The family of Lau Anh Quan, from Na Lac village, Trinh Tuong commune, is in extremely difficult circumstances. Due to poverty and a lack of proper care, Quan weighed only 3.5 kg at six months old, suffering from severe malnutrition. Upon receiving this information, the Trinh Tuong Border Guard Post mobilized social resources and sent officers to accompany the family to take Quan to the hospital for treatment. After nearly a month of treatment, his health and physical condition have improved significantly.

Officers from the Trinh Tuong Border Guard Post took Lau Anh Quan to a medical facility for treatment.

The Trinh Tuong Border Guard Post donated essential food supplies and a pair of breeding pigs to the family to ensure a sustainable livelihood. Recently, the family was invited by the unit to participate in the "Spring Border Guard Program: Warming the Hearts of the Local People" and received meaningful Tet gifts, celebrating the New Year with officers, soldiers of the unit, and local people.

The "Spring Border Guard Program: Warming the Hearts of the People in Border Areas" has become an annual activity aimed at caring for the Lunar New Year celebrations of ethnic minorities in border regions.

Over the past five years, on the occasion of annual holidays and Tet (Lunar New Year), the Command of the Border Guard of Lao Cai province and its units have visited, extended New Year greetings, and presented gifts to local Party committees, authorities, policy beneficiary families, meritorious individuals, and people in difficult circumstances in the border area, totaling 31,410 gifts (cash and goods) worth over 15.8 billion VND. This has contributed to a peak period of caring for the lives of ethnic minorities in the border area, ensuring they can celebrate the New Year warmly and prosperously.

Recently, the Lao Cai Border Guard Command coordinated the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of six schools in the communes of Pha Long, Trinh Tuong, and Y Ty. The projects have a total construction cost of over 13.7 billion VND; construction is scheduled from November 2025 to May 2026. The construction of these schools in border areas will significantly contribute to improving the quality of education and living conditions for teachers and students.

The Border Guard of Lao Cai province has started construction on six border schools, contributing to improving the quality of education and living conditions for local students and teachers.

Focusing on the ethnic minority communities in border areas, the Lao Cai Border Guard has implemented a series of meaningful programs and activities over the years. Accordingly, recognizing that propaganda and mobilization of the masses is a top priority, the Lao Cai Provincial Border Guard has consistently directed its units to closely monitor the local situation and understand the situation at the grassroots level. From 2020 to the present, the units have organized over 5,700 propaganda sessions with more than 265,000 participants, conveying many practical messages to the people. As a result, the people's awareness and compliance with the law have gradually improved, contributing to maintaining political security and social order in the border areas.

The provincial Border Guard force is strengthening its presence at the grassroots level, disseminating information, and raising awareness and compliance with the law among people living in border areas.

In conjunction with building a strong grassroots political system, the Border Guard of Lao Cai province actively participates in consolidating and improving the quality of the grassroots political system. Implementing the policy of increasing the participation of border guard officers in local Party committees, the unit has advised on the appointment of additional officers to Party committees at all levels; and assigned hundreds of Party members to participate in Party branches in border villages and hamlets. This has contributed to improving the leadership and management capacity of village and hamlet Party branches; and has led to the recruitment of 612 outstanding individuals in border communes and wards into the Party. In addition, hundreds of border guard officers and Party members have been assigned to support and assist more than 1,700 households in border areas.

The Lao Cai Border Guard has implemented many effective livelihood models to help people reduce poverty sustainably.

With the motto "the outpost is our home, the border is our homeland," officers and soldiers of the Lao Cai Provincial Border Guard have accompanied and joined hands with the people to develop the economy and reduce poverty sustainably through many effective models and programs. Specifically, the Border Guard has provided nearly 20,000 seedlings and livestock of various kinds; assisted people with nearly 10,300 man-days of labor for road construction and agricultural harvesting; and provided 1.43 billion VND in production capital. As a result, 1,723 households have escaped poverty.

In particular, the Border Guard also coordinated the mobilization of resources and provided financial support, while directly contributing thousands of man-days to renovate 78 "Shelter for the Poor in Border Areas"; and built and donated 34 houses to people affected by floods in Y Ty, Si Ma Cai, Pha Long communes, etc., helping people in border areas have solid homes.

Alongside economic development, the Border Guard of Lao Cai province has always paid attention to the education, health, and cultural life of the people. Notably, they have effectively implemented programs such as "Helping Children Go to School," "Children Adopted by Border Guard Posts," "Godmothers," and the project "Army Officers and Soldiers Helping Children Go to School," which have become a support system for hundreds of disadvantaged students, enabling them to continue their education, training, and nurturing their dreams.

“The persistent and dedicated actions of the officers and soldiers of the Lao Cai Provincial Border Guard have contributed to fostering a close and strong bond between the military and the people in the border region. From the trust and support of the people, the people's support has become increasingly solid, creating an important foundation for firmly protecting national sovereignty and border security, and building a peaceful, stable, and developing border,” affirmed Colonel Tran Quang Tung, Political Commissar of the Lao Cai Provincial Border Guard Command.

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