In 2022, Ho Chi Minh City Border Guard promote the achieved results, continue to fulfill the assigned political tasks well in the role of blocking the border, seaport border gate of the city; while building a solid all-people border defense posture at the border, seaport border gate, while ensuring a favorable environment to serve the requirements of economic recovery, stability and development following the COVID-19 pandemic.
VNA introduces a series of 2 articles regarding the efforts and creativity of border guards in Ho Chi Minh City to fulfill their political tasks and serve the city’s construction and development. .
Lesson 1: Join hands to build and develop maritime border areas
Upholding the tradition of “the army and the people are like fish and the water”, the Ho Chi Minh City Border Guard always considers mass mobilization as one of the important contents in carrying out border guard duties in the area to develop mobilize the strength of the entire people in building a solid all-people border defense posture, actively participate in the management and protection of sovereignty and security. sea bordersea area, serving the socio-economic development of Ho Chi Minh City.
Close to the people, kill the people, serve the people for the people
One day at the end of 2022, as usual every week, at the headquarters of the residential area in Dong Tranh hamlet, Long Hoa commune, Lieutenant Colonel Ta Duc Trong, the Long Hoa Border Guard station and the officers of the residential area in Dong Tranh hamlet discussed regarding security, political situation, social order and safety in the locality.
Note, thanks for the opinion of Mr. Le Minh Thanh, a veteran of Dong Tranh hamlet on the need to strengthen supervision of a number of boats that are not owned by people in the commune that have abnormal movements in the sea that has been detected. In the case of illegal sand mining, Lieutenant Colonel Ta Duc Trong also agreed on sending border guards to coordinate with villagers in the village to carry out general cleaning and decoration of roads to welcome the Lunar New Year; continue to implement the program of free swimming lessons for children in the commune…
Information communication activities between border guards and local officials have been deployed by Long Hoa Border Guard Station as well as border guards in the maritime border area of Ho Chi Minh City for many years. Thereby, building a close and close relationship between the border guards and the people in the area. The border guards help people in socio-economic development, ensure political security, social order and safety in the area, and the people provide information, actively participate with the border guards in real life. protect the sovereignty and security of the maritime border area.
Officers and soldiers of the Ho Chi Minh City Port Border Gate on duty at Nha Rong Port. (Photo: broadcast by VNA)Mr. Pham Quoc Kiet, Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Long Hoa Commune, shared that promoting the good tradition that has existed for many years, in 2022, the Party Committee, the People’s Council, the People’s Committee of Long Hoa and Long Hoa Border Guard Station continues to actively coordinate in building the government, mobilizing people to comply with the law, especially in mobilizing people to participate in the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic.
When the epidemic situation is under control, the locality enters the stage of socio-economic recovery, stabilization and development, focusing on ensuring social order and safety, promoting production development, officials, border guards have coordinated with the locality in government building activities; effectively implement mass mobilization activities to support the people such as teaching swimming and teaching English free of charge to children in the commune; coordinate to ensure security and order, handle cases of law violation such as illegal oyster mining, sand mining and transportation…
“With their enthusiastic work bringing benefits to the people, border guards and soldiers always receive the trust, solidarity and companionship of local Party committees, authorities and people in all activities.” Mr. Pham Quoc Kiet said.
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As one of 7 households with difficult circumstances in Can Thanh town, Can Gio district awarded by the border guards a means of livelihood in 2022, Mr. Nguyen Van Nuoc, 69 years old, Duong Ao neighborhood , group 4, Can Thanh town said that since May, having a new motorbike, his job as a motorbike taxi driver is much less difficult than before, and his income is also more stable.
“In the past, I used the old Wave, so it was both fuel-consuming and unsafe and was often criticized by customers because of the old car. Now thanks to a new car, even if it’s fast, it’s safe. Everyone in the motorbike taxi group was happy for me. My daughter and her husband came to visit, seeing that I was given a new car by the border guard, I was also very happy, thanking the border guards,” said Mr. Nguyen Van Nuoc emotionally.
Colonel Nguyen Van Tien, Deputy Political Commissar of the City Border Guard, said that over the years, officers and soldiers of Long Hoa and Can Thanh border posts in particular, and Ho Chi Minh City’s border guards in general has actively promoted mass mobilization activities, implemented many mass mobilization programs with the goal of “closer to the people, close to the people,” serving the people to bring practical effects to improve the quality of life. People’s lives in the border area, sea border, port border gate of the city.
