Bicycles presented to disadvantaged students in border communes

On October 5, in Tan Tien Commune, Dong Nai City, the Dong Nai City Border Guard Command, in coordination with the Border Guard Traditional Liaison Committee in Ho Chi Minh City, presented bicycles to disadvantaged students from border communes across Dong Nai City.

Delegates attend the bicycle presentation ceremony. Photo: Huu Thinh

Speaking at the event, Colonel Dao Cong Ly, Deputy Political Commissar of the city’s Border Guard Command, emphasized that for many years, alongside its mission of firmly managing and safeguarding national territorial sovereignty and border security, the city’s Border Guard force has identified caring for the material and spiritual well-being of ethnic minority communities in border areas as a key political task.

Leaders of the city’s Border Guard Command, Tan Tien Commune and schools present bicycles to students. Photo: Huu Thinh

With the motto “The border post is home, the border is our homeland, and ethnic minority people are our brothers and sisters,” the city’s Border Guard force has implemented numerous practical programs, models and projects to accompany border residents in economic development, poverty reduction, healthcare and the building of a cultured community.

Leaders of Bu Dop Border Guard Station present bicycles to students. Photo: Huu Thinh

As part of efforts to strengthen military-civilian solidarity, the Party Committee and command of the city’s Border Guard force have always paid special and close attention to the future generation in border areas, namely local students. Humanitarian programs such as “Supporting Children on Their Way to School – Border Guard Station Foster Children,” “Mid-Autumn Festival at the Border,” as well as activities supporting the start of the new school year and the Military Semester, have continued to make a strong impact.

“The bicycles presented today may not be of great material value, but they represent the affection and support of Border Guard officers and soldiers and benefactors for these children. They will help ease the difficulties on the children’s journey to education and provide additional motivation for them to move confidently toward a brighter future,” Colonel Dao Cong Ly emphasized.

Commanders of Hoa Lu International Border Gate Border Guard Station accompany students to receive bicycles. Photo: Huu Thinh

The Deputy Political Commissar of the city’s Border Guard force expressed his hope that students at border-area schools would strive to study and improve themselves, enabling them not only to improve their own lives but also to contribute to building their hometowns and the country, particularly by joining local forces, especially the Border Guard, in firmly safeguarding national territorial sovereignty and border security.

On this occasion, 50 disadvantaged students from border areas participating in the “Supporting Children on Their Way to School – Border Guard Station Foster Children” program and the “Military Officers and Soldiers Supporting Children to Go to School” project, along with students from grades 4 to 9 in villages and hamlets across eight border communes, received bicycles. Each bicycle was valued at VND1.7–2 million.

By Nguyet Ha – Translated by Mai Nga, Minho