Tet in the 'highlands and lowlands'
(Baonghean.vn) - On the last day of the year, the Tet atmosphere is bustling everywhere, everyone is rushing to arrange all their work to return home to reunite with their families, while in "the sky low, the earth high", border guards are preparing to welcome Spring away from home.
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| The Buoc Mu Border Control Station is located in Buoc Mu village, Na Ngoi commune (Ky Son), an area with an altitude of about 1,900m above sea level, covered in clouds all year round, often experiencing frost, temperatures sometimes dropping below 0 degrees Celsius, and snow covering the mountains and forests. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
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| The Buoc Mu Border Control Station is located in Buoc Mu village, Na Ngoi commune (Ky Son), an area with an altitude of about 1,900m above sea level, covered in clouds all year round, often experiencing frost, temperatures sometimes dropping below 0 degrees Celsius, and snow covering the mountains and forests. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
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| Returning from their patrol on the last day of the year, the border guards also carried wild peach branches and a bundle of dong leaves on their shoulders. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
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For officers and soldiers of the Buoc Mu Border Control Station, Na Ngoi Border Post, this year they will be able to celebrate the Lunar New Year earlier. This is because they also have to perform the dual task of patrolling and protecting the border, while also preventing and fighting the epidemic. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
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“Although the time to carry out the mission is quite stressful, the brothers still try to take advantage of the time to prepare for the Spring Festival and Tet at the station. Cleaning the road, wrapping Chung cakes, making five-fruit trays,... just that, it brings the warm atmosphere of Spring to each brother here” - Major Nguyen Ngoc Trai said. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
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For nearly two years now, Major Trai and his comrades at the Buoc Mu Border Control Station have had little opportunity to visit their families and children, temporarily putting aside family work to complete the tasks assigned by the unit. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
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| Photo: Thanh Cuong |
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| Another year celebrating Tet away from home, officers and soldiers of the Buoc Mu Border Control Station still try to bring the Tet atmosphere to the small space where the unit is stationed. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
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| In the midst of Spring in the border area, Border Guard soldiers celebrate Tet simply with peach blossoms, the national flag, and rustic gifts given by the border people, while still not forgetting their duties. Photo: Thanh Cuong |