Officers and soldiers of the Chi Lang Border Guard Station, in coordination with the militia, organized patrols to protect the border and boundary markers.
The "key" to winning the hearts of the people.
Having been closely associated with the people in the border region for nearly 70 years, the Border Guard of Lang Son province has always recognized that maintaining the border requires relying on the people. With the motto "The outpost is our home, the border is our homeland, and the ethnic minorities are our brothers and sisters," the Party Committee and the Command of the Provincial Border Guard regularly direct border guard posts to actively advise and coordinate with the Party committees and authorities of border communes and towns to develop and implement programs and plans for socio- economic development and poverty reduction, while simultaneously strengthening the management and protection of the national border. Working groups deployed to the area persistently and diligently implement the "3 clings, 4 together" principle (clinging to the unit, clinging to the area, clinging to policies and guidelines; eating together, living together, working together, and speaking the language of the ethnic minorities) which has become the "key" to winning the hearts of the people.
A series of effective and innovative models of mass mobilization have emerged and spread, yielding a dual benefit: helping people develop their economy while simultaneously strengthening national defense and security. Border communes have transformed from impoverished areas into well-equipped rural regions with electricity, roads, schools, and health stations, and the poverty rate has significantly decreased along the Vietnam-China border.
Mr. Vi Van Nhu, Party Secretary and head of Chi Ma village, Mau Son commune, shared: "When the soldiers were facing difficulties, the people supported and protected them. In the years leading up to Tet (Lunar New Year) in 1975, the villagers slaughtered pigs and brought rice to the border post to make banh chung (traditional Vietnamese rice cakes) to celebrate Tet with the soldiers. The village youth also participated in sports and performed cultural shows for the villagers to enjoy. Now, the border guards are returning to support and help the people raise children in difficult circumstances, provide education, repair and build new houses; give livestock, and guide the people on farming and livestock breeding techniques to help them develop their economy and escape poverty."
The movements "All citizens participate in protecting national territorial sovereignty and border security" and "All citizens join forces to combat crime" have been enthusiastically supported by the people. The "All citizens join forces to combat crime" model is another highlight in the effective implementation of mass mobilization work by the Border Guard of Lang Son province.
Currently, the entire province is effectively promoting the role and activities of 182 self-governing security and order groups; 176 "Crime Reporting Mailboxes" in villages and hamlets; and 21 Information and Communication Teams of border guard posts and border communes and towns. From these, the people act as active "eyes and ears," providing thousands of valuable pieces of information, helping functional forces to promptly resolve border incidents and combat crime.
Strengthening trust and building a "people's support base"
Lang Son has a border with 474 national border markers, most of which are located at high altitudes, making border patrol and inspection difficult and posing potential safety risks while performing duties.
The "Construction of Border Marker Inspection Roads for Border Protection" model, implemented since 2022, stemmed from an essential need and has become a breakthrough, demonstrating the strength of national unity. To date, it has mobilized over 40,200 man-days to construct 332 border marker inspection roads, totaling 76km in length, with a total cost of over 51 billion VND.
The roads leading to the border markers not only facilitate safe and convenient patrols for officers and soldiers, but also become "roads to prosperity," helping people in border areas travel easily and conveniently, transporting agricultural products to stay rooted in their land and villages, and stabilizing their lives.
Late in the afternoon, while leading us to visit border marker 1291, Lieutenant Colonel Hoang Ngoc Huan, Political Officer of the Bac Xa Border Guard Post, shared: "Previously, before the concrete road was built, officers, soldiers, and militia members had to patrol using footpaths. In 2022, implementing the model of building patrol roads around border markers and illuminating border patrol routes, more than 30 km of border road with 40 border markers managed and protected by the post was paved with concrete, of which 7 km are illuminated at night by a solar-powered lighting system."
Implementing the "Lighting up border patrol roads" and "Lighting up inter-village roads" models, the Provincial Border Guard coordinated with local authorities, businesses, and philanthropists to install more than 1,500 solar-powered streetlights along border patrol roads and 310 streetlights in villages. This model not only serves the work of patrolling, managing, and protecting the border, maintaining security and order, preventing illegal entry and exit, and combating various types of crime, but also creates favorable conditions for people in their daily lives, work, and production in the locality.
Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Duc Thang, Political Officer of Chi Lang Border Guard Station, said: In 2024, through social mobilization, the unit installed 360 solar-powered streetlights along the border patrol road, approximately 18 km long, worth over 600 million VND and 200 man-days of labor from officers and soldiers. Notably, the station mobilized over 5,000 man-days of labor from officers, soldiers, and local people, totaling 4.5 billion VND, to build 24 border marker inspection roads, with a total length of 5.5 km. This contributed to completing the access roads to 33 out of 33 border markers, making it the first unit in the province to complete the construction of border marker inspection roads.
Furthermore, recognizing that socio-economic development is the foundation for building a strong foundation of public support, the officers and soldiers of the Lang Son military have become an "extended arm" of the Party and State in the border region, "breathing life" into public works projects, becoming symbols of the close relationship between the military and the people, and contributing to building a solid foundation of public support.
Examples include: the "Vietnamese Border Bamboo Fortress" model, creating a "green wall" to protect the border and providing a stable income from bamboo; constructing and repairing public works, concreting schoolyards and village cultural centers; renovating schools, houses, and roads, contributing to the completion of new rural development criteria.
THANH HA - QUOC DAT
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