In Photos: Border guard works day and night to ramp up Southwestern border control
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Amid the rising Covid-19 threats from Cambodia, Vietnam’s provinces bordering Cambodia are sparing no effort to avert illegal entrants, VTC News reported.
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According to Colonel Nguyen The Anh, Head of the Kien Giang Border Guard Force, the organizers of illegal entry and exit operate really sophisticatedly, with a link between inside and outside the border. They often mingle into the fishing vessels at sea, hence, it’s hard to detect, detain and handle them.
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“They firmly grasp the terrain and use suitable vehicles to each of them. In areas with deep water, they utilize big vehicles. In unfavorable and narrow areas, they use canoes to easily sneak into Vietnam”, Anh said.
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Identifying the border control tightening as the foremost priority in Covid-19 fight, whether days with scorching sun, bitter cold, or prolonged rain, the border guard has always been on duty 24/24.
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The border guard is patrolling along the border.
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Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Van Tung, Head of the border stations at Ha Tien International Border Gate said among 48 Covid-19 checkpoints in Ha Tien Town, only 25 of which were previously built, the remaining are makeshift.
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Personnel at the makeshift border stations have encountered many difficulties as the rainy season is coming.
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Kien Giang Province has sent more than 100 militias to the border area to support the border guard force.
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Militias for the first time taking on duty at the border said it’s sympathy with the hardship of border guard force that motivates them to complete their tasks.
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“Militias has well-coordinated and integrated with the border guard in both mission and daily life”, said Deputy Head of the border stations at Ha Tien International Border Gate Do Thanh Tung.
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Apart from the local forces, ones in Kien Giang’s neighboring provinces such as Da Nang and Binh Dinh were also mobilized to help to ramp up the control of the southwestern border.
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Along with the patrol and control, the border guard has propagandized for fishermen and residents living along the border about the epidemic situation and tricks of illegal entrants.
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This helps people to raise their vigilance, thereby timely reporting to the functional forces about the illegal entrants.
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Kien Giang province has also prepared scenarios for the worse cases by establishing field hospitals with 300-500 beds for mild Covid-19 patients and other 50 beds for critically ill ones.
| Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long warned Sunday that Vietnam faces a great risk of imported Covid-19 infections with double mutant variants. "In the last 24 hours, looking at the Covid-19 situation worldwide and in the region, we are anxious about possible Covid-19 infections from the outside," Long said. With India recording more than 340,000 new Covid-19 cases, Cambodia confirming more than 600 in the last 24 hours and Laos’s daily tally surpassing Vietnam’s highest of 82 cases on January 28, the health ministry is "very anxious," Long said. The new "double mutant" variants in India and the U.K. variant in Cambodia that are more transmissible pose a greater risk of community transmissions, according to Vnexpress. On Sunday, the HCMC Pasteur Institute confirmed that 85.7 percent of infected samples taken from imported Covid-19 cases from Cambodia contain the U.K. variant, and 14.3 percent have the South African variant. |
 | Makeshift Covid-19 hospitals about to build in province near border with Cambodia Two field hospitals used for Covid-19 treatment are planned to build in Ha Tien City and Rach Gia City along Vietnam - Cambodia border, according ... |
 | Health Minister calls for crackdown on anti-epidemic measures at border areas Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long on Sunday calls for more stringent control at boder trails, border gates, and tighter patrols at sea border to minimize ... |
 | Vietnam-Laos holds talks to open crossing point at 65th border mark area At the 65th mark on Vietnam - Laos border, recently the delegation of Dien Bien province, led by Dien Bien People's Committee Chairman Vu A ... |
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