Only in 2022, in the border area of Ho Chi Minh City, the city’s border guards organized propaganda policies and laws for nearly 13,000 people; labor helps people more than 2,000 turns of working days; repair and renew 18 houses; presented 12 houses of love, houses of gratitude; organizing medical examination and treatment for 2,000 people, giving gifts, means of livelihood, health insurance cards… with a total cost of 3.8 billion VND.
Firmly manage the port border gate
In the context of the country’s deeper and deeper international economic integration, the management and protection of the sovereignty and security of the sea border and the port of Ho Chi Minh City plays an increasingly important role, contributing to the Party. The city’s ministries, authorities and people will develop socio-economically in the post-pandemic period, continue to maintain its position as the center, the locomotive of the country’s economy, culture, society and foreign affairs.
According to Colonel Tran Thanh Duc, Commander of the city’s Border Guard, the construction of the maritime border area and the construction of the all-people border guard has achieved positive results, becoming one of the highlights in the practice. performing border guard duties. Upholding the tradition of the border guards, mass mobilization has been directed by Party committees and commanders at all levels, creating positive changes in Party committees and commanding units, since then, building many new models, effective ways of doing things, promoting the roles and responsibilities of the masses towards the border, sea and islands.
One of the innovative models deployed by the Party Committee and Command of the City Border Guard in recent years is the development and implementation of the Regulation on coordination between the Party Committee of the City Border Guard and the Thu Duc City Party Committee. , District Party Committee of District 4, District Party Committee of District 7, Party Committee of Nha Be District, Party Committee of Can Gio District – sea border areas, port border gates.
The Party Committee of the City Border Guard and the Thu Duc City Party Committee, the provincial Party Committees and the provincial Party Committees of the city’s border guards, stepped up coordination activities, focusing on thoroughly grasping the superior instructions, direction and regulations on building construction. construction, management and protection of sovereignty, maritime border security, port border gates; building border crossing areas, sea areas, building a strong border of all people; build the city border guard units to meet the requirements and tasks in the new situation.
Officers and soldiers of Ho Chi Minh City Port Border Gate on duty at Nha Rong port. (Photo: broadcast by VNA)Appreciating the activities of border guards in the area, Mr. Bui Minh Ly, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Can Thanh Town, Can Gio District, said that for many years, border guards and Party Committees, The government of Can Thanh town has closely coordinated in protecting the sovereignty and security of the sea and islands border, protecting marine resources, in association with the construction and socio-economic development of the locality.
Border guards at the same level as party committees and local authorities shall coordinate and effectively implement programs of propaganda, advocacy and legal education for the people; crime prevention and combat; effectively implement programs to help people reduce poverty and stabilize their lives; building a strong and comprehensively strong Can Gio sea border area.
In the area of the sea border, the city’s port border gate, the city’s border guards deployed programs to mobilize and encourage fishermen to “reach the sea” to protect the sovereignty of the border, sea and islands; comply with the law and contribute with the functional forces to protect the security, order and sovereignty of the sea areas of the country. Up to now, in coastal residential areas, the city’s port border gate has built 16 groups of ships, self-managed and safe boats, 23 groups of self-management of security and order, and 18 self-managed safe yards. …
In addition, actively promoting the role of border guards in building and consolidating the regional political system. sea border strong, in the past 5 years, the City Border Guard has appointed one officer of the Border Guard station to join the Can Gio District Party Committee, 4 officers to join the Party Committees of communes and townships; assigned 46 members of the Border Guard station to be in charge of supporting 210 households who are policy beneficiaries and have difficult circumstances…
Colonel Vu Quoc An, Political Commissar of the City Border Guard, emphasized that coordination activities between the city’s border guards and Party committees and authorities at the sea border and port border gates have contributed positively. ensure political security, order and safety of the commune, help local people firmly and secure in economic and social development in the sea border area and city port border gate.
With activities aimed at local people in the sea border areas, border gates and ports, officers and soldiers of the Ho Chi Minh City border guard have practically contributed to strengthening the relationship of solidarity and closeness between the army and the army. the people, building a people’s security posture associated with the all-people border defense posture, creating a solid and continuous city defense posture, contributing to the cause of building and defending Ho Chi Minh City to become a an urban area with “good quality of life, civilization, modernity and love”.
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Xuan Khu (VNA/Vietnam+)
