President Truong Tan Sang on Monday paid a New Year visit to the Border Guard Command

(VOVworld)- President Truong Tan Sang on Monday paid a New Year visit to the Border Guard Command. The President praised the border guards’ achievements in building a strong people’s national defense. He asked them to bring into play the heroic tradition to defend the nation and combat sabotage attempts by any hostile forces. He stressed the need to strengthen the border guards’ political stance, promote unity and improve the soldiers’ fighting capacity. Sang said it was important to build a border of peace with neighboring countries in line with the Party’s external policy.