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| Ambassador, Associate Professor, PhD, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dang Dinh Quy spoke at the exchange. (Photo: Xuan Son) |
The delegation of students from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was led by Ambassador, Associate Professor, PhD, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dang Dinh Quy. Also participating in the delegation were former member of the Party Central Committee, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, former Chairman of the National Border Committee, Ambassador Ho Xuan Son and representatives of the National Border Committee, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Receiving and working with the delegation at the Provincial People's Committee Headquarters on June 27 were Permanent Vice Chairman of the People's Committee Pham Duc Toan; Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Trong Loi, Deputy Commander of the Border Guard Command, Provincial Military Command; Deputy Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs Van Sy Thang... and officers of a number of functional units of Dien Bien province.
During the discussion and learning about the socio-economic development situation and border work, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dang Dinh Quy emphasized that Dien Bien is the land of the Fatherland's fence, playing a very special role in protecting the border and developing friendly relations with Laos and China in aspects such as security, politics, socio-economics, and people-to-people exchange.
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| Standing Vice Chairman of Dien Bien Provincial People's Committee Pham Duc Toan emphasized that the foreign relations between Dien Bien province and the provinces of Northern Laos and Yunnan province, China have always been maintained, contributing to building a peaceful, friendly and developed border. (Photo: Xuan Son) |
The members of the delegation were very honored and proud to visit and learn about the historical land in the far north of the Fatherland, where the Dien Bien Phu victory "resounded throughout the five continents, shook the world" was created - a brilliant page in the history of the Vietnamese people. Coming to the historical land of Dien Bien, hearing first-hand information about the local construction and development situation, about the implementation of border diplomacy with two neighboring countries, especially with the brotherly Laos, the members of the delegation understood more deeply the difficulties, hardships, and efforts of local cadres and soldiers, of "steel men" in the work of protecting the national border, as well as maintaining security and order for socio-economic development in Dien Bien.
Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Pham Duc Toan said that as the land of the Fatherland's border, Dien Bien is also the only province that shares borders with two countries, Laos and China. The border with Laos is 414.712 km long, adjacent to two Lao provinces, Phongsaly and Luang Prabang, and the border with China is 40.86 km long.
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| Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Trong Loi, Deputy Commander of the Border Guard Command, Provincial Military Command, informed about border work in the province. (Photo: Xuan Son) |
Dien Bien always clearly defines its responsibilities and tasks in maintaining territorial sovereignty, border security and social order and safety, economic development, and people-to-people exchanges with its neighbors. Over the years, the border management and protection forces of Dien Bien province and the provinces in Laos and China have strictly maintained the implementation of signed legal documents on the border, regularly exchanged information, and coordinated patrols and controls on the border.
People on both sides of the border have strictly followed the Party's guidelines, policies and the State's laws, regularly exchanged goods, and ensured compliance with the provisions of the Agreement on land border management and border gates as well as the laws of each country. Foreign relations between Dien Bien province and the provinces of Northern Laos and Yunnan province, China have always been maintained and increasingly developed, contributing to building a stable, peaceful, friendly, cooperative and developed border.
However, the border area of Dien Bien province still has potential complex security and order issues such as: drug crimes are complicated and tend to increase in the number of cases, number of subjects and quantity of drugs bought, sold and transported across the border; activities violating the Agreement on border regulations by people on both sides of the border such as illegal entry, exit and border crossing.
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| The delegation was delighted with the achievements and outstanding efforts of the officers and forces working in foreign affairs and border affairs of the province in maintaining the people's hearts and minds at the border. |
At the meeting, the delegation members actively discussed and raised many questions with representatives of Dien Bien province's leaders and the provincial Military Command about foreign affairs in the province, management and protection of borders and landmarks as well as solutions to strengthen diplomatic coordination between local authorities and the other side.
The delegation was delighted with the outstanding achievements and efforts of the cadres and forces working in foreign affairs and border affairs of the province in maintaining the people's hearts at the border, creating conditions for the friendly and cooperative relations with the two neighboring countries "sharing the same rooster crowing in the morning" Laos and China to become increasingly practical, effective and in-depth.
Providing more information on security protection and border maintenance, Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Trong Loi, Deputy Commander of the Border Guard Command, Provincial Military Command, informed that in border management, the provincial Border Guard has coordinated with Lao and Chinese border protection forces to organize unilateral and bilateral patrols; promptly detect and advise superiors to resolve incidents occurring on the border, avoiding being passive and surprised.
The provincial Border Guard organizes meetings and exchanges between the two sides of the provincial border, station and station level with Laos and China; maintains the movement of twinning residential clusters on both sides of the border, contributing to building a peaceful, friendly, stable, cooperative and developed border. In addition, the Dien Bien Provincial Border Guard also actively participates in building a strong people's border defense, helping people in border areas build and repair houses, develop economic models, and at the same time propagate people to actively participate in protecting border sovereignty.
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| The delegation was delighted with the achievements and outstanding efforts of the officers and forces working in foreign affairs and border affairs of the province. (Photo: Xuan Son) |
Within the framework of the program, on the morning of June 28, the delegation visited and learned about key historical relics of Dien Bien. At the relic sites of Hill A1, De Castries Bunker, Victory Monument and Victory Museum, the delegation members listened to explanations about the arduous, ingenious and brave fighting process of our army to control the strategic stronghold of Dien Bien.
