Cao Bang Border Guards to strengthen border management in covid-19 pandemic combat
22/06/2020
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In the context that the whole country is joining
hands to fight against the complicated covid-19 epidemic, since the beginning
of 2020, Cao Bang border guards have also been making efforts in combating
COVID-19, contributing to bringing peace to the country.
That Cao Bang has a common international border
with China (over 333 kilometres) stretching across many border villages and
communes, border gates, sub-border gates and border crossings, and
complex terrains has been taken seriously by the Cao Bang Border Guard Command.
Strictly following the direction of the Prime Minister, the Border Guard High
Command and the Provincial People's Committee, from the first days of the
COVID-19 pandemic, Cao Bang Border Guard Command has directed soldiers and
officers to actively patrol the border day and night and set up many key checkpoints
along the border for the pandemic control and mobilizing people in the border areas
to participate in COVID-19 fight.
Major Hoang Bang Giang, Deputy Head of Can Yen
Border Station, said “from the early days, the commune Party Committee and
Authority, and the Commander of Can Yen Border Guard have clearly determined
that the COVID-19 epidemic fight is a very difficult task which requires
efforts and joint hands of mass organizations and localities at all levels”. With
the motto of "fighting against epidemics like fighting against the
enemy", the unit has actively advised the district People's Committee to
seriously implement the directives of the higher levels, and at the same time
thoroughly disseminated the guidelines and instructions of Provincial Border
Guard Command to all soldiers and officers in the unit in order to raise their
awareness and sense of responsibility in epidemics prevention and control in
general and in COVID-19 combat in particular, from which elaborating a plan to
effectively implement the disease prevention and control activities in the
border areas managed by the unit, and closely combining closely the task of
social order and security maintenance with combat readiness and border
protection management, and disease prevention and control.
The Border guard station has
coordinated with the local authority and relevant forces to propagate the
strict observance of the regulations on border management and disease
prevention knowledge to each household in the border villages and communes; to set up six
checkpoint groups and one provisional mobile control team including 25 soldiers
and 12 police officers and communal militia along the border that the unit is
in charge of and their main task is to constantly monitor and grasp the
situation in the border areas as well as disease information on both sides of
the border; to control illegal border crossing as well as to effectively fight
against smuggling and illegally transporting medical equipment to China; to
receive Vietnamese citizens returning home from China through legal
border crossing routes; to gather the Vietnamese people returning from
China, then complete the files and procedures for handing over to the
district's epidemic prevention and control force for quarantine.
With a sense of responsibility to actively
cooperate and develop a clear specific task assignment plan; timely attention
and encouragement from all levels, branches and the support of the people in
the locality, during the pandemic combat, the unit’s soldiers and officers,
who have good sense of discipline and sense of responsibility in carrying out
their missions, have made great efforts to overcome any difficulties. Up to
now, 100% of people in the area have been aware of the harmful effects of the
Covid-19 epidemic and actively coordinate with the Border Guard to participate
in disease prevention and control. In addition, no cases have been found
positive for Covid 19; 10 cases of Vietnamese citizens returning from China
were sent to quarantine (09 out of 10 cases returned to the locality after 14
days of quarantine).
Receiving the Vietnamese citizen who illegally crossed border at Ta Lung international border gate
According to Cao Bang Border Guard Command, at the
border gates, the functional forces have been strengthened with manpower and
equipment for COVID-19 prevention and control; The suspension of exit for Vietnamese citizens
to China and the reception of Vietnamese citizens working and studying in China
to return home has been implemented. Captain Be Anh Viet, Chief of Ta Lung
International Border Guard Checkpoint, said “Ta Lung border gate has received
over 400 Vietnamese citizens returning home and these people have been taken to
the quarantine places in the province for 14 days. At the quarantine places, in
addition to regular health checks, people are also propagated about policies
and regulations of the Party and the State, three Legal Documents on the
Vietnam-China land border. Through propaganda activities, the people have
increased their awareness of the importance of disease prevention and control
and the harmful effects of illegal border crossing, thereby raising their
awareness of compliance with three Legal Documents on the Vietnam-China land border.
In parallel with the control of cross-border
epidemics, the Vietnam-China friendship have also been manifested by practical
activities. Donating masks and medical supplies to Chinese functional forces to
join hands in COVID-19 combat was one of the activities that demonstrates the
spirit of solidarity and mutual assistance of Vietnam - China border people to
overcome the COVID-19 epidemic, thereby raising the friendship to jointly build
a border of peace, solidarity and development.
Nong Yen (Translated by Nong Hai)