The DK1/16 platform stands firm as a steel belt marking Vietnam’s national sovereignty over seas and islands and guarded by naval seamen around the clock.
The DK1/16 platform was built on Phuc Tan Shoal and is one of 15 platforms belonging to the Naval Region 2 Command (Photo: Vietnam+)
The role of the platforms is to accommodate lighthouses to warn fishing and shipping vessels passing through the area, as well as hydro-meteorological research stations, storm shelters, and rescue efforts for missing fishermen. (Photo: Vietnam+)
Officers and seamen on the platform possess strong political will and complete all tasks assigned. (Photo: Vietnam+)
The DK1/16 platform at Phuc Tan Shoal. (Photo: VNA)
Forty-seven overseas Vietnamese (OVs) from 22 countries around the world and 200 domestic delegates concluded a programme to visit people and soldiers in Truong Sa island district and DK1 platform on April 23.
The “Le khao le the linh Hoang Sa” (Feast and Commemoration Festival for Hoang Sa Soldiers) took place at An Vinh communal house in Ly Son district, the central province of Quang Ngai, on May 5 or 16th days of the third lunar month.
Vietnam resolutely opposes actions that infringe on the country’s sovereignty and related rights over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly), stated Foreign Ministry’s Deputy Spokesperson Pham Thu Hang on May 18.