From a land without electricity, roads, schools, stations, sparse population, hardship, and shortages in all aspects, after more than 20 years of establishment, the economic -defense zone (KT-QP) managed and operated by Regiment 726 has had a strong transformation, becoming a home of military-civilian affection for thousands of people on the border.

Lieutenant Colonel Do Van Trang, Political Commissar of Regiment 726, said: “With the motto of “going to every alley, knocking on every door”, up to now, the soldiers of Regiment 726 have mobilized more than 1,000 households to participate in economic development projects in the Economic-Defense Zone; stably arranged 5 residential clusters with a total of 637 households. Workers’ families and contracted households are also arranged 400-800m2 of residential land, 1-1.5ha of garden land and supported with 15-20 million VND to build houses. From various sources, the unit has invested in building more than 170km of internal roads; pulled 20km of medium and low voltage power lines; dug and built 85 large and small lakes and dams to serve people’s lives and production... From the gardens, pairs of buffaloes and cows supported by the Regiment, up to now, many households have successfully started their own businesses, built spacious houses, and earned hundreds of millions of VND. VND/year".

Medical staff of Regiment 726 come to the homes of policy beneficiaries, the elderly, and the lonely to examine and provide free medicine.

Identifying agricultural economy as a spearhead and breakthrough to change the face of the border area, Regiment 726 regularly organizes training sessions, fosters knowledge, technical processes for garden care, animal breeds, forest fire prevention and control... for workers and people in the area. In the Economic-Defense Zone, the Regiment organizes production with a reasonable structure, mainly growing coffee, macadamia, pepper, avocado, and at the same time, mobilizing households to take advantage of land near their homes to grow food crops, flowers, and vegetables to ensure daily life and food sources for livestock...

With the motto of "listening to people, speaking so that people understand, doing so that people believe", the cadres, party members, and young volunteer intellectuals of Regiment 726 regularly stay in villages and hamlets to eat, live, work, and speak the same language with the people to propagate, mobilize, and raise awareness of law compliance. At the same time, they "hold hands and show people how to do things", guiding people to access scientific and technical advances in livestock breeding, planting, and new cultivation. Up to now, the unit has 8 comrades assigned by superiors to the locality and participating in Party committees and authorities at all levels, contributing to improving the leadership capacity and management ability of Party committees and authorities at the grassroots level.

Responding to the Movements: "The Army joins hands to build new rural areas"; "The whole country joins hands for the poor - no one is left behind"... each year, the unit spends hundreds of millions of dong to support and help policy families, poor households affected by natural disasters, storms, floods, accidents, helping them gradually stabilize and improve their lives. Although there are still many difficulties and hardships, with love and responsibility to the community, up to now, the unit has adopted and supported 32 orphaned students and students in difficult circumstances. In addition, the Regiment also organizes tutoring classes to bring knowledge to children in the highlands. With the love and guidance of the soldiers, the children have made clear progress through each school year.

In the house of great solidarity that still smells of new paint, Mr. Dieu Nuy in Bu Prang 1A hamlet (Quang Truc commune) could not hide his joy: “In remote areas, the army has paid attention and supported, given seedlings, livestock, allocated land, allocated forests, and created jobs, so in the past 5 years, there have been no more hungry households in the hamlet, and the poverty rate has also decreased significantly. During natural disasters and storms, the army has been present to protect and help the people. Families with children performing military service, the elderly, and those without a job, when harvesting coffee or when having work, have all received enthusiastic and responsible support and help from the army. The acts of kindness of the soldiers of Regiment 726 have increasingly strengthened the relationship between the army and the people.”

Talking to us, comrade Nguyen Trung Thanh, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Quang Truc commune said: "The Party Committee, government and people of Quang Truc commune highly appreciate the practical work of the cadres and staff of Regiment 726 for the locality in recent years. The hunger eradication and poverty reduction models that the unit is implementing and replicating have opened up opportunities to escape poverty for hundreds of households, helping them feel secure in their attachment to the border area. It can be said that the projects of Regiment 726 have contributed to creating a new look, helping the locality firmly overcome difficult and challenging periods, gradually develop the economy, strengthen national defense, create a solid corridor, and build an increasingly strong national "fence""./.

    Source: https://www.qdnd.vn/xa-hoi/dan-toc-ton-giao/chinh-sach-phat-trien/diem-tua-cua-dong-bao-vung-bien-quang-truc-912797