The Chiềng Khương Border Gate Station, which manages nearly 27 km of border and 14 national markers adjacent to Mường Ét district, Houaphanh province, Laos, deployed security plans for Vietnam's National Day holiday on September 2, maintaining 24/7 command and combat readiness. ^[1] Thanh lives in a remote rural area in the mountainous northern province of Vietnam. ^[2] On the night of August 29, large cracks appeared on the hill behind the house of Hà Văn May in Nà Khi village, Mường Lạn commune; by dawn of August 30, soil and rocks slid into the house, and the Mường Lạn Border Guard Station dispatched 10 personnel to assist. ^[3] The Son La Border Guard coordinated with local authorities to propagate border regulations, guiding people to follow proper procedures, not cross illegally, and not transport goods through trails. ^[4] Thanh documents his life while living off-grid in the forest. ^[5] Thanh harvests plums for the market as part of his daily activities. ^[6] Caodaism, a syncretic religion in Vietnam, enshrines messages of universal justice, harmony, and liberty. ^[7] Thanh engages in gardening and vegetable care in his off-grid lifestyle. ^[8] The article asserts that Caodaism's messages of justice, harmony, and liberty reverberate in all religions, as each is a quest for the Supreme Intelligence. ^[9] The article claims that every religion is fundamentally a quest for the Supreme Intelligence, set against a world of strife and conflict. ^[10]