Officers and soldiers of Hoang Truong Border Guard Station support fishermen in hanging the national flag on fishing boats.
Immediately after the decree was issued, the Provincial People's Committee assigned the Provincial Border Guard Command (now the Border Guard Command under the Provincial Military Command) to preside over and coordinate with relevant departments, branches and coastal localities to disseminate and implement it synchronously and effectively. The Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Committee have issued many action programs, plans and projects to strengthen national defense, security and develop the marine economy, with special attention paid to closely combining socio-economic development with strengthening national defense and security.
Propaganda, dissemination and legal education have been widely implemented, bringing about positive changes in the awareness of officials and people about the task of protecting sea and island sovereignty . Communication activities have also been focused on and strengthened. Provincial departments and branches have coordinated to organize 140 training courses with 22,000 participants, disseminating regulations on ensuring safety, communication, building capacity to adapt to climate change, sustainable development, as well as international treaties and Vietnamese laws related to sea and island work and natural disaster prevention, search and rescue.
Border guards, police and military forces conducted 125 patrols and controls with 1,500 officers and soldiers participating, controlling 6,875 vehicles with 55,000 workers, promptly detecting and handling violations, especially foreign vessels violating sovereignty and complicated situations regarding security and order.
Over the past 10 years, the authorities have established 18 special projects, 35 operational plans, and prosecuted 126 cases with 134 subjects. The seized evidence included 500 grams of heroin, 610 grams of synthetic drugs, 196 kg of explosives, 2,683 detonators, 261 meters of slow-burning wire, and 32 electric shockers. At the same time, 795 administrative violations were punished with 1,607 subjects, and 4.6 billion VND was paid to the State budget, demonstrating a strong determination in the fight against crime and law violations at sea.
Disaster prevention, incident response and search and rescue work has been maintained regularly and effectively. The province has organized 16 drills on disaster prevention, incident response and search and rescue on the sea border with the participation of 2,080 people and 425 vehicles. During storms and bad weather, local forces and authorities guided 207,050 boats with 1,714,235 people to safe shelters. In particular, 206 rescue operations were successfully organized, saving 160 boats with 965 people, towing 76 fishing boats to shore and salvaging 25 sunken boats, contributing to minimizing damage to people and property of the State and the People.
In the work of building a comprehensively strong maritime border area, the province has directed the synchronous implementation of the provincial planning for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2045, with special attention paid to orientations for marine economic development associated with national defense and security. Investment projects in the maritime border area are all strictly and objectively appraised, ensuring compliance with the socio-economic development planning and national defense planning.
Many meaningful programs and models have been implemented, such as: "Accompanying fishermen to go offshore and stick to the sea", "Spring on the border warms the hearts of fishermen", "Vietnam Navy is a support for fishermen to go offshore and stick to the sea" and "Coast Guard accompanies fishermen". These activities not only provide material support but also strengthen the spirit of solidarity between the army and the people, creating strong trust in the fishing community. The work of building armed forces in the coastal border area has received attention.
However, in addition to the achievements, the management of sea areas still has some limitations that need to be overcome. Coordination between departments and branches is sometimes not regular, and the awareness of a part of the people about the task of protecting the sea border is still limited. There is still a situation where fishing boats lack procedures and safety equipment when operating at sea. Some legal documents on sea and island management are not synchronous and need to be completed to suit the actual situation.
After 10 years of implementing Decree No. 71/2015/ND-CP, the importance of the legal framework in maritime border management has not only been affirmed, but also the effectiveness of the management model that harmoniously combines sovereignty protection and economic development has been demonstrated. The solid foundations that have been built will be an important premise for our province to continue to successfully fulfill the task of protecting the sovereignty of the sea and islands of the Fatherland in the coming time.
Article and photos: Ngan Ha
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