Son La is located in the center of the Northwest region, with a border with Laos that is more than 270 km long. In recent years, the Son La Border Guard has focused on building a strong people's border defense posture; doing a good job of mobilizing the masses to participate in self-management of border lines, landmarks and maintaining security and order in the border area.
Nam Lanh Border Guard Station is assigned to manage and protect more than 25km of border line, 12 national border markers, in charge of Sop Cop commune, including 33 villages and 1 residential area, of which 6 villages are adjacent to the border line. Since the beginning of the year, the Station has coordinated to organize 3 bilateral patrols, 28 unilateral patrols, and 190 patrols to control the area. Through these patrols, officers and soldiers have a firm grasp of the area, and have effectively resolved incidents related to political security, social order and safety, starting from the grassroots level.
Major Do Huu Lam, Chief of Nam Lanh Border Guard Station: Over the past years, Nam Lanh Border Guard Station has synchronously deployed border work measures, firmly grasped the internal and external border situation to ensure political security and social order and safety in the area under its responsibility, helping people feel secure in developing the economy in the area.
With the motto of "turning to the grassroots to help people", officers and soldiers of Muong Cai Border Guard Station always overcome difficulties, persevere, stay close to the people, stay close to the villages, advise and closely coordinate with local Party committees and authorities to deploy and implement models and programs to help people in the border area. The station has sent many officers to support and help people develop production; deploy many economic models, such as: Developing gardens, ponds and barns at the Huoi Khe Border Guard Working Group; fruit tree planting model on sloping land, Bua Hin village, Muong Hung,...
Lieutenant Colonel Lo Van Tuan, Political Commissar of Muong Cai Border Guard Station:With the motto of "3 sticking, 4 together", our unit regularly works with the people to build models and programs for socio-economic development in the area. Through these activities, the people trust the Party's guidelines, the State's legal policies and the people themselves, together with the border guards, organize and carry out well the task of border management and protection.
Mr. Lo Van Hoan, Muong Cai village, Chieng Khoong commune:When I was in difficult circumstances, the border guards of Post 455 came to help me with farming. I had no experience in farming or fruit growing, so thanks to the guidance and advice from the soldiers, my family has now escaped poverty. I am very grateful to the soldiers.
The Provincial Border Guard has directed border posts to synchronously deploy policies and solutions to build a "people's heart position" in the border areas. Advise and coordinate with local Party committees and authorities in the border areas to take care of building a national defense foundation, a national defense position associated with a people's security position, a solid national border position. Strengthen propaganda and education for officers and soldiers in the entire force, for ethnic minorities, highland and border areas to actively participate in socio-economic development associated with "Skilled mass mobilization" work. Border posts proactively develop plans to stay in touch with the area, send officers to the grassroots to grasp the situation; coordinate with localities and specialized agencies, mass organizations, propagate and disseminate legal education for ethnic people to strictly implement the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's laws, the Agreement, Border Area Regulations, and the National Border Law.
Colonel Nguyen Danh Tue, Deputy Commander, Chief of Staff of the Border Guard Command of Son La province:The Provincial Border Guard Command directed agencies and units to develop full combat readiness plans, protect targets and areas, concentrate maximum forces and vehicles, and be ready for combat; strengthen patrols and strictly control border gates. At present, the political security situation and order and safety at the internal and external borders are maintained stable.
From 2020 to now, the Provincial Border Guard has implemented many effective programs to help people such as: The program "Helping children go to school" has sponsored 90 children in difficult circumstances with a support level of 500,000 VND/child/month, of which 10 children were brought to Border Guard Stations to be raised; organized free medical examination and treatment for over 5,400 people; organized the program "Border Spring - Warming the hearts of the villagers" in border communes, presented thousands of gifts to people and students, worth over 3 billion VND,...
By effectively implementing the "3 sticking together, 4 together" with the people of all ethnic groups, always striving to excellently complete all assigned tasks, officers and soldiers of Son La border guards have been arousing and promoting the spirit of solidarity of the people of all ethnic groups in the border area, creating a combined strength in the all-people border defense posture, meeting the requirements of the cause of protecting territorial sovereignty and national border security./.