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Delegations set sail for Truong Sa archipelago for Tet festival

Delegations of military officers and soldiers set sail for Truong Sa (Spratly) on January 4 to visit those performing duties on Vietnam’s archipelago on the occasion of the coming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.
Delegations set sail for Truong Sa archipelago for Tet festival ảnh 1Officers and soldiers prepare to get onboard ships for Truong Sa at Cam Ranh military port in Khanh Hoa province on January 4 (Photo: VNA)

Khanh Hoa (VNA) – Delegations of military officersand soldiers set sail for Truong Sa (Spratly) on January 4 to visit those performingduties on Vietnam’s archipelago on the occasion of the coming Lunar New Year(Tet) festival.

Addressing the see-off ceremony held at Cam Ranhmilitary port in central Khanh Hoa province, Vice Chairman of the Khanh HoaPeople’s Committee Nguyen Dac Tai said the trip aims to convey the profoundattention that the Party, State, Defence Ministry, and people nationwide pay tothe safeguarding of the sacred sovereignty in the sea, as well as to soldiersand residents in Truong Sa, which is also a district of Khanh Hoa.

Such sentiment is a great support andencouragement for soldiers and residents in Truong Sa to weather everydifficulty to fulfil the heavy but glorious task assigned by the Party andpeople, he noted.

Rear Admiral Nguyen Duc Vuong, PoliticalCommissar of Naval Region 4, expressed his belief that the officers andsoldiers assuming new tasks in Truong Sa archipelago will overcome alldifficulties to fulfil their tasks.

Four ships of Naval Region 4 are carryingthousands of Tet gift packages sent by military units and people nationwide tosoldiers and residents on 33 islands of the archipelago. –VNA
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