Memorial service held for fallen Truong Sa soldiers
A ceremony to commemorate fallen Truong Sa soldiers was held on the deck of the Truong Sa 571 ship which anchored in the East Sea near Co Lin Island (Truong Sa archipelago).
Garlands are dropped into the sea to commemorate the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for safeguarding the nation’s sea and islands. (Photo: VNA)
Navy lieutenant Tran Thi Thuy (daughter of martyr, Hero of the People’s Armed Forces Tran Van Phuong who died on the Truong Sa archipelago) offers incense to commemorate the soldiers who laid down their lives on Truong Sa archipelago. (Photo: VNA)
Garlands are dropped into the sea to commemorate the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for safeguarding the nation’s sea and islands. (Photo: VNA)
Paper cranes are dropped into the sea by officers and soldiers of Truong Sa 571 ship to commemorate the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for safeguarding the nation’s sea and islands. (Photo: VNA)
Navy lieutenant Tran Thi Thuy (daughter of martyr, Hero of the People’s Armed Forces Tran Van Phuong who died on the Truong Sa archipelago) drops flowers to commemorate the martyrs who died on the Truong Sa archipelago. (Photo: VNA)
Garlands are dropped into the sea to commemorate the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for safeguarding the nation’s sea and islands. (Photo: VNA)
Garlands are dropped into the sea to commemorate the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for safeguarding the nation’s sea and islands. (Photo: VNA)
The memorial ceremony is held on the deck of the Truong Sa 571 ship which anchored in the East Sea near Co Lin Island (Truong Sa archipelago). (Photo: VNA)
Every day, soldiers and people on Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago take care of trees and vegetables, making the islands more beautiful and providing an essential and stable source of vegetables for local islanders.
For naval soldiers in Truong Sa (Spratly) island district, Khanh Hoa province, 'island is home and sea is homeland'. They share the same will, solidarity, creativity in production and readiness for combat, determining to protect the country's sacred sovereignty over seas and islands.
46 years after national reunification, Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago has been given a facelift. The archipelago is covered by not only the blue of the sea but also the green of trees planted by soldiers. On the islands of Song Tu Tay, Son Ca, Nam Yet and Sinh Ton, four trees, aged more 300 years old, have been recognised as "Vietnamese Heritage Trees".
Vietnam requests parties concerned to respect its sovereignty and international law and abide by the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) and the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang has said.
On Son Ca Island in the Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago of Khanh Hoa province, nearly 1,000 nautical miles from the mainland, is a monument dedicated to General Vo Nguyen Giap, helping to educate young soldiers on the island about one of Vietnam’s greatest military strategists.
Some of the islands in the Truong Sa archipelago have been equipped with special shelter areas considered “common homes” at sea for fishermen to stay safe amid storms and access fishery logistics services, and which also help safeguard Vietnam’s maritime sovereignty.
In addition to ensuring maritime safety in the surrounding territorial waters, lighthouses on islands of Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago in Truong Sa district of the south central province of Khanh Hoa, have also affirmed Vietnam's sovereignty over seas and islands.
Vietnam resolutely protests all violations of its sovereignty over Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang stated at the ministry’s regular press conference held online on June 10.
Vietnam resolutely opposes to and requests Taiwan (China) to stop live-fire drills in the waters around Ba Binh island of Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago and not to repeat the action in the future, spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry Le Thi Thu Hang has said.
