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Hanoi assists construction of cultural house on Truong Sa

The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF)'s Hanoi chapter on July 2 presented 38 billion VND (1,640 USD) to the Vietnam People’s Navy High Command to help build a multipurpose cultural house in Truong Sa (Spratly) island district, Khanh Hoa province.
Hanoi assists construction of cultural house on Truong Sa ảnh 1At the handover ceremony (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF)'s Hanoi chapter onJuly 2 presented 38 billion VND (1,640 USD) to the Vietnam People’s Navy HighCommand to help build a multipurpose cultural house in Truong Sa (Spratly) islanddistrict, Khanh Hoa province.

At the handover ceremony, President of the VFF Hanoi Nguyen Lan Huong said thatthe capital city has held fundraising campaigns for the “Fund for Vietnam’s sea,islands” to build facilities in the island district.

Since 2009, Hanoi has raised more than 380 billion VND to help build eightguest houses and cultural houses in the island district along with equipmentserving people and soldiers in the district and the DK1 platform.

The VFF Hanoi has received over 43 billion VND for the fund since the start of2020.

In 2018, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc decided to rename the “Vi Truong SaThan yeu” (For Beloved Truong Sa) fund as “Fund for Vietnam’s sea, islands”.

The fund was established in 2011, aiming to encourage people to turn their mindand heart to the Truong Sa archipelago, while enhancing awareness among allsectors, localities and Vietnamese people at home and abroad of the importanceof Vietnam’s sea and islands.

It also helped bring the resolution on “Vietnam's Sea Strategy by 2020” intoreality, mobilising social resources to defend the national sovereignty oversea, islands and continental shelf./.
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