Sharing with border compatriots

(Baonghean) - Late at night, the Ky Son border is freezing cold. At Economic - Defense Group 4 (Military Region 4), the sound of engines is still running, bustling with people's voices.

Washing arrowroot to produce vermicelli at Economic Group - Military Zone 4.

Understanding my curiosity, Colonel Nguyen Huy Hoang, Political Commissar of Group 4 said: “That is the sound of washing machines, root grinders and flour mixers at the group’s cassava processing workshop. It is estimated that this year, people in Nam Can and Na Ngoi communes... will harvest cassava twice as much as last year. To consume all of that cassava, the unit opened another vermicelli processing workshop; at the same time, encouraged officers and employees in the Processing Team to work actively day and night...”.

Lieutenant Colonel Dang Hoai Nam, Head of the Arrowroot Processing Team, shared: “This is the main arrowroot harvest time of the year, so the amount of arrowroot raw materials brought in by people can reach more than 25 tons a day. We try to work extra at night to be able to purchase arrowroot for people on time...”.

Lieutenant La Quang Trung, an employee of the Processing Team, confided: “The weather was cold and we were constantly exposed to water, so our hands and feet were freezing. But when we saw the excited faces of the ethnic people who came to import the cassava, we told each other to work day and night to buy all the cassava for the people. Because if we harvest it and leave it for too long, the cassava will sprout or rot, which would be a waste of the people's efforts to grow and care for it all year long... We have to work overtime at night, but we are all happy.”

It is known that during the cassava harvest season of the local people, the officers and employees of the Processing Team often work until 1-2 am, with the thought of sharing the hardships and difficulties with the ethnic people in this remote border area.

Nguyen Duc Cuong

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