January 26, 2017 | 22:34 (GMT+7)
Border guards warm up people’s heart
PANO - As the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday is coming, border guards in the northeastern region have traveled to every local household to inquire after the locals, and present Tet gifts to them.
Officers and troops of the Muong Pon Border Post under the Dien Bien provincial Border Guard Command have wrapped 140 Chung cakes to offer to 68 households in Tin Toc hamlet, Muong Pon commune, Dien Bien district.
The post has also presented 45 Tet gifts to needy households and policy beneficiary families. The post’s staff have also raised money for three students with adversity in life to enjoy a happy Tet.
The border guards’ care for the locals, especially during the Tet holiday, has helped tighten the military-civilian ties and brought a warm Tet to the recipients.
Here are some photos of the good ties between troops and people ahead of the Lunar New Year.
Muong Pon Border Post’s troops and locals wrapping Chung cakes, the typical Vietnamese specialty for Tet
Carefully wrapping each traditional Chung cake
Tin Toc hamlet is home to most of Thai and Kho Mu minority ethnic people.
The Muong Pon Border Post providing pork, green bean while the local authorities offering sticky rice and local people contributing phrynium leaves
A local showing happiness while wrapping Chung cakes with border guards
An art performance of Kho Mu ethnic minorities at the Tet gift offering ceremony
Commanders of Muong Pon Border Post presenting Tet gifts to locals
Tin Toc hamlet’s residents happily receiving Chung cakes
Translated by Mai Huong