In the traditional room, flipping through each image and document about General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, Lieutenant Colonel Viem Trong Toan, an officer of Border Guard Station Trinh Tuong, recalled the time 16 years ago.

In 2008, as Chairman of the National Assembly, Comrade Nguyen Phu Trong visited the flood-affected people of Trinh Tuong commune, Bat Xat and encouraged officers and soldiers of Trinh Tuong Border Guard Station.

It was the first days of August 2008, a terrible flash flood occurred in Tung Chin village, Trinh Tuong commune, Bat Xat, causing many people to die and go missing. Upon receiving the news, the unit commander immediately directed officers and soldiers to move to the village to conduct search and rescue. At the same time, they helped move households affected by the flash flood to the unit and arranged for them to eat, stay and live carefully. While the work was still in disarray, Lieutenant Colonel Viem Trong Toan received news that Comrade Nguyen Phu Trong, Chairman of the 11th National Assembly, had come to visit and encourage people in the flooded area. Lieutenant Colonel Viem Trong Toan was assigned to coordinate with other forces to protect the outer perimeter.

On the afternoon of August 12, 2008, after getting off the helicopter, Comrade Nguyen Phu Trong and his delegation quickly moved to the yard of the border guard station to meet and encourage people in the flooded areas. During nearly 60 minutes of conversation, he kindly asked about, encouraged, and shared the great losses of the families and hoped that they would soon overcome the pain and stabilize their lives again.

Officers and soldiers of Trinh Tuong Border Guard Station review documents about General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

Lieutenant Colonel Ly Sin Sau, Political Commissar of Trinh Tuong Border Guard Station, said: After visiting and encouraging people in flood-hit areas who are temporarily staying at the unit, despite his busy schedule, Comrade Nguyen Phu Trong took the time to grasp the situation at the border, visit and give gifts to encourage officers and soldiers of the unit. He advised the collective of officers and soldiers of the border guards to continue to build and strengthen solidarity and close ties between the army and people at the border through specific and practical actions.

Remembering the words of comrade Nguyen Phu Trong, over the past years, the collective of officers and soldiers of Trinh Tuong Border Guard Station have been determined to overcome difficulties, compete to successfully complete all assigned tasks, firmly protect sovereignty and border security; constantly consolidate and foster solidarity between the army and people, and build a solid national border defense.

Officers and soldiers of Trinh Tuong Border Guard Station participate in cleaning rural roads.

The unit pays special attention to and supports households in difficult circumstances, joining hands with the locality in implementing the new rural construction program.

From 2019 to present, the unit has mobilized benefactors to build and repair 7 "Shelters for the poor in the border areas"; repaired 6 schools and village cultural houses; contributed 1,300 working days and more than 40 tons of cement to construct rural roads; coordinated to give gifts to the poor and policy families on holidays and Tet with a total value of over 2 billion VND; took care of and raised 2 students in the "Adopted children of border guards" model; supported 10 children in the "Helping children go to school" program and the "Army officers and soldiers help children go to school" project...

Major Tan Sanh Nhan, Deputy Political Commissar of Trinh Tuong Border Guard Station, regularly goes to the grassroots to grasp the situation and advise on the implementation of local political tasks.

Participating in consolidating and building the political system at the grassroots level, the staff unit established and supported the maintenance of 32 border and boundary marker self-management groups and village and hamlet security and order self-management groups; introduced 19 border party members to participate in activities at village party cells; assigned 26 border party members to be in charge of 119 households in the border area. The assigned party members advised the party cell on many effective solutions to improve the quality of local party building work, leadership in security and border protection, and mobilized resources to support households in border areas to develop the economy and improve their lives.

Officers of Trinh Tuong Border Guard Station participate in teaching literacy to local people.

Trinh Tuong Border Guard Station is also a typical unit in coordinating to organize literacy classes for local people. Over the past 5 years, the unit has coordinated to open 5 literacy classes for more than 200 people in Trinh Tuong and Coc My communes. After the classes of the "green uniform" teachers, local people have become proficient in reading, writing, and simple calculations, making their lives more convenient. Many individuals of the unit have been commended by the Ministry of Education and Training, Lao Cai Provincial Party Committee, and Lao Cai Border Guard Command for their outstanding achievements in mass mobilization work, such as Lieutenant Colonel Viem Trong Toan, Major Tan Sanh Nhan, etc.

Comrade Nguyen Phu Trong's advice on building and strengthening military-civilian solidarity has been, is and will be remembered and strongly implemented by Lao Cai Border Guard.

The specific and practical actions of the officers and soldiers of Trinh Tuong Border Guard Station in recent times have contributed to consolidating and strengthening the solidarity and attachment between the army and the people at the border of the Fatherland. At the same time, it has further enlivened the advice of comrade Nguyen Phu Trong when he visited the unit 16 years ago; affirming that those advices still hold true, have been, are and will be kept in mind by the officers and soldiers of Trinh Tuong Border Guard Station in particular, and the Lao Cai Border Guard force in general, and continue to be strongly implemented, contributing to protecting the border and building a peaceful and prosperous border area.

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