Ho Chi Minh City People's Border Guard Festival towards the border and islands

On March 2, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, the Ho Chi Minh City Border Guard Command and the People's Committee of Can Gio District organized the National Border Guard Day and disseminated information about the border and island situation.

The activity aims to celebrate the 66th anniversary of the Border Guard's Traditional Day (March 3, 1959 - March 3, 2025); the 36th anniversary of "National Border Guard Day" (March 3, 1989 - March 3, 2025); the 1985th anniversary of the Hai Ba Trung uprising and the 115th anniversary of International Women's Day (March 8, 1910 - March 8, 2025).

Mr. Nguyen Phuoc Loc - Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City at the ceremony of donating funds to build works in the Ho Chi Minh Cultural Space to the Ho Chi Minh City Border Guard. Photo: H.Phuc.

The festival also aims to raise awareness, sense of responsibility, role and political determination of Party committees at all levels, authorities, socio-political organizations, forces and people of all walks of life in the city in building, managing and protecting sovereignty, security of sea borders and city ports.

At the same time, it is also an occasion for the Ho Chi Minh City Fatherland Front Committee and the City Border Guard to organize activities to care for the material and spiritual life of officers, soldiers and families in difficult circumstances in the area.

Mr. Nguyen Phuoc Loc - Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City spoke at the People's Border Defense Festival. Photo: H.Phuc.

Speaking at the festival, Mr. Nguyen Phuoc Loc - Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City acknowledged, commended and highly appreciated the coordination between the Border Guard and functional departments and branches, especially the Fatherland Front at all levels in promoting the combined strength, building a people's border defense associated with a people's border defense posture and a solid people's security posture.

Within the framework of the program, the Organizing Committee has deployed many exciting cultural and sports activities, such as: propaganda about the border and island situation; exchange of outstanding female officers of the Front with officers and soldiers of Border Guard and Navy Region 2.

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Trung - Permanent Vice Chairman of the City Fatherland Front Committee and Mr. Pham Minh Tuan - Vice Chairman of the City Fatherland Front Committee visited and presented gifts to families in difficult circumstances in the area. Photo: H.Phuc.

On this occasion, the Organizing Committee awarded funding to build the following items: Truong Sa landmark, Border landmark, relief background of Ho Chi Minh Cultural Space of the City Border Guard Command at Squadron 2; Supported funding to repair 8 houses and awarded 43 means of livelihood to households, officers and soldiers in difficult circumstances in the coastal border area of ​​Can Gio district; awarded 56 scholarships to students in the program "Helping children go to school";...

Notably, the programs visited and presented gifts to 23 "Self-managed security and order groups" and 15 "Self-managed safety boat and ship groups", self-managed ferry terminals, with a total estimated cost of more than 2.1 billion VND.

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