There are also banners, slogans, and election propaganda panels that everyone sees in these days on the mainland, but seeing that image on the islands of Truong Sa island district and the DK1 rigs, we have The feeling is special. When we arrived at Sinh Ton island commune, the army and people on the island were excitedly preparing for the festival of all people to vote. In the mainland, there are many remarkable activities and images, plus the busy work that distracts many people, not realizing the exciting atmosphere preparing for the election day. And here, the whole island is like on a big festival. Pano, banners, propaganda posters were hung, glued everywhere, loudspeakers broadcast information about the election and songs about election topics bustling across the island … Comrade Ho Luong Hieu, Vice Chairman of Sinh Ton Commune People’s Committee said: The commune has been actively conducting all preparations for the election. In particular, the listing of voters of Sinh Ton island has been completed and consultative meetings have been held. The decoration of the ceremony has also been completed, the propaganda about the election to the fishermen and the units attached to, the armed forces performing the tasks here has been actively done by the locality for many days. The people on the island are well aware that going to vote is the right and duty of each voter, so they are excited to prepare to wait for the election day. Le Xuan Chat, a resident of Sinh Ton island commune, confided: “Outside the remote island, although the access to information is limited, my family and I are always interested in the situation of the country. On this occasion, I heard a lot of propaganda about the election work, I understand clearly the responsibilities of the voters and will consider carefully to elect the most deserving people ”. Officers, soldiers and people in Truong Sa town follow the electoral roll posted at the town People’s Committee. Similarly, in Truong Sa town, the preparation for the election is also actively carried out by the local authorities early. Truong Sa town has 3 constituencies: Unit 1 includes: Truong Sa Lon Island, Da Lat Island; Unit 2 includes: Truong Sa Dong Island, An Bang Island, Da Dong Island, Da Tay Island; The third constituency includes: Thuyen Chai Island, Phan Vinh Island, Toc Tan Island, Nui Le Island, Tien Nu Island. The number of candidates for the People’s Council in Truong Sa town is 24. Truong Sa town is administratively managing many scattered island points, so on election day there will be ships to each island point to coordinate to ensure that all voters can exercise their citizenship. Talking about the election preparation here, comrade Dinh Van Cuong, Chairman of the People’s Council of Truong Sa town, said: “We determine that the upcoming election will be a great festival of the townspeople. On the basis of thoroughly grasping documents of all levels on the electoral work, we set up election committees and established constituencies, electoral groups; fully implemented steps in introducing personnel, consulted and agreed to introduce the candidates for the People’s Council of Truong Sa town in accordance with regulations. Propaganda, ceremony decoration, preparation of constituencies, polling rooms, electoral cards, listing of electoral register … were carefully implemented. All ready for election day. The army and people of Truong Sa town believe that the upcoming election will be successful in the election of the National Assembly and the People’s Council deputies at all levels; At the same time, I hope the Party, State and elected delegates will continue to pay attention to the effective implementation of the Vietnam Maritime Strategy, the development of sea and islands in general and Truong Sa island district in particular to become stronger and stronger. firmly support fishermen to rest assured to reach the sea, firmly protect the sovereignty over the sea and sacred islands of the Fatherland ”. In the Spratly island district, the polling stations prepare the list of contingent electoral cards to be ready to serve fishermen in the area to exercise their right to vote if these voters have no conditions. return to the mainland on election day. Over the past several days, every fisherman’s boat has entered the islands to refuel, water, repair damaged ships or request medical examination and treatment … in addition to helping fishermen, island officials and officials, fighting soldiers stationed on the island also propagated to relatives about the election, and mobilized fishermen if they could not go to the mainland to vote, they would go to the island to register to exercise their voters’ rights and obligations in the great festival of the country. Mr. Cao Van Tho (born 1966, captain of fishing boat KH 99789TS, hometown in Nha Trang city, Khanh Hoa province), who was fishing offshore, was sick, and was treated at the Truong Sa Town Hospital. Here, Mr. Tho was treated by doctors and heard propaganda about the election. Mr. Tho said: “I was informed by the soldiers here about the election and introduced the election points in Truong Sa. Election day, the capabilities of my ship are operating offshore. I will send the ship to the nearest polling place on the island for all crew members to exercise their right to vote ”. Sacred island votes are far away For the soldiers on the islands, the preparations for the election day are conducted very methodically and urgently. The activities of the army, emulation movements, political activities with the theme of the election were actively conducted by all units. On Truong Sa Dong Island, election education and propaganda have been actively and effectively implemented, both integrated into unit activities, mass organizations, and distributed continuously on the system. Internal broadcasting, hanging banners, panels, posters in many locations. The first time to exercise the right to vote, in this special place, soldier Nguyen Van Cong (Truong Sa Dong island) confided: “To me, this will be a memorable memory in my life because not everyone. I was also fortunate to participate in the election in the middle of the sea, in the sacred Spratly archipelago of the Fatherland. My teammates and I were eagerly awaiting the big festival but also quite nervous because this was the first time. Currently, I have the right to vote for the National Assembly and the People’s Council. Being in charge of the education and propaganda unit, I understand that I have to take high responsibility for my vote when voting ”. According to comrade Le Dinh Hai, Chairman of the People’s Committee of Truong Sa island district, the locality has implemented specific election work to each island commune and Truong Sa town. The entire island district has 24 polling stations. Currently, the preparation for the election has been basically completed. Khanh Hoa Provincial Election Committee proposed to the National Election Council for Truong Sa island district to hold elections a week earlier than the whole country. On the DK1 rigs, although the space is narrow and few people, but the preparation for the election for the 15th National Assembly and the representatives of the People’s Council at all levels for the term 2021-2026 is still carried out very methodically and thoughtfully. The day we went to the DK1-9 rigs, panels, campaign propaganda slogans were posted in the most formal and conspicuous locations; Voter lists are posted in the central meeting room of the rig. Senior Lieutenant Do Quoc Trai, Politician of the DK1-9 Rig said: “The election at the rigs is done according to the plan of the Naval Region 4. On the day of the election, the election team will move to each rig house. In the middle of the sea, we clearly see the sacredness of the voting ballot and we always determined to uphold the responsibility, contribute to the successful implementation of the whole country. This important dispatch ”. As far as Truong Sa island district and DK1 rigs were found, even in the middle of the sea, the preparations for the election day were still actively carried out by the Party committee, authorities, troops and people. thoughtful; All voters uphold their responsibilities, eagerly waiting for the day to manually vote to elect people worthy of representing themselves, for the people to join the National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels with the expectation that delegates are full Having enough virtue and talent will continue to shoulder the responsibility of building the homeland, the country develops and prosperity day by day.

