The Thua Thien Hue Border Guard is assigned to manage and protect over 80 km of land border, adjacent to the two provinces of Salavan and Sekong of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, with two border gates of A Dot - Ta Vang and Hong Van - Cu Tai; and over 120 km of sea border. Therefore, thoroughly grasping and implementing the Party's viewpoints in the Strategy for National Defense in the new situation is of great significance, both urgent and fundamental and long-term. In recent years, the active implementation of the Strategy for National Defense in the new situation has made important contributions to promoting socio-economic development, firmly protecting independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, ensuring national border security, maintaining political security, social order and safety; the national defense posture, people's security posture and the national border posture have been constantly consolidated. Colonel Le Van Nguyen, Party Secretary, Political Commissar of Thua Thien Hue Border Guard, said: Immediately after the Central Resolution 8 was issued, the Provincial Party Committee and Border Guard Command organized to disseminate, focus on leadership, direction and concretize the content of the resolution into the implementation of assigned political tasks. The Provincial Border Guard Party Committee issued Plan No. 1021 dated August 20, 2014 on implementing Resolution No. 28 dated October 25, 2013 of the Party Central Committee on the Strategy for National Defense in the new situation; proactively researched, analyzed, synthesized and closely forecasted the situation in the border area. From there, promptly advised and proposed to the Party Committee, the Border Guard Command, the Provincial Party Committee, and the Provincial People's Committee to propose policies and countermeasures to successfully handle situations, avoid being passive and surprised, build, manage and protect territorial sovereignty, national border security, and sea areas within the assigned scope of responsibility. To successfully implement the National Defense Strategy in general and the task of protecting sovereignty and border security in particular, the Provincial Border Guard Party Committee has paid attention to building a contingent of cadres with sufficient qualities and capacities to ensure that they meet the requirements of the task; strengthening political and ideological education, making cadres and soldiers have a firm political stance, steadfast in Marxism-Leninism, Ho Chi Minh's thought, the ideal goal of national independence associated with socialism, loyalty, absolute trust in the leadership of the Party, maintaining the moral qualities and lifestyle of a revolutionary soldier, raising vigilance, having high determination to fight, ready to receive and complete well all assigned tasks; actively fighting against "peaceful evolution"; preventing manifestations of "self-evolution" and "self-transformation" within the Party.

Promote the role of village elders, village chiefs, and prestigious people in mobilizing people of all walks of life in border areas. Photo: Internet.

The Provincial Border Guard Party Committee and Command have always been proactive in grasping the situation, forecasting, and promptly handling situations, avoiding being passive or surprised; properly handling and resolving incidents occurring on the two border lines of the province in accordance with the law, not allowing them to prolong and develop into hot spots. In addition, the Provincial Border Guard Party Committee and Command have directed the promotion of border diplomacy, closely coordinating with the armed forces of Laos in managing and protecting the border, building a peaceful, friendly, cooperative and developing border. Of which, 125 bilateral patrols have been organized with the participation of 2,316 officers and soldiers. In addition, the Provincial Border Guard Party Committee and Command have increased 28 officers for 13 border communes; promote the role of Border Guard Party members in charge of households, Border Guard Party members living in 68 border village and hamlet Party cells, participate in consolidating political bases, developing socio-economics in border areas, to manage the area, participate in consolidating and building a strong grassroots political system. Thanks to that, the political bases in border localities have been consolidated, making the leadership capacity and fighting strength of grassroots party organizations constantly improved, the management efficiency of the government and the activities of the Fatherland Front and other organizations increasingly effective, contributing significantly to building the all-people border defense posture in the all-people national defense posture. The Provincial Party Committee and Border Guard Command have led and directed the implementation of resolutions, directives, programs and plans of Party committees at all levels on promoting the strength of the great national unity bloc in the cause of building and defending the Fatherland, managing and protecting the sovereignty, border security and sea areas of the province. Of which, 1,569 propaganda sessions were organized for 563,866 people in the border area; 49 Border Self-Management Teams and National Border Markers with 1,456 members were established and maintained; 93 Safe Boat Teams with 1,140 members participated. In addition, the Provincial Party Committee and Border Guard also continued to effectively promote social security programs, helping people in the border area to develop the economy, build new rural areas with many practical models and jobs such as: Donating 120 breeding cows, building 65 Comrades' houses, 24 Love houses for policy households, families in difficult circumstances in the border area.

Thoroughly grasping the Party's guidelines and viewpoints, resolutions and directives from superiors on military, national defense and border tasks to all officers and soldiers, units in the provincial Border Guard have comprehensively and synchronously innovated all aspects of border work, improved the capacity to organize, command and manage border protection in all situations; effectively fought and prevented all types of crimes, maintained political security and social order and safety in the border area. At the same time, actively participated in socio-economic development, built a solid people's position in the border area; built a strong unit in all aspects, improved working capacity and combat readiness, and successfully completed all assigned tasks./.

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