Witnessing with their own eyes the artifacts, battle diagrams, and images recreating the campaign of "56 days and nights of digging mountains and sleeping in tunnels/continuous rain and rice balls, blood mixed with mud..." of our ancestors, the working group deeply felt the offensive spirit, perseverance, and creativity of the Vietnamese army and people that forced the French colonialists to sign the unconditional surrender document, ending the historic Dien Bien Phu campaign, ending nearly 100 years of French colonial rule.
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| The delegation offered incense at the Dien Bien Phu Martyrs Temple. (Photo: Xuan Son) |
The delegation also offered incense at the Martyrs' Temple and at the Dien Bien Phu Martyrs' Cemetery. In a solemn atmosphere, the members of the delegation respectfully expressed their infinite gratitude for the sacrifices of the heroic martyrs who fell to protect every inch of the border, bringing independence and peace to the Fatherland. Incense sticks of gratitude, engraved with the moral of "drinking water, remembering its source" were lit by the members of the delegation on many graves with "unidentified" tombstones, further reminding us of a heroic period of the nation.
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| Former Chairman of the National Border Committee Ho Xuan Son respectfully burned incense to express his infinite gratitude for the sacrifices of the heroic martyrs who died to protect every inch of the border. (Photo: Xuan Son) |
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| The delegation offered incense at Dien Bien Phu Martyrs Cemetery. (Photo: Xuan Son) |
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| De Castries bunker is 20m long and 8m wide, with four rooms inside used as living and working quarters. In this bunker, General De Castries received many high-ranking officials from Britain, France, the United States and journalists visiting Dien Bien Phu. (Photo: Xuan Son) |
The visit to historical sites left many lingering emotions, reinvigorated the confidence, national pride and sense of responsibility for preserving the revolutionary achievements of each diplomatic officer, and further strengthened the determination to contribute to the cause of firmly protecting the country's territorial sovereignty and borders and developing peaceful, friendly, cooperative foreign relations for mutual development.
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| Head of Tay Trang International Border Gate Border Control Station Nguyen Hai Ninh speaks at the meeting. (Photo: Xuan Son) |
On the same afternoon, the delegation had a meeting with the Tay Trang International Border Guard Station. Bordering Pang Hoc Border Gate in Phongsaly Province (Laos), Tay Trang International Border Gate is located on Highway 279 - a vital traffic route connecting the Northwest region of Vietnam with Northern Laos, playing an important role in economic, cultural, and tourism development and ensuring national defense and security in the border area.
According to Nguyen Hai Ninh, Head of the Tay Trang International Border Gate Control Station, in foreign affairs and border management with Laos, Vietnam always promotes the spirit of respect, solidarity, friendship and sincere support for each other. Border guards of both sides regularly coordinate bilateral patrols, exchange information promptly to handle arising situations, contributing to maintaining political security and social order and safety in the border area. Thereby, strengthening trust and enhancing the special solidarity between Vietnam and Laos, in the spirit that the Party, State and people of the two countries have always preserved and cultivated over many generations.
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| Former member of the Party Central Committee, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, former Chairman of the National Border Committee Ho Xuan Son shared his experience in territorial border work during a working session at the Tay Trang International Border Gate Border Guard Station. (Photo: Xuan Son) |
At the meeting, former member of the Party Central Committee and former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ho Xuan Son briefly introduced the history of the formation of Vietnam's borders and some characteristics in the border relations between our country and neighboring countries.
Sharing with diplomatic officers and soldiers working in border management and protection, Mr. Ho Xuan Son reiterated the lesson of "five knowledges", in which he especially emphasized the three knowledges: "know yourself, know others, know the times". Knowing our traditional history, knowing our strengths in border negotiations; knowing the other side's advantages and limitations to prepare response plans; knowing the regional and international situation, analyzing which factors can affect border and territorial issues.
During the negotiation process, it is necessary to apply the principle of “being unchanging, adapting to all changes”, being steadfast in principles and flexible in tactics, while keeping “a warm heart and a cool head”. According to former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ho Xuan Son, it is necessary to adhere to two core principles during the working process: the sacred sovereignty of the Fatherland is inviolable; always strictly adhere to and follow instructions from superiors, and not arbitrarily resolve issues that require instructions or opinions.
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| The group took a souvenir photo at Tay Trang international border gate. (Photo: Xuan Son) |
Concluding the working trip, learning about the practical work of border diplomacy, the diplomatic officers have gained many valuable lessons, not only in terms of territorial knowledge and border history, but also in understanding and appreciating the silent sacrifices at the Fatherland's border. This will be a solid spiritual foundation and practical experience for each diplomatic officer to be more courageous and persistent in protecting sovereignty, fostering neighborly friendship, building a peaceful, stable and long-term developed border.
Source: https://baoquocte.vn/hun-duc-ban-linh-ngoai-giao-tu-thuc-tien-bien-cuong-to-quoc-319459.html
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