Qconstruction process

On the first day, the self-defense battalion was established consisting of the commanding board, 2 companies and 2 subordinate platoons with 193 officers and soldiers, of which 21 were officers, professional soldiers, and defense officers. In response to the request in the new situation, on August 21, 2006, the Commander of the Navy decided to upgrade the Self-Defense Battalion of Saigon Newport Company to a self-defense flotilla with 11 affiliated units, including: 1 Fleet of ships; 3 Companies and 7 Platoons. Self-defense flotilla forces are deployed at Tan Cang – Cat Lai Port, Tan Cang – Hiep Phuoc Port, ICD Tan Cang – Song Than, ICD Tan Cang – Long Binh, the Port Cluster of Cai Mep, the Port of Tan Cang – Central Region and the Hai Phong Region.

The Self-Defense Squadron has been regularly strengthened to consolidate its organization, and sent officers to train in military academies and schools. Specifically: coordinating with the Naval Academy to open 6 classes to foster military knowledge; coordinated with the Naval Special Forces Brigade 126 in training in counter-terrorism; organize for young cadres, cadres in the planned source subjects to study in combat units in Region 2, Region 4 of the Navy. Up to now, the frame staff of the Self-Defense Squad have been trained and appointed with sufficient quantity, have good ethical qualities, are capable, and the quality of the contingent of self-defense officers and soldiers has been improved.

The Saigon Newport Self-Defense Force has strengthened and is ready to perform the task.

Are not stop improving operational efficiency

The crew regularly renews and improves the quality of political education, considering it one of the important contents to improve the synergy and combat readiness of the self-defense forces.

The forces of the Navy Squadron actively developed and deployed military training plans to ensure strict and scientific; in accordance with the characteristics and tasks of production and business of the Corporation and the provisions of the Ordinance. Follow the motto “basic, practical, quality“.

