Practice has affirmed that when the people’s security posture is firmly constructed on the foundation of the great national solidarity bloc, each citizen becomes a living landmark and each residential area acts as a fortress protecting security right from the grassroots. Prompted by that perspective, throughout the 2016-2026 period, the provincial Police force and VFF Committees at all levels maintained a tight coordination mechanism, regularly innovating the contents and methods of mass mobilization to spread the movement far and wide.

Annually, movement-building tasks are deployed to 100 percent of communes, wards, villages, hamlets, residential groups, agencies, enterprises, and educational institutions. Dissemination work is concentrated heavily on key areas, ethnic minority regions, and border zones where potential complexities regarding security and order still linger. Self-management models for security and order, reconciliation teams, self-managed inter-household groups, and self-managed lineages continue to be consolidated, contributing to elevating the efficiency of social prevention.

Notably, the role of the VFF and its member organizations has been increasingly promoted in gathering and mobilizing the people. Front working boards in residential areas regularly monitor social public opinion, promptly reflecting matters related to security and order so that party committees, authorities, and functional forces can handle them right at the grassroots. Village elders, hamlet chiefs, lineage heads, and reputable individuals continue to serve as the core force in reconciliation and conflict resolution within the community, helping mitigate the emergence of security hotspots.

Over the ten-year span, the Police force coordinated with 1,244 turns of reputable individuals and 2,550 turns of heads of villages, hamlets, and residential groups to disseminate and mobilize the People to comply with the law and actively prevent, detect, and denounce crimes. Hundreds of turns of reputable individuals were given opportunities to tour and learn from experiences in various localities, thereby continuing to spread good practices throughout residential communities.

A prominent highlight of the coordination program is also reflected in the effective execution of mass mobilization tasks. Within the 10 years, the entire province organized 1,138 “Police force listens to the people’s opinions” conferences with 59,341 turns of participants, absorbing 7,760 feedback ideas regarding security and order situations and the building of the People’s Public Security force.

Concurrently, VFF levels organized 326 voter contact sessions and 137 direct dialogues between heads of party committees and authorities and the People, while receiving and coordinating to process 355 letters and petitions. This actively contributed to resolving numerous cases right from the grassroots level to limit prolonged lawsuits and potential risks of instability.

As a border territory still facing many difficulties, Cà Là Pá village in Sín Thầu commune has firmly maintained security and order for years, preventing the emergence of complex incidents.

Hà Giống Sùng, Head of the Front Working Board of Cà Là Pá village, shared: “We coordinate with the commune Police to disseminate to 100 percent of households, organizing the signing of commitments to ensure security and order, and to refrain from trading or storing drugs, weapons, explosives, and support tools. Aside from village meetings, the Front Working Board also established a community Zalo group with representatives from households to promptly notify them of security and order situations, warn against new methods and tricks of criminals, and popularize the guidelines and policies of the Party and State.”

From that consensus, 15 households in the village voluntarily donated land to expand internal village roads and construct a cultural house and a school. The Front Working Board also coordinated to successfully reconcile five internal disputes among the People, while managing and educating four slow-progressing youths to help them correct their mistakes and reintegrate into the community. Humanitarian activities such as organizing the Great National Solidarity Festival, mobilizing the Fund for the Poor, and caring for disadvantaged households continue to contribute to binding the community and constructing a stable social environment right from the grassroots level.

Speaking at a conference reviewing the 10 years of coordination work between the Police and the VFF at all levels in Điện Biên province within the movement of all people protecting national security for the 2016-2026 period, Mùa A Vảng, Alternate Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, and Chairman of the provincial VFF Committee, affirmed that facing task requirements in the new phase, the coordination program must continue to be raised to a new height, matching the digital transformation context and fresh challenges concerning security and order.

Mùa A Vảng emphasized: “All levels and sectors must continue to closely follow directives from the Government and the province, innovate coordination contents and methods, and strengthen dissemination in border zones, ethnic minority areas, and localities with complex security or religious elements. Concurrently, they need to effectively deploy national target programs, especially the National Target Program on Drug Prevention and Control, contributing to the goal of building Điện Biên into a drug-free province by 2030. Alongside security and order assurance tasks, it is necessary to strongly mobilize social resources to care for social welfare, paying attention to investing in electricity, transport roads, domestic water, schools, and medical facilities in remote, isolated, and exceptionally difficult areas.”

It can be seen that the coordination program between the Police force and the VFF Committees at all levels has affirmed its efficiency through concrete results, through the peace in every village and street, and through the increasingly tight-knit trust of the People. This stands as the crucial baseline to construct a firm people’s security posture, creating a driving force for Điện Biên to develop rapidly and sustainably, while firmly maintaining its position as a solid shield at the westernmost frontier of the Fatherland.