A photo of navy soldiers will be printed on a postcard to be released soon. (Photo courtesy of Vietnam Post) Hanoi (VNA) - The Ministry of Information and Communications willpublish a collection of stamps on seas and islands every two years startingthis year.
The aim is to raise people’s awareness of the important role of the country’ssea area.
The collection, named “Vietnam’s Sea & Islands Part 1: Sea Creatures”,will be published later this year, while “Vietnam’s Sea & Islands Part2: Ships of Coast Guard”, will hit bookshelves in 2020. “Vietnam’sSea & Islands Part 3: Local Sea Creatures” will be published in 2022.
According to the Vietnam Post, the first collection will be issued on June23 at the Navy Academy in the central city of Nha Trang in Khanh Hoaprovince.
The collection will include four stamps and a stamp block with images of seacreatures in the Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago.
Together with the stamp collection, Vietnam Post will introduce other products,including traditional stamps with messages, such as
“Vietnam Post joins hands to protect national sovereignty on the sea”, andpostcards accompanying stamps to send to navy soldiers and residents in the TruongSa archipelago.
It will also publish stamps with personal portraits for people interested andother stamp products to meet the demands of stamp collectors both within andoutside the country.
Vietnam Post will host an auction of the original oil-on-canvas paintings ofthe “Vietnam’s Sea & Islands Part 1: Sea Creatures” collection. Theproceeds will be sent to military officers, soldiers and residents in Truong Saarchipelago.-VNA
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