Steadfastly marching in the footsteps of Uncle Ho.

QTO - Along the two border lines, when mentioning the Border Guard, the people affectionately call them the soldiers in green uniforms. Each officer and soldier of the Border Guard studies and follows Uncle Ho's teachings by training and striving to live up to the name of "Uncle Ho's soldiers," being courageous and brave on the front lines of the fight against crime; working together with the people, caring for socio-economic development, and dedicating their strength to the cause of building, managing, and firmly protecting the sovereignty and security of the Fatherland's borders.

Shining brightly with the qualities of "Uncle Ho's soldiers"

Sixty-seven years ago, the Ca Xeng Border Guard Post was established. During a patrol, officers and soldiers of the unit discovered the Ruc ethnic group living in caves. Hidden deep within the Truong Son mountain range, the Ruc people remained almost primitive, using caves as homes, tree bark for clothing, and relying solely on hunting, gathering, and survival skills. Over the past sixty-seven years, the Ruc people's journey of integration into the community has always received attention from the Party and the State, and generations of officers and soldiers of the Ca Xeng Border Guard Post have stood alongside them.

Lieutenant Colonel Duong Dinh Hoan, Political Officer of the Ca Xeng Border Guard Post, recalled: “How to help the Ruc people abandon outdated customs and learn to work and produce to gradually stabilize their lives? That question has always been a concern for the Party committees and authorities at all levels, especially the officers and soldiers of the Ca Xeng Border Guard Post. Determined to find a solution to this difficult ‘problem,’ in 2010, the Ca Xeng Border Guard Post proposed to the Quang Binh Provincial Border Guard Command (formerly) to report to the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Committee to implement a rice cultivation project in Ruc Lan, mobilizing people in three villages: Mo O O O, Yen Hop, and On to improve the land for rice cultivation.”

With unwavering political determination and love for the ethnic minority people, generations of officers and soldiers of the Ca Xeng Border Guard Post, together with the Ruc people, have worked tirelessly in the fields, regardless of sun or rain, cultivating the land, sowing, tending, and harvesting... The bond between the military and the people is forged in one, with the belief that "with human effort, even stones can be turned into rice." Nearly 16 years have passed, and dozens of successful rice crops have been sown on an area of ​​10 hectares, so that now the Ruc Lan rice crop yields an average annual yield of 5 tons/ha.

Officers and soldiers of the Ca Xeng Border Guard Post help the Ruc ethnic minority people harvest rice - Photo: Provided.

“After busy seasons of sowing, tending, and hoping, the meal of freshly harvested rice with its fragrant, sticky white grains, made with our own hands, is the greatest joy for the Ruc people, and the motivation and happiness for us soldiers at the Ca Xeng Border Guard Post,” Lieutenant Colonel Duong Dinh Hoan shared.

In Huong Lap border commune, the name of Major Phan Quang Vinh, a professional military officer and Head of the Ta Rung Sub-border Gate Control Station, Huong Lap Border Guard Post, is well-known among the ethnic minority people on the Vietnam-Laos border. According to Major Phan Quang Vinh, studying and following President Ho Chi Minh's teachings is a matter of self-cultivation and training, requiring officers and soldiers to always uphold a sense of responsibility in their assigned tasks, propagating and mobilizing the people to participate in poverty reduction and building a new life according to the "four together" principle, "hands-on guidance," and "going door-to-door" to help people transform their production methods, develop the economy, stabilize their lives, and work together with the Border Guard force to firmly protect national sovereignty and border security.

Closely connected with the people, Major Phan Quang Vinh and his comrades have called upon and mobilized organizations, individuals, businesses, and philanthropists to help people stabilize their lives and ensure social welfare with a total amount reaching billions of VND, such as: Distributing thousands of gift packages including essential necessities for people's lives, school supplies, books, student clothes, seeds, plants, livestock... worth over 3 billion VND; building 14 homes for the poor in border areas, one classroom at the Tri village kindergarten, creating "Enclosed bathrooms and toilet areas" models in Ta Pang and Cu Bai villages, constructing "Lighting for Border Regions" projects, digging 13 wells for villages in the area, and building two welcome gates in Trang Ta Puong and Cu Bai villages.

