Sacred Flag-Salute Ceremony to Celebrate National Day at the Border

Towards the National Day, early in the morning of September 2, at the westernmost border of the Fatherland, officers and soldiers of A Pa Chai Border Guard Station and ethnic people in the border commune of Sin Thau (Dien Bien province) performed the flag-raising ceremony at A Pa Chai Flagpole.

Soldiers of A Pa Chai Border Post prepare for the flag raising ceremony at A Pa Chai Flagpole.

Co-chairing the flag-saluting ceremony were comrade Dang Thanh Huy, Secretary of the Party Committee of Sin Thau commune and Colonel Le Duc Nghia, Deputy Political Commissar of the Border Guard Command of Dien Bien province.

A Pa Chai is the westernmost place of the country, located in Sin Thau commune, Dien Bien province. This is the most remote and difficult place to travel on the northern border and is the land of the three borders of Vietnam-China-Laos. This is also a land rich in the cultural identity of ethnic groups...

The A Pa Chai flagpole was started in November 2023, located on the top of the mountain in the Khoang La San range (Sin Thau commune, Dien Bien province) at an altitude of 1,459m above sea level, about 1,387m from the border junction (marker 0). According to the design, the total area of ​​the flagpole is ^407m2 , including many items.

Below are some pictures of the sacred flag-raising ceremony of officials and people of Sin Thau border commune under the A Pa Chai flagpole.

The national flag at A Pa Chai flagpole, measuring 7.5m x 5m; with an area of ^{​​37.5m2,} associated with the historic Dien Bien Phu Victory Day (May 7, 1954), is being respectfully raised by officers of the Dien Bien Provincial Border Guard...

Under the national flag, cadres and people of all ethnic groups in Sin Thau commune have vowed to join forces with Dien Bien Border Guards to strive to protect the border and preserve border markers...

Officials and people of Sin Thau commune with officers and soldiers of Dien Bien Provincial Border Guard at the flag-raising ceremony on the morning of September 2 on the border.

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