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President sends New Year greetings to border guards

President Truong Tan Sang wished all border guards across the nation a happy Tet (Lunar New Year) when visiting the Vietnam Border Guard High Command’s headquarters in Hanoi on January 20.
President Truong Tan Sang wished all border guards across the nation ahappy Tet (Lunar New Year) when visiting the Vietnam Border Guard HighCommand’s headquarters in Hanoi on January 20.

President Sang asked about the preparations for the Tet festival inborder areas while talking with officers from several border posts overthe phone.

He told officers and soldiers to continue uniting in defence of their people.

They were also urged to have a thorough grasp of the Party’spolitical guidelines on implementing defence tasks, expanding externalrelations and conducting socio-economic development programmes to helppeople, especially those in border areas, escape from poverty andimprove their lives.

Last year the Border Guardprovided consultation for the Defence Ministry on issues related toterritorial sovereignty and borders, and coordinated with other forcesin addressing problems on the sea, and participated in aid reliefoperations and search and rescue activities.

Theforce reformed administrative procedures on entry and exit management,tackled 11,000 law-violation cases and arrested 20,000 offendersrelating to drug smuggling, human trafficking and trade fraud.

It also asked for assistance from the Party and State to upgradeequipment to serve patrols, manage border marks and control entry andexit activities in the coming time.-VNA
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