Nghe An and Vietnam Coast Guard signed a cooperation program to implement mass mobilization work 'Coast Guard accompanies fishermen'

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 National Assembly Delegation of Nghe An province; Lieutenant General Bui Quoc Oai - Secretary of the Party Committee, Political Commissar of the Vietnam Coast Guard co-chaired the signing ceremony.

Attending the signing ceremony on the side of Nghe An province were comrades: Nguyen Van Thong - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Hoang Nghia Hieu - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; comrades in the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and leaders of a number of departments, branches, sectors and 5 coastal districts and towns. On the side of the Vietnam Coast Guard, there were Major General Tran Van Xuan - Deputy Political Commissar and leaders of affiliated agencies and units.

COAST GUARD ACCOMPANIES FISHERMEN

Established on August 28, 1998, the Vietnam Coast Guard is identified as the people's armed forces, a specialized force of the State, acting as the core of law enforcement and protecting national security, order and safety at sea.

To promote the function of a "working army" and to fulfill its role as a specialized force of the State, acting as the core force in enforcing the law to protect national security, order and safety at sea, the Vietnam Coast Guard has promoted mass mobilization activities; including the implementation of the program "Coast Guard accompanies fishermen".

This is a breakthrough content, demonstrating the awareness, political responsibility and creativity of the Vietnam Coast Guard in implementing documents and Resolutions of the Party, the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense on strengthening and innovating mass mobilization work in the new period; as well as concretizing the Law on Vietnam Coast Guard into life.

With very comprehensive contents and specific purposes in the coordination program "Coast Guard accompanies fishermen" that the two sides discussed, agreed and signed, Lieutenant General Bui Quoc Oai - Party Secretary, Political Commissar of the Vietnam Coast Guard requested the competent authorities of Nghe An province and the Vietnam Coast Guard Command to advise and propose competent authorities to effectively and substantially implement the contents, soon put the program into practice, achieving practical results.

The Vietnam Coast Guard will assign the Command of Coast Guard Region 1 to coordinate with Nghe An province to advise, propose and implement within the assigned scope and responsibilities; contents beyond the authority will be promptly reported to the Standing Party Committee and the Head of the Coast Guard Command for direction.

On behalf of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Nghe An Provincial Party Committee Secretary Thai Thanh Quy expressed his pleasure to welcome the working delegation of the Standing Committee of the Vietnam Coast Guard Party Committee and its affiliated agencies and units to visit, work, and organize the signing with Nghe An province on the Program of coordination in implementing mass mobilization work "Coast Guard accompanies fishermen".

Nghe An is the province with the largest area in the country, including an 82km long coastline with about 1 million people living in 5 coastal districts and towns, accounting for about 29% of the province's population and currently has about 4,000 fishing and seafood exploitation vessels, of which more than 1,100 are offshore fishing vessels.

With that characteristic, the Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee affirmed: Protecting the sovereignty of the sea and islands of the Fatherland, protecting fishing grounds, marine resources and developing the marine economy are identified by the province as top priority tasks in the process of socio-economic development, ensuring national defense and security in the area.

The Provincial Party Committee, People's Council and People's Committee of Nghe An province have issued many resolutions and projects on marine economic development; have policies to support fishermen going offshore and sticking to the sea; at the same time, actively carry out propaganda and mobilization work to help people understand the Party's policies, the State's policies and laws and related regulations and decisions; conduct defense zone drills in coastal districts and towns; conduct rescue and disaster response drills at sea;...

Highly appreciating the content and significance of the Program of coordination in implementing the mass mobilization work "Coast Guard accompanies fishermen" between the two sides, Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy believes that the program will be implemented effectively and closely; thereby making the relationship between the military and the people increasingly close; the relationship between the Vietnam Coast Guard and Nghe An province increasingly strengthened and effective.

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy pledged that the Provincial Party Standing Committee is responsible for leading, directing, assigning and delegating tasks to agencies and units of Nghe An province, in which the Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Commission is assigned as the standing agency to coordinate with the Vietnam Coast Guard to implement the program. The two sides will regularly exchange information periodically; in case of necessary situations, the two sides will directly meet and discuss.

COORDINATE IMPLEMENTATION ON 5 CONTENTS

Under the witness of the leaders of the Standing Committee of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee and the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the Vietnam Coast Guard, Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee Thai Thanh Quy and Lieutenant General Bui Quoc Oai - Secretary of the Party Committee, Political Commissar of the Vietnam Coast Guard signed the Program of coordination in implementing mass mobilization work "Coast Guard accompanies fishermen".

The program of coordination in implementing the mass mobilization work "Coast Guard accompanies fishermen" includes 5 groups of contents: Strengthening propaganda and dissemination of the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's policies and laws, legal education for the people; participating in building safe areas and strong political systems; supporting localities in developing economy, culture, society, reducing poverty, building new rural areas, implementing social security activities, repaying gratitude, contributing to improving people's material and spiritual life; supporting and helping fishermen go offshore, sticking to the sea, contributing to maintaining security and sovereignty over the sea and islands of the Fatherland; performing the task of mobilizing and transferring human resources, means, and civilian vessels to participate in protecting sovereignty over the sea and islands.

On this occasion, the Standing Committee of the Vietnam Coast Guard Party Committee presented 200 gifts to policy families and fishermen in difficult circumstances in Nghe An province.

Since 2018, the Coast Guard has successfully rescued 29 fishing boats and 269 fishermen from Nghe An province and brought them safely ashore.