Because the training of the Self-Defense Squadron often focuses on Saturday, Sunday, so the Squadron has combined training with ideological work, propaganda, guaranteed number 98% or more and achieved high results.

In addition to the training contents according to the provisions of the Ordinance on Militia and Self-Defense, the force of the Squadron was also strengthened with training in shooting targets at sea, training to drop mines; training in practice of A2 options to serve the protection of public holidays and New Year; terrorism prevention training, fire and explosion prevention training … the theoretical contents were organized in class and discussed in the Navy; practical training contents are organized decentralized in the squadrons, companies, platoons directly under.

The results of the annual military training courses are 100% satisfactory, in which there are many contents achieving the rate of over 70%, fairly and well. Participating in activities of the Southern Maritime Self-Defense Festival continuously won first and second prizes for the whole delegation.

Successful implementation of the mission

The Saigon New Port Self-Defense Force patrols and ensures the security of the port

The crew has well implemented the combat readiness plans, well managed the security and order of the stationed areas, strictly maintained discipline training, built formal order and industrial civilization.

Strictly complying with the regulations on coordination with the police and the army in the areas where they are stationed, coordinating the exercises of plans A2, fire and explosion prevention, terrorism prevention, search and rescue, rescue and security. seaport, military port regulations. Regularly maintain communication between the forces within the unit in order to promptly detect and handle signs, phenomena and acts of illegal intrusion to the unit at all times.

Pilot organization, successfully towing submarines and successfully completing external activities to welcome foreign military ships at Cam Ranh international port; participating in the search, rescue and rescue of CASA- and SU-30 MK aircraft in distress with the highest political responsibility, highly appreciated by the Military Service and the Ministry of Defense;

Organizing the reception and loading and unloading of thousands of tons of weapons and equipment; welcome, see off, ensure absolute security and safety for hundreds of delegations of the Party, State, ministries and people to visit Truong Sa archipelago, DK1 Rig House; constructing many military projects on Truong Sa archipelago, border patrol roads and defensive areas on the mainland to ensure confidentiality and safety; strictly control more than 30,000 people and more than 30,000 vehicles going in and out of facilities every day.

Maintain the No. 1 position in Vietnam in seaport operation

As a mass armed force that cannot escape production, over the years, the forces of the Self-Defense Squad have contributed to bringing Saigon New Port to the No. 1 position in Vietnam in seaport operations.

Account for over 62% market share of handling import and export containers through national seaports; accounting for 25% of the country’s total import-export turnover; Contributing 37% of total import-export tax revenue and 8% of total national budget revenue; Saigon New Port is in the TOP 19 container port clusters with the largest volume in the world, and in the TOP 10 logistics service enterprises in Vietnam.

As one of the 7 State-owned enterprises proposed by the Ministry of Planning and Investment to research and participate in the large-scale State-owned enterprise development project to promote the leading role, paving the way in the seaport operation industry, logistics services in Vietnam. Achieving National Brand for the 6th time in a row; ranked 100 sustainable development enterprises in 2020.

Colonel Nguyen Van Hanh, Deputy General Director cum Hai Doan Chief awarded awards to individuals with outstanding achievements in the year.

Over 20 years of construction and growth, generations of officers and soldiers of Saigon Newport Corporation have completed the assigned tasks. For 12 consecutive years (from 2009 to 2020), the self-defense squadron of Saigon Newport Corporation was awarded the title of Quyet Thang Unit by the Head of the High Command of the Navy; 121 collective turns, 607 individual turns were awarded. In particular, in 2017, the Navy was honored to be awarded the Third Class Fatherland Protection Medal by the State President. On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the traditional day, the Navy is honored to be awarded the Certificate of Merit by the Minister of Defense.

20 years of construction and development, the self-defense squadron of Saigon Newport Corporation has been contributing to preserving and promoting the tradition of the Labor Hero Unit of Saigon Newport Corporation. Contributing positively to the building of Vietnam’s self-defense force, worthy of the praise of President Ho Chi Minh: “The militia and the guerrillas are the force of the entire nation, an invincible force, the iron wall of the Fatherland, no matter how violent the enemy will touch that force, that wall, All enemies must disintegrate “.