Ho Chi Minh City has a tour of border markers, meeting border guards

For the first time, Ho Chi Minh City has a border landmark tour, aiming to provide the market with a new, meaningful tourism product, especially combining historical education, arousing national pride in everyone.

On the morning of October 23, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism in collaboration with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Dong Thap province, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of An Giang province and travel agencies officially launched the tour "Proud of the imprints of the border region". This is also the city's first tourism product with border markers as the central destination.

The activity is part of the tourism development cooperation program between Ho Chi Minh City and the provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta. The goal is to promote historical values, educate patriotic traditions, and at the same time open up a type of tourism related to the national border.

The trip lasts 3 days and 2 nights, taking tourists from Ho Chi Minh City to Dong Thap and An Giang . These two localities have many border markers between Vietnam and Cambodia.

In Dong Thap, the delegation visited landmark 232 (Dinh Ba International Border Gate), landmark 235 (Moc Ra) and landmark 240 (Thuong Phuoc International Border Gate) - important locations marking the country's border in the Southwest region.

Border tours inspire national pride in tourists. PHOTO: NVCC

To An Giang, the journey continues with milestone 275 (Tinh Bien), milestone 301 (Giang Thanh) and milestones 313 - 314 (Ha Tien International Border Gate), where the Hau River winds its way around the border, the red flag with a yellow star flutters amidst the border scene.

Besides visiting the milestone, tourists can also experience local culture through Tinh Bien market, Cham craft villages, Mac Cuu tomb in Ha Tien, enjoy local specialties, interact with border guards and learn about the lives of people in the border area.

Tinh Bien Market - a wholesale market located in the border area between Vietnam and Cambodia. PHOTO: Contributor

Speaking at the launching ceremony, Ms. Bui Thi Ngoc Hieu - Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism said: "The tour 'Pride of the imprints of the border region' is a meaningful activity, contributing to educating patriotism, arousing national pride and a sense of responsibility to protect national border sovereignty among the people, especially the young generation".

Representatives of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism and travel companies had a 3-day trip to build a well-organized, meaningful and attractive border tourism product.

According to a representative of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism, the launch of the "milestone tour" is part of a tourism development cooperation program between Ho Chi Minh City and 13 provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta, contributing to diversifying products, promoting domestic tourism in a sustainable and culturally profound direction.

Localities agreed to increase investment in infrastructure, wharves, and rest stops in border areas; at the same time, encourage travel businesses to build experiential products, bringing students and overseas Vietnamese to visit their homeland and learn about national sovereignty.

Tourists meet border guards

During the tour, visitors will hear the border guards share their duties of protecting landmarks, patrolling the border and life in the river area. These are not only professional stories, but also practical lessons about patriotism and dedication.

According to Le Nam (TNO)

Source: https://baogialai.com.vn/tphcm-co-tour-cot-moc-bien-gioi-gap-cac-chien-si-bien-phong-post570125.html