Attending the ceremony were comrades: Lieutenant General Nguyen Anh Tuan, Party Secretary, Political Commissar of the Border Guard; Nguyen Phuoc Loc, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City ...

Lieutenant General Nguyen Anh Tuan spoke at the ceremony.
Delegates attending the ceremony.

At the ceremony, delegates reviewed the 50-year tradition of building, fighting and growing up of the Ho Chi Minh City Border Guard. Right from the first days of its establishment, officers and soldiers overcame all difficulties, hardships and sacrifices to restore port operations; coordinated with forces to crack down on criminals, clean up organizations and areas, maintain political security and social order and safety; promptly detected and prevented smuggling and illegal border crossings; and solved many serious cases. The city Border Guard has affirmed itself as the core and specialized force in managing and protecting territorial sovereignty and national border security.

Ho Chi Minh City leaders presented the traditional flag to the Ho Chi Minh City Border Guard.

In the years of innovation, the Ho Chi Minh City Border Guard has many models and measures to train officers and soldiers with strong political will, good military skills, good knowledge of the law, professional expertise, intelligence, bravery in fighting, and resolving thousands of cases of violations of maritime border regulations. The units have also proactively built and expanded many effective models to help people, build a strong people's border defense, firmly manage and protect territorial sovereignty, maritime border security, and promote the city's socio-economic development.

Ho Chi Minh City leaders awarded certificates of merit to collectives with outstanding achievements in border protection work.
Ho Chi Minh City leaders awarded certificates of merit to individuals with outstanding achievements in border protection work.

Speaking at the ceremony, Lieutenant General Nguyen Anh Tuan praised the achievements and feats that generations of officers and soldiers of the Ho Chi Minh City Border Guard have achieved over the past 50 years. To successfully complete the tasks in the coming time, the Ho Chi Minh City Border Guard needs to continue to thoroughly grasp and synchronously and qualitatively implement solutions, focusing on thoroughly grasping the viewpoints, policies and resolutions of the Party; strictly maintain combat readiness, improve training quality, build discipline; strengthen coordination of patrols and controls; fight to defeat all activities of hostile forces; coordinate forces to manage and protect national security, ensure social order and safety, create a combined strength in protecting and maintaining sovereignty and security of maritime borders and seaports.

Propaganda performance at the ceremony.

On this occasion, Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee awarded the Traditional Flag to Ho Chi Minh City Border Guard and certificates of merit to 7 collectives and 20 individuals with outstanding achievements in border protection work in recent years.

News and photos: NGUYEN DUY HIEN

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