Youth of the city's Border Guard participated in recovery after the recent floods. Photo: Border Guard

Stand with the people

In late October and early November, due to the impact of storms and prolonged heavy rains, many communes and wards in Hue city were severely flooded. Floodwaters rose quickly and receded slowly amid power outages, severely affecting people's lives. Vulnerable areas faced even more difficulties. Located in the coastal border area, Thuan An ward is one of those vulnerable areas, with residential areas in the middle of vast floodwaters.

However, Thuan An people have received timely support from the government, organizations and forces. In particular, officers and soldiers of the Thuan An Port Border Guard Station are the core and vanguard force, standing shoulder to shoulder with the locality and people from propaganda work, mobilization, helping with evacuation, providing food and drinking water during floods, to cleaning up mud when the water recedes.

Lieutenant Colonel Luu Xuan Nghiem, Political Commissar and Major Nguyen Minh Phu, Head of the Border Guard Station at Thuan An Port said that in the process of rescuing people from natural disasters and floods, all officers and soldiers "went to battle". In particular, union members and youths were the shock force, present everywhere, wading in the water, pushing boats and canoes to move the elderly and children to safety; coordinating with the front and organizations to receive food and bottled water from volunteer groups, going against the tide, supplying each household in the residential groups of Dien Truong, Tan Duong, Tan An, Tan Cang, Tan My..., which were deeply flooded, ensuring that people did not go hungry and felt secure because they were always side by side and supported promptly.

The youth of Hong Van Border Guard Station, A Dot Border Guard Station and Chan May Port Border Guard Station were the core forces, finding ways to stretch ropes across the stream, transferring 200kg of rice, 13 boxes of instant noodles and milk, rescuing people when 26 households in Ta Lo A Ho village (A Luoi 1 commune) on the other side of the stream were isolated due to the flood, running out of food; working in the rain to coordinate with other forces to promptly reinforce the people's bridge in Cur-Xo village, A Luoi 4 commune (the bridge abutment was eroded by floodwaters), ensuring safety for people; overcoming landslides in the area, promptly "clearing" the roads.

Create a ripple effect in the community

According to Colonel Dang Ngoc Hieu, Party Secretary and Political Commissar of the city Border Guard, the youth of the Border Guard are always the core and vanguard force in mobilizing the masses, overcoming the consequences of natural disasters, epidemics, storms and floods, preventing forest fires, and coordinating to solve issues related to political security and social order and safety in border areas.

The youth movements of the city's Border Guard have many innovations, many diverse and practical models, creating a strong influence in the community. Typical models are "Border Guard Hands", "Border Lessons", "Green House to Support Going to School", "100 Dong House". Typical activities such as: "Border Spring Warms the Hearts of the Locals"; "Border Spring, Islands, Tet Warms the Love of the Army and the People"..., have left a strong impression of the city's Border Guard youth on the People in the border area.

From 2022 to present, at programs, models, and activities, the city's Border Guard youth have mobilized, connected, and coordinated forces and benefactors to donate nearly 11,000 gifts; more than 20,000 banh chung, nearly 300 scholarships, nearly 120 bicycles to students in difficult circumstances who have overcome difficulties to study well; along with hundreds of livelihood models, with a total value of nearly 2 billion VND.

The footsteps of the Border Guard youth are steadfast and courageous on every border. The people need you, wherever there is difficulty, you are there. Union members and youth of the units have spent thousands of working days helping the people harvest crops, build roads, repair schools, build Great Solidarity houses, prevent, combat and overcome the consequences of natural disasters, build and foster strong trust in the hearts of the people.

At the conference to review the work of the Youth Union and youth movement in the period of 2022 - 2025, Colonel Dang Ngoc Hieu emphasized: The effective contributions of the Youth Union members and youth have made an important contribution to the city's Border Guard force in successfully completing the task of managing and protecting the sovereignty , territorial integrity and national border security in the new situation, building an increasingly strong people's border defense.

Quynh Anh

Source: https://huengaynay.vn/chinh-tri-xa-hoi/xung-kich-tren-moi-mat-tran-159962.html