The Vietnam - Cambodia border has become flower roads and friendship gardens. These tree and flower planting activities aim to engrave the precious feelings of the previous generation and to be determined to further enhance the solidarity and friendship between Vietnam and Cambodia, making it forever green and sustainable.
Border of flowers
Visiting the Vietnam - Laos - Cambodia border landmark in Kon Tum province at the end of the year, people were truly "overwhelmed" by the brilliant yellow color of wild sunflowers along the steps leading up to the landmark, a wild flower with the pure beauty and strong vitality typical of the majestic Central Highlands mountains and forests. It is known that the wild sunflowers along the road leading up to the Three-border Landmark are planted and cared for by the youth force of Ngoc Hoi district, Kon Tum province. Enthusiastically posing for photos, excitement clearly visible on his smiling face, Mr. Nguyen Bich Hai (Hanoi) shared: "Reading the news, I heard the phrase "a rooster crows, three countries can hear" so I felt very curious, many times wanting to experience it. Having cherished the intention for a long time, it was not until today that my group of friends and I took a trip to experience this Central Highlands land. Indeed, when we set foot on the border junction, my group of friends and I felt sacred. We were fascinated by the simple, rustic beauty of the hills and mountains, of the endless wild sunflowers typical of the mountains and forests here. In addition to wild sunflowers, there is also a friendship garden planted by the Kon Tum Provincial Border Guard Command, the Rattanakiri Provincial Police Department, Cambodia and Company 541, under the Attapeu Provincial Military Command, Laos since 2018. The lush garden includes species such as: Rosewood, Blue Star, Lagerstroemia, Acacia, Magnolia, Champa... Up to now, the units have planted more than 12,000 trees in this area.
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| Song Trang Border Guard Station, Long An Province, and local people planted trees and flowers to protect the environment and beautify the landscape along the district's border. Photo: Van Hoi |
Also in the past time, Song Trang Border Guard Station, Long An province has implemented many effective forms with the people to plant trees and flowers, contributing to environmental protection and beautifying the landscape on the district's border. The station has coordinated with the district's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and departments, organizations of the three border communes to launch the "Border Flower Road" for a green, peaceful and friendly border. Soldiers and people planted 2,000 Lagerstroemia trees along the 15,814km long border passing through the three communes of Hung Ha, Hung Dien B and Hung Dien. Planted 100 Royal Poinciana trees and 80 Royal Poinciana trees along Road 831D, from the Song Trang Hamlet Cultural House to the border patrol road. In addition, 100 yellow apricot corners with ornamental flowers and bougainvillea were also planted around the landmarks. In An Giang, the authorities planted more than 200 yellow trumpet trees and yellow butterfly trees in the border commune of An Phu, Tinh Bien district. Kon Tum province has planted 291,000 trees along the border with Cambodia. Dak Lak province's Border Guards planted 2,000 trees such as rosewood, star apple and fruit trees at the Mobile Training Battalion (border commune of Krong Na, Buon Don district) and Border Guard Station 741 ((Ea Bung commune, Ea Sup district). Dong Thap also planted more than 500 new coconut seedlings, 500 trees of various kinds and 1,000 bamboo trees on the border patrol protection routes in Tan Hong district, Dong Thap province. At Linh Huynh Border Guard Station, Kien Giang Border Guard, 55 trees were planted by a group of young officers from the Vietnam and Cambodia Border Guards.
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| Delegation of Vietnamese and Cambodian border officers planted friendship trees at Linh Huynh Border Guard Station. Photo: Thu Oanh |
Green border, peace, friendship
At the end of August, the Huu Nghi International Border Gate (Lang Son province) planted a large banyan tree. It was personally planted by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Hung Ba during their visit to the Huu Nghi International Border Gate. The banyan tree is located in a solemn, prominent position in the Huu Nghi International Border Gate, nearly 100m from the Vietnam - China border, on the right side of National Highway 1A, opposite milestone 1116 on the left side of the road. The banyan tree is sturdy, lush, and green... General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Ambassador Hung Ba lovingly held a shovel to cultivate and perform the ritual of watering the sacred banyan tree on the Vietnam - China border. The General Secretary instructed units and people to take care of and preserve the banyan tree and consider it a symbol of the spirit of friendship, friendliness, and peace... Recently, the "Huu Nghi Banyan Tree" has become a new highlight at the border gate. Many delegations of visitors here have requested to visit and take souvenir photos with the tree, next to the traditional "check-in" point of national sovereignty milestone 1116. The tree planting and flower street movement is not only a cultural beauty, but also contributes to protecting the border and affirming territorial sovereignty. This is also a practical activity to help ethnic people eliminate hunger, reduce poverty, develop the economy, contribute to building a strong border, protect the environment, and increase forest cover in the border area. "Planting flowers on the border route has great significance, has humanistic values, enhances education, propaganda to raise awareness of environmental protection for border guards, soldiers and people in the border area", said Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Van Hoi - Head of Song Trang Border Guard Station, Long An province. Colonel Huynh Van Dong, Political Commissar of the Kien Giang Provincial Border Guard, said that in the coming time, units need to proactively coordinate closely with local Party committees and authorities where they are stationed to synchronously implement solutions for planting, caring for and protecting trees. Propagating and mobilizing people in border areas to actively respond to tree planting activities in hamlets, along rural roads, coastal areas, borders, on islands, vacant lands, bare hills, etc. Actively planting, managing, protecting and caring for protective forests, upstream forests, planting trees at agencies, units, localities in border areas, coastal areas and stationed areas are activities that contribute to environmental protection, natural disaster mitigation, and beautifying the landscape and environment of the unit. Planting trees is also to protect the border, to affirm territorial sovereignty and is also a practical activity to help ethnic minorities eliminate hunger, reduce poverty, develop the economy, making an important contribution to building a strong border for the people.
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