The Nam Lanh Border Guard Station is tasked with managing and protecting over 25km of border line and 12 border markers, and is responsible for Sop Cop commune, comprising 33 villages and 1 residential cluster, including 6 villages adjacent to the border. Since the beginning of the year, the station has coordinated 3 bilateral patrols, 28 unilateral patrols, and conducted 190 patrols to control the area. Through these patrols, officers and soldiers have gained a thorough understanding of the area and effectively resolved incidents related to political security and social order at the grassroots level.

Major Do Huu Lam, Commander of Nam Lanh Border Guard Station: Over the years, the Nam Lanh Border Guard Station has implemented a comprehensive range of border guard measures, closely monitoring the situation both inside and outside the border to ensure political security and social order in the area under its responsibility, helping the people feel secure in developing the local economy.

With the motto "focusing on the grassroots to help the people," the officers and soldiers of the Muong Cai Border Guard Post always overcome difficulties, persevere, stay close to the people, and closely coordinate with local Party committees and authorities to implement models and programs to help people in the border area. The post has sent many officers to support and assist the people in developing production; implementing many economic models, such as: developing gardens, ponds, and livestock farms at the Huoi Khe Border Guard Task Force; and a model of planting fruit trees on sloping land in Bua Hin village, Muong Hung, etc.

Lieutenant Colonel Lo Van Tuan, Political Officer of Muong Cai Border Guard Station:With the motto "3 close ties, 4 together," our unit regularly works with the local people to build models and programs for socio-economic development in the area. Through these activities, the people trust in the Party's guidelines, the State's policies and laws, and the people themselves, together with the border guards, effectively carry out the task of managing and protecting the border.

Mr. Lo Van Hoan, Muong Cai village, Chieng Khoong commune:With the help of the border guards from Post 455 during a difficult time, we were able to cultivate our fields and gardens. We had no experience in farming or growing fruit trees, so thanks to their guidance and advice, my family has now escaped poverty. We are very grateful to the soldiers.

The Provincial Border Guard Command has directed border guard posts to comprehensively implement policies and solutions to build a "people's defense posture" in border areas. They advise and coordinate with local Party committees and authorities in border areas to build a strong national defense system, a people's defense posture linked to a people's security posture, and a people's border defense posture. They strengthen propaganda and education for officers and soldiers throughout the force, and for ethnic minorities and people in mountainous and border regions, encouraging their active participation in socio-economic development in conjunction with effective "people mobilization" work. Border guard posts proactively develop plans to closely monitor their areas, send officers to grassroots levels to gather information; coordinate with local authorities and specialized agencies, organizations, and associations to disseminate legal education to ethnic minorities, ensuring strict adherence to the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's laws, border area agreements and regulations, and the National Border Law.

Colonel Nguyen Danh Tue, Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the Border Guard Command of Son La province:The Provincial Border Guard Command directed agencies and units to develop comprehensive combat readiness plans to protect targets and areas, concentrating maximum forces and resources, maintaining constant combat readiness; and strengthening patrols and strict control of border gates. Currently, the political security and public order in and outside the border remain stable.

From 2020 to the present, the Provincial Border Guard has implemented many effective programs to help people, such as: the "Helping Children Go to School" program, which has sponsored 90 disadvantaged children with a support of 500,000 VND/child/month, of which 10 children have been taken to Border Guard posts for care and education; organizing free medical examinations and treatment for over 5,400 people; organizing the "Border Guard Spring - Warming the Hearts of the People" program in border communes, donating thousands of gifts to people and students, worth over 3 billion VND,...

By effectively implementing the "3 close ties, 4 shared activities" with ethnic minority communities and always striving to excellently fulfill all assigned tasks, the officers and soldiers of the Son La Border Guard have been and are continuing to inspire and promote the spirit of solidarity among ethnic minority people in the border area, creating a comprehensive strength in the all-people border defense posture, meeting the requirements of protecting national territorial sovereignty and border security.