The secret to building a 'green border' in a border commune in Nghe An

Support people to develop economic models

The house of the village Party SecretaryHigh1 - Mr. Nguyen Ba Ngo, located right on the main road of the commune, but to reach his family's tea and acacia plantation, he has to cross a stream and walk along the forest for about fifty minutes. Standing in the middle of the gently sloping tea hill, the trees are now almost half a person tall, Mr. Ngo happily talks about his plans to expand the area more than the current 15 hectares.

In addition to growing tea, the Secretary of the Cao Veu 1 village Party Cell also raises more than 10 buffaloes and dozens of chickens. “Together with the village management board, we have promoted the implementation of this model among the people. The entire village has 92 households, most of whom have participated in planting forests with an area of ​​over 200 hectares, and have agreed to protect and protect more than 1,000 hectares of special-use forests. Now there is a new model of plantingindustrial teapromises to help many households escape poverty".

Leaders of Phuc Son commune visit the tea growing model of Cao Veu 1 village secretary Nguyen Ba Ngo (right). Photo: Hoai Thu

Leading "guests" to visit the tea hills, walking along the road through 4 Cao Veu villages ofPhuc Son commune,Chairman of the People's Committee of the commune Nguyen Van Trang said: "Phuc Son always aims to build a position of people's hearts to keep the border peaceful, and reality shows that only by taking care of economic development and stabilizing people's lives can the coordination with the government and armed forces in protecting the people's border be highly effective."

As of the first 6 months of 2020, people in the whole commune have planted 304 hectares of industrial tea, 170 hectares of commercial tea, with a yield of 5.3 tons/ha. People have harvested 900 tons of various types of tea, with an average price of 3,500 VND/kg, generating an income of more than 3 billion VND. In addition to tea, people in Phuc Son commune continue to grow 320 hectares of spring rice, 80 hectares of corn in 2 spring and winter crops; maintain planting 15 hectares of squash, 32 hectares of sugarcane and a herd of nearly 2,500 buffaloes and cows, and more than 4,300 pigs.

Nguyen Van Trang - Chairman of People's Committee of Phuc Son commune

In addition to helping people develop economic models, for poor households, branches and organizations join hands to help. From 2018 to now, members of the Women's Union of Phuc Son commune have joined hands withWomen's Union of Anh Son districtContributed to buy 3 breeding cows, through the association to support 4 poor member families.

Ms. Luong Thi Hong in Cao Veu 2 village said that thanks to the support of cows, her family has more motivation to overcome difficulties and escape poverty. "Currently, the cow is about to give birth, my family is very happy. Thanks to the concern of the group, I feel more motivated to rise up" - Ms. Hong emotionally shared.

The Women's Association of Anh Son district presented a cow to the family of member Luong Thi Hong (middle) in Veu 2 village, Phuc Son commune. Photo: Hoai Thu

Sharing the same joy as Ms. Luong Thi Hong, Ms. Lo Thi Hang in Cao Veu 3 village and Ms. Ho Thi Thuy in Cao Veu 4 village also received breeding cows. They are all extremely poor households that have received support to gradually escape poverty and build a new life.

Join hands to protect the border

Along with coordinating with the Party Committee and government to help people develop the economy, stabilize their lives, and join hands to firmly protect the border, the armed forces stationed in Phuc Son commune are also making efforts to stick to the area, both preventing and fighting crime and fighting terrorism.cross borderillegal, both preventing and fighting the Covid-19 epidemic so that people can have a happy and safe life.

Quarantine checkpoint number 2Phuc Son Border Guard Stationstationed in the dense forest area of ​​Cao Veu 1 village. We had to weave our way along the trail lined with dense primeval forests with the sounds of birds and wild animals to reach the checkpoint. Each team of 6 people took turns stationing the checkpoint to prevent illegal border crossings in order to control and prevent the Covid-19 epidemic.

Senior Lieutenant Vi Ngoc Lam - Head of Post No. 2 (Phuc Son Border Guard Station) said: Although stationed far from the unit, officers and soldiers on duty at the post have overcome difficulties and are ready to complete all patrol and control tasks to prevent illegal border crossings.

During the time of border closure to prevent and fight the Covid-19 epidemic by the two governments of Vietnam and Laos, in the first 6 months of 2020, Phuc Son Border Guard Station inspected, controlled, and processedexitThe border area received 178 people (including 80 Vietnamese and 98 Laotians), and 182 people (83 Vietnamese and 99 Laotians) entered the border area. Every year, the border guards regularly coordinate with the police and militia of Phuc Son and Thanh Duc communes (Thanh Chuong) - the area bordering Phuc Son commune (Anh Son) - to organize closed patrols of the border sections; coordinate with the Thanh Chuong District Forest Protection and Management Station and Mobile Forest Ranger Team No. 2 to patrol, control and prevent deforestation, detect and seize dozens of cubic meters of illegal timber.

Phuc Son Border Guard Station patrols to protect the border. Photo: Hoai Thu

Talking about the coordination between local authorities and border guards, the leader of the People's Committee of Phuc Son commune said: The officers and soldiers of the Border Guard Station have just workeddual missionprevention, control of epidemics, protection of security and order at the border, while propagating and mobilizing people to hand over weapons and explosives, propagating and disseminating the law. In addition, the Border Guard Station also advised and coordinated with the People's Committee of Anh Son district and Phuc Son commune to support the people of the Phon Muong - Muong Cham twinned hamlet cluster (Xay Cham Phon district, Bolikhamxay province, Laos) with 1.2 tons of rice and 104 boxes of instant noodles, equivalent to 27.2 million VND. In particular, Phuc Son Border Guard Station also established a model of "Border medicine cabinet", sending military doctors to directly examine and treat people for free with funding raised from tens of millions of dong from contributions from philanthropists and the support of the Women's Union and the Red Cross Society of Anh Son district.

Phuc Son Border Guard Station also supported and helped 3 students overcome difficulties to study under the Program "Take me to school"with a support level of 500,000 VND/child/month and receiving sponsorship support for 2 local students to work under the "Border Guard Adopted Children" model. To help local Party committees and authorities strengthen the political system, Phuc Son Border Guard Station directly assigned 4 border guard party members to temporarily work at 4 weak and important hamlet and village party cells; assigned 26 party members to take charge of and help 121 households in the border area to eliminate hunger, reduce poverty, and stabilize their lives.

Soldiers from Phuc Son Border Guard Station help Mr. Ha Van Xuyen in Veu 2 village clean the altar of Uncle Ho to prepare for the Independence Day. Photo: Hoai Thu

Lieutenant Colonel Bui Hong Manh - Political Commissar of Phuc Son Border Guard Station said: "As a border guard who has traveled through many countrysides, the proud tradition that we feel in Phuc Son is the solidarity and cooperation of the leaders of the Party Committee, the government, organizations and people of all ethnic groups". Thanks to that solidarity, the people's border defense posture is always focused on strengthening, creating a combined strength to keep the border peaceful, keeping Phuc Son a vast green color of a border strip in the middle of the great forest.Pu Mat- the color of warmth and peace.