During the program, the organizing panel presented 65 lunar New Year (Tet) gifts to disadvantaged students in the locality, provided vegetables planted by troops for and gave free health check-ups and medicines to needy people.
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Vegetables given to needy people for free |
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Disadvantaged children receiving free haircuts |
Meanwhile, the two units carried out artistic activities and folk games for children, as well as offered free haircuts to ethnic minority children in difficulties, to name but a few.
On the occasion, they launched a program to present Tet gifts to young workers, ethnic youths and disadvantaged children.
* The same day in Tay Ninh, the provincial Border Guard Command, the Tan Bien district People’s Committee, and other units jointly organized the border spring program in 2024 in Hoa Hiep commune, Tan Bien district.
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Artistic performance at the program |
At the event, the units presented 230 gifts to policy beneficiaries and poor families; granted 16 scholarships under the “Paving the way to school for children” program to disadvantaged students in Hoa Hiep commune; provided free medical examinations and medicines to nearly 200 policy beneficiaries and needy households in the locality; and handed over national flags to people in border areas, and more.
Senior Colonel Pham Dinh Trieu, Political Commissar of the Tay Ninh provincial Border Guard Command, underlined that last year, border units coordinated with local authorities to conduct many effective programs and movements to help local people reduce poverty and raise their living standards, thereby tightening military-civilian solidarity and building a firm whole-people border defense posture, and safeguarding national sovereignty and border security.
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Senior Colonel Pham Dinh Trieu presents national flags to local people in Hoa Hiep commune, Tan Bien district |
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Scholarships granted to disadvantaged students in Hoa Hiep commune |
The “Border spring warms up people’s hearts” program in 2024 is part of a series of practical activities conducted by the border guard force, contributing to the efforts of local authorities in taking care of the people’s life, ensuring a cozy Tet holiday for people in border areas.
Translated by Quynh Oanh