Tho Chau Special Zone is a locality located hundreds of kilometers away from the mainland with many difficult conditions, this is the farthest outpost island in An Giang province.
On the opening day of September 5, officers and soldiers of Tho Chau Border Guard Station donated 500 notebooks to support students in difficult circumstances in the area (from donations from officers and philanthropists). Giving 29 million VND to 4 students in the Project "Army officers and soldiers to help me go to school". Giving 1 million VND to 2 children in the program "Step up your steps to school".
Also today, Ganh Dau Border Guard Station (Phu Quoc area) presented 30 uniforms and 500 notebooks to poor students in the area at the opening ceremony, with a total value of 21 million VND.
Previously, the Party Committee and Command of the Border Guard Station of Ha Tien International Border Gate donated 800 notebooks to support students in difficult circumstances. Currently, the units continue to donate and mobilize funding sources, organize the purchase of notebooks, books, clothes, and learning tools to give to children in difficult circumstances.
Colonel Doan Dinh Tranh, Deputy Political Commissar of the An Giang Provincial Border Guard Command, said: Entering the 2025-2026 school year, students in the border and island areas of the province are still facing many difficulties. The Provincial Border Guard Command directed units at all levels and sectors to attend the opening ceremony, organize many practical activities to support and support students in difficult circumstances in the area to confidently and excitedly enter the new school year.
We also received very good news that in 2025, there will be 7 poor students in the program Show your steps to school and the project Army officers and soldiers to bring your steps to school to compete in universities and colleges. Among them is Huynh Hong Phuc, the program "Helping children go to school" at Tinh Bien International Border Gate Border Guard Station, which is admitted to the Border Guard Academy", Colonel Doan Dinh Tranh shared.
