On May 24, General Phan Van Giang - Politburo member, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, Minister of National Defense - chaired a working conference with key leaders of the Border Guard Command.
At the conference, Lieutenant General Le Duc Thai - Member of the Party Central Committee, Border Guard Commander - reported the plan of arranging the station, the Border Guard and the Border Guard Command of the provincial Military Command met the requirements of the task of managing and firmly defending the national border security sovereignty in the new situation.
Accordingly, based on the Project to build a "streamlined, compact, and strong" Army and the task of implementing local military organization when organizing a two-level local government apparatus, the Border Guard Command has proactively coordinated with the competent agencies of the Ministry of National Defense to study and draft a plan to arrange appropriate posts, stations and stationations, ensuring the task of managing and protecting national border security and sovereignty, building a solid and suitable national border posture for local socio-economic characteristics.
After listening to the reports and comments of the delegates and making a concluding speech at the conference, General Phan Van Giang requested the General Staff to direct the competent authorities to coordinate with the Border Guard Command to continue to carefully review, develop plans, and urgently conduct field surveys to grasp the terrain and border security situation.
Since then, the study adjusted and arranged additional stations and border stations in accordance with the requirements of managing and protecting the territorial sovereignty of the national border security, in accordance with the Party and the State's policies on organizing the organizational structure of the political system, reorganizing the administrative units at all levels and the Central Military Commission's scheme on the arrangement of local military organizations "Tinh, compact, strong and strong.
At the same time, General Phan Van Giang emphasized that the Border Guard force must continue to be the core in firmly protecting sovereignty and border security; increase patrols and controls on the border, effectively combat all types of crimes and illegal entry and exit.
