A little girl named Vu Thi Cho, an adopted daughter of Lung Cu Border Post, shared her feelings with us after the trip.
Perhaps, this is an unforgettable summer with wonderful memories for adopted children and godchildren of Lung Cu Border Post under the Ha Giang provincial Border Guard Command. The children visited Hanoi, especially President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the Presidential Palace, the Ho Chi Minh Museum, and the Temple of Literature. Moreover, they had a chance to tour the Air Defense - Air Force Museum and saw with their own eyes the rockets and jet planes of the Vietnam Air Force. Also, they went to President Ho Chi Minh's relic site at Da Chong Hill where the great leader’s body was preserved from 1969 to 1975.
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Students adopted by Lung Cu Border Post visit President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. |
All 24 children have experienced extremely difficult conditions. Some children have lost their father or mother, some lost both their parents. Now, they have been adopted by troops of Lung Cu border post.
Along with raising adopted children and teaching them how to read and write, border troops help them get used to military environment. The deep love and wholehearted care of border troops give them a better understanding of the love of family, friends and comradeship, creating a strong motivation for them to study hard. Thereby, almost all of the adopted children have gained good academic results.
Tho Thi Dinh, a H’mong ethnic child with extremely difficult conditions in Ma Lung A village, Ma La commune Dong Van district, Ha Giang, is studying at class 9B at Ma Le Semi-Boarding Secondary School for Ethnic Minorities. Thanks to border troops’ support, she could continue her learning. “What an interesting trip! We've learned more about national history and the country. I promise to further study and train hard to become a good citizen in society”, she shared.
Tho Mi Va, born in 2008 in Ma Lung B village, Ma La commune, has lost her parents. During the first days at Lung Cu border post, Va was timid and hardly communicated with other people. However, Va gradually got on with the new environment and currently feels more confident. Va shared that when growing up, Va would join the military and become a border troop like her adoptive fathers in the post to protect the peace of the homeland and the national border.
Over the past years, the border guard force, especially Ha Giang border troops, have effectively implemented the Ministry of National Defense’s project “Troops support children to go to school” and the program “Adopted children of border posts” launched by the Vietnam Border Guard Command. As a result, every year, hundreds of children in tough conditions are adopted by the Ha Giang provincial Border Guard Command in general and Lung Cu Border Post in particular.
According to Major Nguyen Xuan Hung, Political Commissar of Lung Cu Border Post, the unit is taking care of 24 disadvantaged children thanks to the fund collected from production activities and border troops’ donations.
On the occasion, the President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Protection Command presented gifts to adopted children. The children's faces were filled with joy and happiness. Looking at the children cherishing Uncle Ho’s badge attached to their shirts, we strongly believed that with the upbringing of adoptive fathers and teachers, they will become good citizens in the future.
Translated by Quynh Oanh