A gift of bread: How Vietnamese border guards help local children
17:04 | 20/05/2021
For many years, soldiers at La Lay border station (Dakrong District, Quang Tri Province) have made weekly bread deliveries to various schools (there are 14 in total) around the border. The border guards are far from their own families and helping feed the local children provides a source of comfort, and for some it even quells their homesickness.
Wild border kids: how Vietnamese Border Guards changed the lives of 9 feral children
10:42 | 20/05/2021
Nine, almost wild, children of the Pacoh ethnicity, live in and around the Vietnam – Laos border. They do not speak the national language, or know how to read and write, still less sleep on beds, or use bowls and chopsticks.
Fairy men in green uniforms
17:49 | 12/05/2021
In classic Vietnamese fairy tales, when children face difficulties they are often helped by ‘fairy men.’ Today many children are protected and supported, not by fairy men, by Uncle Ho’s soldiers wearing badges and green uniforms. These Vietnamese Border Guards are connected with Vietnamese, Laos, and Cambodian children through schemes such as “Helping children to school” and “Border Guard Adoption.”
Border guards in Southwest Vietnam prioritized for Covid-19 injection
08:50 | 02/04/2021
Border officers and soldiers patrolling at border gates and checkpoints in Tay Ninh province will be prioritized for nearly 1,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine.
Border guards strengthen security as borders whiten with snows
15:28 | 15/01/2021
The COVID-19 checkpoint of Sì Lờ Lầu Border Guard Station in the northern province of Lai Châu has been engulfed in fog and frost almost around the clock in the last few days.
Life At The COVID-19 Checkpoint By The Vietnam – Laos Border in photos
21:27 | 18/08/2020
The COVID-19 epidemic checkpoint, which is located close to the borderline, has been home to three border officers and soldiers who are on duty 24/7 to prevent people from entering and leaving Vietnam illegally.
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