Nghe An Border Guard: Making a proud mark on the border

Strengthening the political base of border areas

We have been to Cao Veu villages of Phuc Son border commune (Anh Son district) many times, but the most recent time we returned, we were surprised by the changes here. That is in terms of transportation, economic models and good results from the coordination between local authorities and officers and soldiers of Phuc Son Border Guard Station.

Head of the Anh Son District Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Committee - Comrade Nguyen Cong The said that since the commune's health station had to move to the center near National Highway 7 5 years ago, people in Phuc Son who wanted to get medical examination and treatment had to travel more than 20 km of mountainous road to get to the health station. However, thanks to the attention and effective support of Phuc Son Border Guard Station in building the "Border Medicine Cabinet" model, doctors and nurses in green uniforms have directly called for funding sources and have personally examined and treated people for more than a year now.

Officers and soldiers of Phuc Son Border Guard Station examine, treat patients and support people in economic development. Photo: Hoai Thu

With meaningful work, Phuc Son Border Guard Station, together with the Party Committee and the government, has connected with many organizations, individuals, associations, and unions at all levels in Anh Son district and other localities that care about the people of Phuc Son. Currently, the district is investing in building a number of traffic routes in Phuc Son; a number of economic models for the people have also been formed; problems in land encroachment clearance have also been effectively supported by officers of the Border Guard Station. In addition, Phuc Son Border Guard Station also organizes the model of "Border area lessons", creating efficiency in learning, connecting schools and local authorities...

On a general level across the province, at the locations of more than 20 Border Guard Stations, each unit has good and creative ways of doing things, suitable to the actual situation of the area, creating good impressions in the hearts of the people. At the same time, it helps to effectively carry out emulation movements to build and consolidate political bases, develop the economy, culture, society, eliminate hunger, reduce poverty, build new rural areas and border foreign affairs that the Provincial Border Guard Command has deployed.

Specifically, it is the work of coordinating with localities to summarize 4 years of implementing Directive No. 01 of the Government on the movement of all people participating in protecting territorial sovereignty and national border security in the new situation; Advising the Provincial People's Committee to continue implementing the Project.“Strengthening the dissemination of legal education to officials and people in border and island areas”;Directing units to register to build models in carrying out political tasks, building discipline, training discipline and participating in socio-economic development, contributing to hunger eradication and poverty reduction in the management area; Implementing Directive 681/CT-BTL of the Border Guard Command, directing units to assign 575 party members to receive help for 2,739 households in border areas.

Provincial leaders and the Provincial Border Guard Command visited the model of helping people develop the economy of Hanh Dich Border Guard Station, Que Phong district. Photo: Hoai Thu

In implementing the emulation movement"Nghe An Border Guard joins hands to build new countryside"and the plan to help 3 poor communes (Mon Son, Bac Ly, Tam Hop) as assigned by the People's Committee of Nghe An province, the Provincial Border Guard Command mobilized officers and soldiers to donate 827.65 million VND to poor households, policy families, and meritorious people in the border area. In addition, mobilized agencies, units, organizations, businesses, and philanthropists inside and outside the province to support poor households, policy families, and poor but excellent students in the border area of ​​Nghe An province with a total value of gifts and cash of more than 10.307 billion VND.

Along with that, the Nghe An Border Guard force also regularly mobilizes the masses to stay abreast of and grasp the local situation; advises and coordinates with local authorities to propagate and mobilize people to raise their vigilance, not to listen to the incitement and incitement of hostile forces, and strictly comply with the Party's policies and the State's laws. Together with the Departments, branches and sectors, build and deploy plans for coordinated activities; for example, continue to coordinate with the Provincial Farmers' Association to effectively implement the Project to build local sow breeding facilities, providing breeding pigs for people in the western border area of ​​Nghe An province at 20 grassroots units, accordingly donating 484 breeding pigs to 242 households.

Officers and soldiers of Nghe An Border Guard propagate and disseminate the law to the people. Photo: Hoai Thu

Officers and soldiers of the units organized forces to help people with 1,736 working days; harvested and cared for crops on 57.25 hectares; dredged and dug 26.2 km of new irrigation canals...; guided people in applying scientific and technical achievements in livestock breeding and production; and built and repaired 42.85 km of rural roads.

