General Secretary To Lam visits and works at the Border Guard Command

Attending the working session were General Phan Van Giang - Politburo member, Minister of National Defense, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission. The program of General Secretary To Lam's visit and working session was broadcast live to 53 bridge points of the Border Guard Commands of provinces and cities, Border Guard Stations and combat ships.

At the bridge point of Nghe An Provincial Border Guard Command, comrades: Nguyen Duc Trung - Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Colonel Nguyen Cong Luc - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Commander of the Provincial Border Guard Command chaired.

Complete all tasks well, some tasks are completed excellently

At the working session, General Secretary To Lam listened to Lieutenant General Le Duc Thai - Member of the Party Central Committee, Commander of the Border Guard, briefly report on the situation and results of border work and force building in 2024, as well as directions and key tasks in the coming time.

Accordingly, in 2024, thoroughly grasping the leadership and direction of the Party and State, directly the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense; the direction and assistance of central departments, ministries and branches; the coordination, facilitation and support of local Party committees and authorities, forces and people, ethnic minorities in border areas, the Party Committee, the Border Guard Command, Party committees and commanders at all levels in the entire force have led and directed comprehensively, with focus and key points.

With solidarity, unity, efforts and overcoming difficulties, the Border Guard has completed all tasks well, some tasks excellently.

To prepare for the troops to celebrate the Lunar New Year 2025 joyfully, excitedly, safely, economically, without being passive or surprised in any situation; the Border Guard Command has issued a directive on combat readiness and organizing the New Year; implementing the Plan for the peak of fighting and suppressing crime, smuggling, and trade fraud before, during and after the Lunar New Year 2025.

Direct agencies and units to prepare and ensure correct, sufficient, and timely Tet regimes and standards for soldiers; perform well the work of policies for the Army's rear; assign officers and soldiers to celebrate Tet with people in border areas.

Closely coordinate with local Party committees, authorities and forces to check and take care of Tet for people in border areas, ensuring that no household is hungry or has no Tet; successfully organize the program "Border Spring warms the hearts of the villagers" in 2025 in 44 border provinces and cities.

In the warm atmosphere before the Spring of At Ty 2025, General Secretary To Lam visited, talked intimately, and encouraged officers and soldiers of the Border Guard; representatives of officers, people and armed forces at border posts and border patrol boats.

Establish many new achievements and feats to celebrate Spring and dedicate to the Party

Speaking to encourage and motivate officers and soldiers of the Border Guard to continue to fulfill the tasks assigned by the Party, State and people, General Secretary To Lam expressed his joy and excitement when learning that, in the first days of the new year 2025, the entire Border Guard force has strived to excellently complete all assigned tasks, achieving many new feats and achievements to celebrate the Spring and offer to the Party.

The General Secretary sent his best regards and New Year wishes to the leaders of the Ministry of National Defense, the Border Guard Command, officers, soldiers, workers, and defense officials of the entire Border Guard force, and all comrades and people of all ethnic groups in border and island areas.

After listening to the report, the General Secretary expressed his joy, acknowledged and highly appreciated the efforts of the Party Committee, the Border Guard Command, Party committees, commanders at all levels and all officers and soldiers in effectively implementing military, defense and Border Guard tasks.

General Secretary To Lam emphasized that entering 2025, a year filled with important events and urgent tasks that we must complete to create the premise for the nation's "take-off" period, the Border Guard also needs to "gallop" to achieve the targets and plans of the 2025 working year.

The General Secretary requested the Border Guard to continue to maintain and strengthen the Party's leadership, improve the effectiveness and efficiency of State management in the cause of building, managing and protecting national borders; research and improve the capacity to advise and organize the implementation of Border Guard work at all levels.

Regularly grasp and correctly assess the security and political situation in border areas, islands, key areas, and traditional and non-traditional security issues, promptly advise and effectively handle situations, avoid being passive or surprised, and firmly protect territorial sovereignty and national border security.

The Border Guard also needs to strongly innovate in management thinking, protect territorial sovereignty and national border security; perfect mechanisms, policies and legal systems on building and protecting national borders; focus on researching and proposing issues on technology and digital transformation in border and border gate management and protection activities; coordinate to widely and effectively implement the National Border Protection Strategy, the Vietnam Border Law and related legal documents.

To create a breakthrough in building a revolutionary, disciplined, elite, and modern Border Guard force that meets the requirements and tasks of managing and protecting the national border in the new situation, General Secretary To Lam requested that the Border Guard force must have high political determination and scientific methods of operation.

Strengthen the synchronous implementation of solutions to build a strong and clean Border Guard Party Committee, a comprehensively strong unit that is "exemplary and typical"; prepare well the conditions to successfully organize the Party Congresses at all levels in the Border Guard; at the same time, continue to implement the policy of streamlining the organizational apparatus.

Promote the effectiveness of the Border Guard cadres participating in Party committees at all levels, commune-strengthened cadres, party members participating in Party cells in villages and hamlets, party members in charge of households; continue to effectively implement programs and movements to help people such as "Border Spring warms the hearts of villagers", "Helping children go to school", "Adopted children of Border Guard stations", "Border Mid-Autumn Festival Night"...

General Secretary To Lam also requested the Border Guard to thoroughly grasp and implement the Party and State's foreign policy and viewpoints, improve the effectiveness of defense diplomacy, border diplomacy and international cooperation in the Border Guard field, contributing to ensuring a peaceful environment, maintaining territorial sovereignty, creating favorable conditions for economic, cultural and social development and consolidating and strengthening national defense and security in border and island areas.

Regarding the organization of the Lunar New Year 2025, the General Secretary requested that the Border Guard should thoroughly grasp and strictly implement the directives of the Secretariat, the Prime Minister and the directives and plans of the Ministry of National Defense.

Organize patrols, inspections, and strict control of borders and border gates, maintain political security, social order and safety in border areas and border gates during Tet; ensure full standards and regimes for Tet, organize for soldiers to celebrate Spring and Tet in a warm, safe, and economical manner; care for policy beneficiaries and poor households in border, sea, and island areas.

The General Secretary emphasized that the Party, State, Central Military Commission and people always have special affection, firm trust and always care and look after building the Vietnam People's Army in general and the Border Guard in particular into a revolutionary, disciplined, elite, modern army; strong in politics; absolutely loyal to the Fatherland, the Party, State and people.

On the occasion of the New Year of the Snake 2025, General Secretary To Lam presented gifts to officers and soldiers of the Border Guard; recorded in the traditional golden book of the Border Guard force.