It featured a border of more than 455km adjacent to both Laos and China. Consequently, the mission of building and consolidating the military and defense posture was determined by the provincial armed forces as a regular and long-term requirement. This effort contributed to stabilizing the security and order situation in the border area and created momentum for local socio-economic development.

During the final days of the year, a patrol to control the border line took place alongside the border guard forces in the border communes. Throughout the patrol route, Senior Colonel Phan Văn Hóa, Commander of the provincial Border Guard Command, shared insights into the work of preserving national border sovereignty. In these border communes, the border guards proactively advised local party committees and authorities to increase the number of cadres holding key positions. This included the arrangement of border guard officers to assume the position of Deputy Secretary of the commune Party Committee. Furthermore, party members were assigned to be in charge of households and participate in activities at villages in the border areas. Alongside building the grassroots political system, the border guards implemented national target programs effectively, providing support through seedlings and livestock and constructing hundreds of compassionate houses for women in the border regions. Programs such as “Stepping with students to school” and “Border Guards foster children” were carried out efficiently, contributing to social security and the development of human resources in the border zone.

In the border communes, besides the border guard forces, the image of officers and soldiers from the Defensive Area Command Region 1 - Mường Nhé became close and familiar to the ethnic minority people. They ate, lived, worked, and spoke local languages alongside the residents, while actively supporting the people in building economic development models and constructing houses for poor households and those affected by floods. Many models for restructuring crop and livestock patterns were deployed, and houses filled with military-civilian sentiment were built. Colonel Mùa A Khương, Political Commissar of the command, noted that to perform military and defense tasks well, the command determined that mass mobilization was a central mission. They practiced the “3 sticks and 4 togethers” policy with the people, helping them participate in socio-economic development and supporting policy-favored families with housing.

Mass mobilization served as the key solution for the provincial armed forces to consolidate the “people’s heart” posture. In the context of that time, protecting the Fatherland relied primarily on the strength of the people and required close coordination with various forces to firmly grasp the internal and external border situations. When the military and the people united as one, the consolidated “people’s heart” posture acted as a solid fortress to promote the building of a comprehensive national defense.

Senior Colonel Trịnh Đức Thiêm, Commander of the provincial Military Command, stated that after the provincial border guard organization was moved under the provincial Military Command, the unit regularly coordinated with the provincial police and various departments. This coordination helped them firmly grasp the situation in border communes, increased patrol forces, and improved the effectiveness of early prevention.

In 2025, severe floods caused serious consequences for the people and their property. Sharing the hardships of those in the flooded areas, the officers and soldiers of the provincial Military Command timely mobilized forces and equipment to search for missing persons, treat the injured, and overcome damages. Every house built in the flood zones or along the border lines opened a new beginning for residents to settle down and strengthened military-civilian solidarity. Immediately after the operation of the two-level local government model and the reorganization of the Defensive Area Commands, the units maintained strict combat readiness and enhanced training quality. They focused on building the armed forces toward a “lean, compact, and strong” direction with high mobility and combat readiness. In the coming period, the provincial armed forces continued to promote collective strength, build a revolutionary and elite military, and respond flexibly to both traditional and non-traditional security challenges.