In addition, the unit also provided support in terms of plant and animal breeds to ethnic minority communities through programs such as: "Red Scarf Duck Flock" with 2,200 chickens and ducks; "Startup Livestock Breeding" which provided 20 pairs of breeding goats, 30 pairs of breeding pigs, over 2,000 fish fry, 300 kg of rice seeds, and corn seeds to the people of Huong Lap commune... with a total value of over 8 billion VND.

Serving the People

According to Colonel Trinh Thanh Binh, Commander of the Provincial Border Guard: To effectively implement Conclusion No. 01-KL/TW, dated May 18, 2021, of the Politburo on continuing to implement Directive No. 05-CT/TW, dated May 15, 2016, of the XII Politburo "On promoting the study and emulation of Ho Chi Minh's thought, morality, and style," the Provincial Border Guard Party Committee has issued a plan to launch a campaign throughout the entire force to study and emulate Uncle Ho, linked with the movement to promote traditions, contribute talents, and live up to the name of "Uncle Ho's soldiers" in the new situation, aiming for the goal of serving the people, for a stable, peaceful, friendly, and developing border.

Leaders of the Border Guard Command presented certificates of commendation to exemplary collectives in the movement to participate in economic, cultural, and social development in border areas during the period 2015-2025 - Photo: Provided.

To realize the above objectives, the Provincial Border Guard Party Committee led and directed the successful implementation of a series of meaningful projects, programs, models, and activities that profoundly and fundamentally changed the material and spiritual lives of the people in border areas, such as: "Light for the Border Region," "Radio Broadcasting in Remote Villages," "Sound of Machinery in the Border Region," "Borderland Lessons," "Borderland Welcome Gates," "Community Toilets," "Goat Breeding for Startups," "Rotating Village Pig Farming," "Border Guard Medicine Cabinet," "Saturday in the Village"; models to help people cultivate wet rice, plant nutmeg trees for seeds, and build water facilities; the movement to sponsor disadvantaged villages and build new rural areas; the "Military-Civilian Medical Cooperation" program, "Border Guard Spring - Warming the Hearts of the Villagers," "Helping Children Go to School - Children Adopted by Border Guard Posts," "Army Officers and Soldiers Helping Children Go to School"...

“The policies, viewpoints, and directives on studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, ethics, and style have always been incorporated into regulations, rules, and plans by Party committees, political commissars, and commanders at all levels. Every year, cadres, Party members, and the general public voluntarily register to strive to study and follow Uncle Ho's example in accordance with their assigned responsibilities and duties. The pioneering and exemplary role of cadres and Party members, especially commanders and managers at all levels, is promoted for cadres and soldiers to emulate. The quality and effectiveness of studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, ethics, and style are used as important criteria for evaluating the quality of Party members, Youth Union members, and association members annually, and for the promotion and appointment of cadres,” emphasized Colonel Dinh Xuan Hung, Political Commissar of the Provincial Border Guard Command.

Through emulation movements, many exemplary collective and individual role models have emerged throughout the Border Guard Force. Above all, the promotion of studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, ethics, and style helps each Border Guard soldier constantly improve their moral character and lifestyle, embodying the principles of "diligence, thrift, integrity, righteousness, and selflessness," striving to be worthy of the title "Ho Chi Minh's Soldier"; self-reflecting and self-correcting, becoming shining examples of dedication, commitment, and a spirit of venturing into difficult tasks and challenging situations, matching words with actions, and leading the way on both border lines.

Ngo Thanh Long

Source: https://baoquangtri.vn/quoc-phong-an-ninh/202605/vung-buoc-quan-hanh-theo-chan-bac-1f358ae/