In addition, continue to effectively implement the program."Take me to school",107 students with difficult family circumstances (including 19 students from the opposite village of Laos) sponsored by the Provincial Border Guard have all achieved good academic results and strived hard. In the gratitude activities, the force has helped and supported families with especially difficult circumstances, policy beneficiaries, and donated to the Fund."For the poor"98,733 million VND; visited, encouraged, and gave gifts to policy beneficiaries worth 198,45 million VND. Organized medical examinations, treatment, and provided free medicine to 8,267 people worth 71,85 million VND.

Strengthening people-to-people diplomacy

Regarding the activities of advising and coordinating with localities to carry out the twinning movement between residential clusters (villages - villages) on both sides of the Vietnam - Laos border on the border of Nghe An province, the reporter also had the opportunity to directly participate in the signing of the twinning activity between Pung Vai village, Pha Danh village cluster, Muong Quan district, Hua Phan province (Lao PDR) and Pha Chieng village, My Ly commune, Ky Son district of Nghe An province on May 22, 2018.

Vietnamese Border Guards and village officials met and discussed with Lao police representatives and local officials about the regulations for coordinating border protection. Photo: Hoai Thu

That is the 19th pair of villages of the neighboring provinces of Laos and Nghe An to sign the agreement, and the first signing ceremony took place on the land of Laos. During the 3-day working trip with the Border Guard and local authorities in Ky Son, crossing the mountains and forests to the neighboring country of Laos, we witnessed and fully felt the hard work, efforts and effectiveness of the Border Guard in implementing the policy of twinning between the pairs of villages on both sides of the Vietnam - Laos border. Up to now, there have been 20 pairs of villages on both sides of the Vietnam - Laos border sharing the border with Nghe An as "brothers of one family" according to the wish of President Ho Chi Minh "Vietnam - Laos, our two countries, have a deeper relationship than the Red River and Mekong River".

Along with organizing twinning between the two pairs of villages on both sides of the border, every year, Nghe An Border Guard also organizes a good conference on border management and protection, maintaining security and order, and signs a coordination plan between Nghe An Provincial Border Guard Command and the Military Commands of 3 provinces: Hua Phan, Xieng Khouang, Bolikhamxay/Laos. In 2019, Nghe An Border Guard coordinated with the People's Committees of border districts to maintain good foreign affairs with Laos, including organizing 10 delegations/43 people to visit and celebrate Bun Pi May (Laos), with a total of gifts and money worth 175 million VND. Organized reception and ensured safety for 38 delegations/308 people of Laos to visit, congratulate, exchange information, hold regular meetings, participate in training and conferences. Maintain and effectively implement the twinning relationship between 20 pairs of villages and 8 pairs of units on both sides of the border.

The government and people of Pung Vai village, Pha Deng village cluster, Hua Phan province of Laos and Pha Chieng village, My Ly commune, Ky Son district of Nghe An province held a twinning ceremony. Photo: Hoai Thu

Colonel Le Nhu Cuong - Political Commissar of Nghe An Provincial Border Guard affirmed that every year, the emulation movement "Determined to Win" of the Provincial Border Guard is actively and comprehensively deployed and has achieved many achievements. In particular, it focuses on closely combining regular emulation, raids and Party building and unit building campaigns to well implement the emulation contents and targets, especially in the task of protecting border security sovereignty, maintaining political security, social order and safety in the border area. In addition, it is necessary to fight against all types of crimes, train for combat readiness, rescue and participate in socio-economic development, and build and consolidate the grassroots political system in the border area.

Identifying the focus of work in 2020, building the image of green-uniformed soldiers, together with local Party committees and authorities to consolidate a strong political base, Colonel Le Nhu Cuong added that the Nghe An Border Guard Command will continue to thoroughly grasp and seriously and effectively implement the Directives, Resolutions, plans and instructions of the Party, State, Ministry of National Defense, Border Guard Command, Provincial Party Committee, People's Committee of Nghe An province and the Provincial Border Guard Party Committee and Command on emulation and commendation work associated with effectively implementing the Resolution of the 4th Central Committee (12th term) on strengthening Party building and rectification.

Step up the implementation of Directive No. 05-CT/TW of the Politburo, Directive No. 87-CT/QUTW of the Central Military Commission Standing Committee on studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and lifestyle; Directive 788-CT/QUTW of the Central Military Commission Standing Committee on the Campaign "Promoting tradition, dedicating talent, worthy of being Uncle Ho's soldiers".