April 27, 2017 | 22:11 (GMT+7)
“Coast guards stand by fishermen” program launched
PANO - A wide range of meaningful activities have been conducted during a two-day program titled “Coast guards stand by fishermen” in Tho Chau island commune, Phu Quoc island district of Kien Giang province by the Coast Guard Region 4 Command, the Phu Quoc district People’s Committee and Viettel’s branch in the province.
The program is one of the Vietnam Coast Guard's mass mobilization models.
Specifically, on April 25 and 26, the joint units handed over free SMS and dissemination poster systems to the commune; set up internet connection for the commune's primary and secondary schools; presented gifts to 46 policy beneficiaries and needy fishermen; granted 60 scholarships to students; held an artistic exchange and launched the competition “I love the national seas and islands”; provided free health checkups and medicines for locals and first aid instruction techniques for fishermen; gave away medicine kits, 100 life jackets, and 150 national flags.
The Coast Guard Region 4 Command would draw lessons from the program to replicate it in the coming time.
Translated by Hoang Nam-Doan An