President Vo Van Thuong visits, presents gifts and wishes Tet to officers and soldiers of Thanh Thuy Border Guard Station, Nghe An

Also attending were comrades: Le Khanh Hai - Member of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Office of the President; Nguyen Dinh Khang - Member of the Party Central Committee, President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor; Hoang Cong Thuy - Vice President of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front; Bui Thi Hoa - President of the Vietnam Red Cross Society; Lieutenant General Nguyen Anh Tuan - Secretary of the Party Committee, Political Commissar of the Border Guard; Lieutenant General Hoang Khanh Hung - President of the Vietnam Association for Supporting Families of Martyrs.

Leaders of Nghe An province attending the program included comrades: Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Bui Dinh Long - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; leaders of a number of departments, branches and leaders of Thanh Chuong district.

Thanh Thuy Border Guard Station is responsible for managing and protecting 13.7km of border line, with 6 border markers and 2 markers; in charge of Thanh Thuy commune (Thanh Chuong district, Nghe An).

Over the past years, the officers and soldiers of the station have thoroughly grasped and implemented the directives, resolutions and plans of the superiors; synchronously deployed border protection measures, coordinated with the forces, Party committees, authorities and people of Thanh Thuy commune to firmly protect the territorial sovereignty and national border security; participated in building and consolidating the grassroots political system, developing the economy and society; reducing poverty and improving the lives of people in the border area.

In particular, the unit has strictly maintained combat readiness; organized patrols, firmly protected border lines and landmarks; managed border gates, controlled entry and exit.

The unit also carries out well the work of propaganda and mobilization of the masses to strictly comply with the Party's guidelines and policies; the State's policies and laws; agreements, conventions, and border regulations, contributing to raising people's awareness of law observance.

Actively carry out the work of fighting and preventing crime, maintaining security and order in the area. In 2023, the unit presided over and coordinated with forces to arrest and prosecute 4 cases with 6 subjects, seizing more than 12,000 pink synthetic drug pills, 4kg of methamphetamine, 70kg of firecrackers and many other exhibits.

In particular, Thanh Thuy Border Guard Station continues to carry out foreign affairs well on both sides of the border; coordinates with Company 522 of Laos to regularly exchange information, resolve issues related to the border and border gates; and strengthens the special solidarity and friendship between the Party committees, authorities, armed forces and people on both sides of the border.

The unit also promoted the role of the Border Guard officers who were strengthened to hold the position of Deputy Secretary of the Commune Party Committee and of 3 Party members working in Party cells of border villages and hamlets and 26 Party members in charge of 117 households; actively advised the locality to build and consolidate the political system, develop the economy and society. In particular, the unit effectively implemented the program "Nghe An Border Guard joins hands to build new rural areas", contributing to Thanh Thuy commune to complete the construction of new rural areas in December 2023.

The unit sponsors 3 poor students with an amount of 500,000 VND/student per month; calls on and mobilizes agencies, units, businesses, and philanthropists to donate clothes, books, school supplies, and necessities to students with a total value of over 100 million VND.

Talking to officers and soldiers of Thanh Thuy Border Guard Station, acknowledging and praising the achievements and results of the unit, President Vo Van Thuong stated: 2024 is a very special year for the Vietnam People's Army in general and the Border Guard in particular. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam People's Army, the 35th anniversary of National Defense Day, the 65th anniversary of the Border Guard's Tradition Day...

“This is an important occasion to promote the heroic tradition of the Border Guard, to better perform its tasks in the coming time; in particular, Nghe An Border Guard is a unit that has been recognized as a Hero of the People's Armed Forces twice, that tradition is very valuable, a great motivation for officers and soldiers to continue to excellently complete their tasks,” the President emphasized.

On that basis, comrade Vo Van Thuong noted a number of contents. First of all, the unit needs to continue to fully and deeply grasp the Resolution of the Central Military Commission on military and defense tasks in 2024; well manage import, export, entry and exit, maintain a peaceful, stable and developing border, making an important contribution to maintaining a peaceful and stable environment for the development of the country in general and promoting the socio-economic development of Nghe An province in particular.

The President expressed his hope that the unit would promote intelligence, creativity, solidarity, coordination, and close cooperation with other forces to grasp the situation and promptly advise the leaders of Nghe An province to resolve difficulties and problems arising related to the border gate within their scope of responsibility.

Along with that, the unit needs to do a good job of the important task of managing immigration and import and export as quickly, best, and in accordance with legal regulations so that every person passing through the border gate can feel the enthusiastic support of the Border Guard and the openness of the regulations. In addition, it is necessary to continue to maximize vigilance to combat trade fraud, especially the prevention and combat of drug trafficking, in the context that the border between Nghe An and the provinces of neighboring Laos is a "hot spot" for this activity.

Located in mountainous, remote and dangerous areas, where the people's education level is still limited, it is also the area where hostile forces operate against them. Therefore, officers and soldiers of Thanh Thuy Border Guard Station need to continue to grasp the situation, promptly detect and effectively combat plots and tricks to disrupt order, destabilize and affect the political security situation in the area; uphold the spirit of early and remote prevention, not to be passive or surprised in any situation.

Emphasizing that Vietnam and Laos have a close and special relationship, one of the prominent pillars in that relationship is defense - security, the foreign relations between the border agencies of the two countries around the maintenance of border lines, border markers, building a peaceful, stable, cooperative and developed border is an extremely important content. Therefore, the President requested the unit to coordinate closely and effectively with the functional agencies of Laos to implement that content, share experiences together, and encourage each other to perform their tasks well.

On the occasion of the New Year 2024, before the traditional Tet holiday of the nation, with the force having the majority of officers and soldiers on duty during Tet, President Vo Van Thuong hopes that the unit leaders and commanders will pay attention to and take care of the material and spiritual lives of the soldiers, so that even though the soldiers celebrate Tet far from home, they will still feel warm. On behalf of the working delegation, the President wished all officers and soldiers a new year of new victories.