Deep meaning from the contest to learn about borders and border guards

The contest "Learning about Gia Lai province's border and the 60th anniversary of the Provincial Border Guard's Traditional Day" organized by the Provincial Border Guard Command has created a strong influence, thereby raising the awareness of cadres and people about the national border and the core and specialized role of the Border Guard in the new period.

Delegates attending the award ceremony. Photo: Ha Duy

The evaluation report of the Organizing Committee at the closing and awarding ceremony said: The contest attracted a large number of participants with diverse components, from officers and soldiers in armed forces units to officers, civil servants and public employees; especially many students in schools in the province, demonstrating the enthusiasm and love for the homeland and country of the young generation, those who will continue the cause of building and protecting the Fatherland in general, the cause of protecting territorial sovereignty and national border security in particular in the new era - the era of national growth.

The writing contest is organized in the form of questions with content specified in resolutions, laws, decrees, directives issued by the Party, State and the history of the Provincial Border Guard, creating conditions for contestants to easily answer.

Mr. Nguyen Nhat Thang (Department PA02, Provincial Police) shared: “To prepare for this contest, I spent 1 month researching and studying documents and propaganda outlines for the 60th anniversary of the Gia Lai Provincial Border Guard's Traditional Day provided by the contest's Organizing Committee. I also searched for many sources of documents related to the national border, the Vietnamese border guard force and collected photos of the activities of the Provincial Border Guard to serve the contest entry process.

Thanks to this contest, in addition to the achievements and feats of the Gia Lai Provincial Border Guard through the noble titles awarded by the Party and the State, I am very impressed with the Provincial Border Guard for effectively implementing many practical, meaningful and humane models and programs over the past years, such as: "Helping children go to school - Adopted children of the Border Guard Station", "Accompanying women in the border areas", "Border support", "Green-uniformed doctors", "Green-uniformed teachers", "Green-uniformed commune strengthening cadres"... Through the models, the beautiful images and meaningful work of the border guard force in general and the Gia Lai Provincial Border Guard in particular have spread, making the image of border guards increasingly familiar and close in the hearts of border people as well as the people of the province".

The whole family of Nguyen Hoang Quyen (in white ao dai) - a 12A3 student at Pleiku High School - participated in the contest and the three of them won high prizes. Photo: Ha Duy

As the unit actively participating in the contest with the largest number of entries, Ms. Nguyen Thi Dong Hai - Vice Principal in charge of Pleiku High School said: "The Board of Directors determined that this is an important political task in propagating and educating students about territorial sovereignty and civic responsibility regarding national borders. Through learning about the border, the tradition of the border force has also aroused in students a love for the homeland, a deep gratitude for the merits of their ancestors, the silent sacrifices of officers and soldiers, the Border Guard, day and night guarding the borders of the Fatherland, protecting the peace and independence of the nation.

The students themselves have also had clear changes in their awareness, with true emotions and gratitude coming from the heart, not just empty words. During the competition, the Board of Directors as well as the subject groups have researched documents to disseminate to the students. We have selected 1,800 quality entries from more than 2,000 entries to send to the Organizing Committee.

Colonel Ro Mah Tuan - Political Commissar of Gia Lai Provincial Border Guard, Head of the Organizing Committee awarded the first prize to Pleiku High School. Photo: Ha Duy

Notably, the contest attracted not only individuals but also some families to participate together. Nguyen Hoang Quyen, a student of class 12A3, Pleiku High School, excitedly said: “My whole family participated in this contest. As a result, my brother and I won third prize, and my mother won second prize. The contest gave me a lot of useful knowledge, such as about the national border in Gia Lai province with a length of more than 80 km, passing through 7 communes in 3 districts. I also learned more about the 60-year journey of the Border Guard, from which I realized that I had to make an effort to be worthy of the previous generation. This year I am in grade 12, and my plan is to take the entrance exam to the National Military Technical Academy, following my father's career. My father is currently a soldier in the 34th Corps.”

Comrade Vo Hoang Binh - Deputy Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department, Deputy Head of the Organizing Committee awarded the first individual prize to comrade Hoang Minh Hai (Political Department, Provincial Border Guard Command). Photo: Ha Duy

It is known that in just over 2 short months, the contest has received enthusiastic participation from individuals and organizations inside and outside the province with 6,564 works from 53 agencies, units and localities.

To summarize the Contest, the Organizing Committee awarded 6 collective prizes and 27 individual prizes. Specifically, the 6 collective prizes include: 1 first prize to Pleiku High School; 2 second prizes to: officers and soldiers of the 34th Corps Command and officers and soldiers of the Provincial Border Guard; 3 third prizes to: Hung Vuong Specialized High School (Pleiku City), Luong The Vinh Secondary School (Ia Pnon Commune, Duc Co District) and Le Quy Don Primary School (Pleiku City).

For individuals, the first prize went to Mr. Hoang Minh Hai (Political Department, Provincial Border Guard Command); 2 second prizes went to Mr. Nguyen Nhat Thang (PA02 Department, Provincial Police) and Ms. Dang Thi Thuy Hang (Culture, Information and Sports Center of Pleiku City). Along with that, the Organizing Committee also awarded 15 third prizes and 9 consolation prizes to individuals with other excellent works.

Colonel Nguyen Van Nghi - Deputy Political Commissar of the Provincial Border Guard - Deputy Head of the Organizing Committee of the Contest commented: "The contest has had a strong influence, creating a widespread political movement among all cadres, party members and people of all walks of life about the tradition of national solidarity, military-civilian solidarity, and heroic tradition of the Provincial Border Guard over 60 years of construction, fighting, growth and development.

The contest has contributed to strengthening the trust, promoting the role, responsibility as well as the combined strength of the entire political system and the entire people in the province to participate in building, managing, protecting territorial sovereignty, national border security, building the all-people border defense, the all-people border defense posture in the all-people national defense; the all-people national defense posture is associated with the people's security, the people's security posture is solid, contributing to the successful implementation of the task of building and protecting the Fatherland in the new situation".

Source: https://baogialai.com.vn/y-nghia-sau-sac-tu-cuoc-thi-tim-hieu-ve-bien-gioi-va-bo-doi-bien-phong-post317292.html