Officers and soldiers of Muong Leo Border Guard Station patrol the border.

Son La province has over 274 km of border, adjacent to the two provinces of Hua Phan and Luang Prabang, Lao PDR, with 13 border communes. To improve the effectiveness of "Skilled Mass Mobilization", promote the qualities of "Uncle Ho's Soldiers", the Border Guard force has built 26 models, typically in the fields of: Propaganda and mobilization; building the grassroots political system; helping people develop socio-economy, eliminate hunger, reduce poverty and implement social security programs...

Colonel Vu Duc Tu, Deputy Political Commissar of the Provincial Border Guard Command, said: The models registered in the emulation movement "Skillful Civil Affairs" all originate from the practical requirements of social life, and have a strong influence in the locality where the unit is stationed. Thereby, many typical and advanced collectives and individuals have appeared, creating a vibrant competitive atmosphere, contributing to the development of economy, culture, society, and maintaining national defense and security in the border area.

Officers and soldiers of Nam Lanh Border Guard Station help people of Sop Cop commune to repair the landslide inter-commune and inter-village road.

In the period of 2020-2025, many models of the border guard force have been effective, such as: The program "Spring Border Guard warms the hearts of the villagers", which organized the giving of 31,190 Tet gifts; free medical examination and distribution for over 42,000 people; supported over 26 billion VND to build economic development models for disadvantaged households in border areas. The model "Helping children go to school and adopted children of Border Guard stations" supported 110 disadvantaged students in border areas, of which 13 were brought to the border guard stations for care and education; 27 children graduated from high school, of which 8 were admitted to universities, colleges and intermediate schools, contributing to further strengthening the close-knit relationship between the army and the people in the border areas.

Implementing the model of "Self-governance and self-management of border lines and national border markers", border posts have coordinated with localities to maintain 262 self-management groups for security and order, with 70 groups, 4,233 households, and more than 18,000 individuals participating in self-management of border lines; thereby, strongly mobilizing the masses to participate in protecting territorial sovereignty and national border security; building a solid all-people border defense posture...

Along with that, the model of "twinning villages - villages on both sides of the border" continues to be maintained, with 7 pairs of twinned villages (10 Vietnamese villages and 7 Lao villages), contributing to raising awareness of people in border areas about territorial and national sovereignty, grasping and voluntarily implementing the Agreement and National Border Regulations between Vietnam and Laos and implementing the twinned villages' regulations, building a peaceful, friendly, cooperative and developing border...

Border Guard forces participate in search and rescue in Sop Cop commune.

Lieutenant Colonel Hoang Van Giap, Political Commissar of Muong Leo Border Post, shared: The "Smart Mass Mobilization" movement was deployed by the Party Committee and unit commanders with the motto "3 stick, 4 together". Therefore, officers and soldiers are regularly present in the villages, meeting and conducting propaganda, grasping the aspirations of the people to have appropriate support solutions. The unit actively coordinates with the Party Committee and local authorities to participate in building and consolidating the grassroots political system, developing the socio-economy in the border area. Assigning party members to participate in activities at the Party cell of the border village; helping policy families and households develop the economy; opening literacy classes for the people... Thereby, the bond between the army and the people is increasingly strong.

The "Skillful Mass Mobilization" movement was also clearly demonstrated during the floods in late July and early August, when hundreds of officers and soldiers of the Son La Border Guard crossed the raging waters, opened roads, and worked side by side with the people in the Song Ma - Sop Cop border area to overcome the consequences of natural disasters and gradually stabilize their lives.

Through specific and practical actions and models, the border guard force has become a solid support for people in border areas; building increasingly strong solidarity with local Party committees, authorities and people; together building a peaceful, friendly, cooperative and developed border.