to the program "Warm homes for the poor in border and island areas" jointly launched by the Border Guard Command and the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front. This is an extremely meaningful activity because it helps many poor people have houses to live in, with the Border Guard contributing from there to strengthen the relationship between the army and the people at the border. With that great significance, from 2009-2014, the Border Guard of Quang Nam province coordinated with the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Quang Nam province to mobilize and donate cash and materials, along with the contribution of thousands of working days of officers and soldiers of the border posts, to build 54 new houses for the poor in the border areas of the province.
Comrade Van Ngoc Que also directed units to implement many other models such as "Rice jar of love", "Supporting Vietnamese Heroic Mothers", "Supporting lonely elderly people", "Helping children go to school - Adopted children of border guards" which are models with profound humanity when soldiers are willing to reduce their food rations to share with the poor; contribute a day's salary to feed students, motivating them to overcome their circumstances, continue to go to school, support Vietnamese Heroic Mothers and lonely elderly people... These activities are like fragrant flowers of military-civilian love blooming throughout the border areas of Quang Nam province.
Major General Van Ngoc Que chaired the Conference to review self-criticism and criticism of the Standing Committee and individual members of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the Border Guard Political Department in 2024.
In order to eliminate backward customs and superstitions and to give people the opportunity to access and enjoy modern cultural and civilized values, comrade Van Ngoc Que directed border posts to organize many tasks to become cultural highlights in the border area, such as: Establishing Ho Chi Minh reading rooms, circulating thousands of books to serve the learning needs of cadres, people and students in the area; purchasing audio-visual equipment for posts and some villages in the border area; coordinating with local Party committees, authorities, electricity companies, and network operators to pull the power grid, install mobile phone transceiver stations, and internet networks to serve soldiers and people.
In particular, the implementation of the program "Border Guards join hands to build new rural areas" has contributed to changing the appearance of villages in the border areas of Quang Nam province. Up to now, 100% of border communes have electricity, telephone, television, internet signals...
Major General Van Ngoc Que has 27 years of experience working at the Quang Nam - Da Nang Provincial Border Guard (now Quang Nam Provincial Border Guard), holding the following positions: Statistical and Synthesis Officer of the Operations Department (Staff Department); Youth Union Assistant; Deputy Political Officer of Binh Minh Border Guard Station; Head of the Mass Mobilization Department; Deputy Director, Political Officer.
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