Building a solid 'people's hearts' position on the border
(Baonghean.vn) - In recent times, the security and order situation in the border area has generally continued to have many positive changes. However, taking advantage of the large area, criminal activities have become increasingly sophisticated and potentially complicated, directly affecting security and order in this area.
Joint effort
In recent years, non-traditional security challenges such as natural disasters, epidemics, and activities of transnational and cross-border crimes such as human trafficking, fraud, trading in explosives, weapons, and illegal transportation of drugs... have become increasingly sophisticated, aggressive, and reckless, directly affecting the task of protecting order and security in border areas.
Faced with that reality, Nghe An province determined tostable border areaThe material and spiritual life of the people must be ensured. In recent times, all levels, sectors and localities have paid attention to directing the effective implementation of consolidating and building the political system at the grassroots level in conjunction with building the movement of the People to protect the security of the Fatherland. Thanks to that, it has contributed to transforming 98.5% of communes out of the complex security and order focus areas. Many models of hunger eradication and poverty reduction associated with ensuring national defense and security have been effective. In particular, the Provincial Police, the districts of Ky Son, Tuong Duong, Que Phong, Thanh Chuong, Anh Son, and Con Cuong have mobilized funds to build more than 3,000 houses for the poor and people with housing difficulties in border areas and mountainous districts.
According to Colonel Le Van Thai - Deputy Director of Nghe An Provincial Police: A prominent mark in the fight against all types of crime, contributing to maintaining peace at the grassroots level, is that since 2022, the Provincial Police have coordinated with localities to implement the Project "Building a drug-free border commune". Up to now, 27/27 border communes are drug-free, 166 inland communes, wards and towns are drug-free, which have been highly appreciated by the Ministry of Public Security, Party committees and authorities and expanded nationwide, with the people's agreement and support.
To meet the increasingly high requirements of the fight against crime and maintain security and order in border areas, together with the police force, Border Guard units have proactively and synchronously deployed many solutions in the fight against crime, firmly protecting territorial sovereignty and national border security.
Colonel Duong Hong Hai - Deputy Commander of Nghe An Border Guard Command, said: The Border Guard has strengthened international cooperation with the Police and border protection forces of the opposite border provinces. Periodically and suddenly, meetings are held, through the hotline, to exchange information and activities of crimes related to security and order between the two sides of the border. Thanks to that, 2,529 pieces of information have been exchanged, contributing to the coordination in fighting and preventing crimes, achieving many important results. Notably, the coordination with the Lao border protection force has established and successfully fought 5 special projects, arrested 6 subjects; seized 52 heroin cakes, 48,000 synthetic drug pills, 7 kg of crystal meth, 15 kg of opium resin, etc.
The Provincial Border Guard Command has also directed the Border Guard stations and posts on the land border to do a good job of twinning and coordinating information exchange. Up to now, 8 Border Guard stations have signed a twinning agreement with 7 Companies and 1 Police station; 21 pairs of villages and hamlets have signed a twinning agreement. The border protection forces of both sides have also actively coordinated to strengthen bilateral patrol activities. From 2018 to 2023, 245 bilateral patrols were coordinated/2,450 officers and soldiers participated. In addition, implementing the Project "Improving the effectiveness of cooperation and assistance to Border Guard Companies (Laos) on the border with Nghe An province in the period of 2018 - 2022", the Provincial Border Guard has advised the Provincial People's Committee, border districts and called on businesses and benefactors to support the provinces on the opposite border with a total value of gifts of all kinds of over 20 billion VND.
Local authorities at all levels, sectors and authorities have also effectively implemented international cooperation to resolve issues arising in various fields, contributing to ensuring security and order in border areas, ethnic minority areas and mountainous areas. In particular, the police force has completed the target of building and handing over 21/21 headquarters with a total amount of more than 9.6 billion VND to the Lao border police according to the agreement between the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam and the Ministry of Public Security of Laos.
In addition, implementing the Agreement signed on July 8, 2013 between the two Governments on resolving the issue of spontaneous migration and unregistered marriages in the border areas of Vietnam and Laos, in 3 years (from 2019-2021), the border districts have coordinated with the Department of Justice of Nghe An to carry out procedures to request the President to grant Vietnamese nationality to 201 Lao people, at the same time, allowing 185/201 cases to register their household; registering births for 185/201 cases and registering marriages for 172/201 cases. Thereby, helping people stabilize their lives and develop the economy and society.
Building a solid "people's hearts" position
In the coming time, the situation in the border area is determined to have many potential complications, especially when hostile and reactionary forces in exile will step up sabotage activities, attract criminals, and pose a risk of affecting border security in the area.
At the Conference on deploying the work of ensuring security and order in the border areas, ethnic minority and mountainous areas of Nghe An province in the new situation, which took place at the end of October, comrade Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee directed all levels, sectors and localities to continue to focus on thoroughly grasping and implementing the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's policies and laws on border, mountainous and ethnic areas. Focus on synchronously and drastically implementing plans, projects, plans and measures to prevent and fight against the plots and activities of hostile and reactionary forces to sabotage and divide the great national unity bloc. Strengthen the grassroots political system to be truly strong; improve the capacity and fighting strength of Party organizations, the management and operation capacity of grassroots authorities; consolidate the potential and comprehensive strength to protect national defense and security on the border.
The Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also proposed to prioritize investment resources to preserve and promote the fine cultural identity of ethnic minorities, eliminate backward customs and practices. Invest in building infrastructure, effectively implement social security policies, and sustainably reduce poverty. Timely resolve pressing issues arising in the process of implementing the task of socio-economic development in the Western region of the province.
In particular, it is necessary to continue to promote the construction and consolidation of the people's security posture associated with the national defense, forming a solid "people's hearts posture" on the border. Strengthen international cooperation, consolidate the special friendship and solidarity with the authorities and functional agencies between Nghe An and the neighboring provinces of Laos. Closely coordinate with the functional forces of Laos to combat all types of crimes and law violations in the border area, especially drug-related crimes... Effectively implement the contents of the Memorandum of Understanding and Coordination Regulations signed between the forces; effectively maintain the hotline to exchange information and situations of mutual concern.