Theworking session took place on the occasion of the 73rd foundinganniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army and the 28th anniversary ofAll People’s Defence Festival Day (December 22).
ThePresident lauded border guards for offering timely advice about policies to buildstable border comprehensively and tapping collective power of the entirepolitical system and people in border construction and defence.
The force have also actively fought crimes, especially organised,transnational, drug, human trafficking, smuggling and trade fraud crimes whileraising public awareness of the Party guidelines and State laws and policies inborder and island areas, contributing to disrupting sabotage plots by hostileforces and maintaining stability in border areas.
Borderguards stepped up activities as part of All People’s Defence Festival Day invarious forms and launched programmes and mass movements to reduce poverty,prevent natural disasters and fuel socio-economic development.
Theywere asked to thoroughly grasp and make correct forecasts about situation inborder and island areas while working closely with units concerned to fight andpromptly deal with contingencies, contributing to maintaining politicalsecurity and social safety and order, and firmly safeguarding independence,sovereignty and territorial integrity of the nation.
Theleader required them to actively advise Party committees and authorities at alllevels about strengthening all people’s border guard posture in combinationwith all people’s national defence and security postures, effectively joinsocial welfare and poverty reduction programmes.
Borderguards must pay attention to Party building, thoroughly grasp and effectivelyimplement the Resolution on strengthening Party building and rectificationadopted by the fourth conference of the 12th Party CentralCommittee, prevent and drive back degradation in political thoughts, moralvirtue and lifestyle, as well as “self-evolution” and “self-transformation”behaviours, and implement Decree No.5-CT/TW of the Politburo of the CommunistParty of Vietnam Central Committee on learning and following late President HoChi Minh’s thoughts, morals and lifestyle.
Furtherattention should be also paid to border external relations, reinforcingcooperation with forces from neighbouring countries in preventing and combatingsocial vices along the shared border, extending friendship with people andborder guards in neighbouring countries, towards building a borderline ofpeace, friendship, cooperation and development, he said.
Heexpressed his belief that border guards will reap greater achievements tosuccessfully fulfill the tasks of building and firmly safeguarding the nation.
Viaa teleconference, the President talked with cadres and officials of A Pa Chai,Bo Y and Hon Chuoi border defence stations, expressing his hope that they willhelp reduce poverty and ensure social welfares to local people.-VNA