A solemn ceremony was held in Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago on March 14 to commemorate the heroic martyrs who laid down their lives in Gac Ma battle on March 14, 1988.
The Liaison Board of Truong Sa Soldiers for the 1984 – 1988 period held a ceremony in the central city of Da Nang on March 14 to commemorate the Vietnam People’s Navy soldiers who fell down on Gac Ma island, part of Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago, in 1988.
Nearly 500 war veterans who struggled to defend Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago met in Hoa Vinh town, Dong Hoa district, the central province of Phu Yen, to recall the Gac Ma battle.
A memorial site dedicated to 64 naval soldiers killed in the battle to defend Gac Ma island in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago was inaugurated at a ceremony in khanh Hoa on July 15.
A requiem to pray for Vietnamese soldiers, who died during a battle to defend Gac Ma island in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago 29 years ago, was held in Seoul, the RoK, on April 9.
The first-phase construction of a memorial site dedicated to 64 navy soldiers who died while protecting Gac Ma island in Vietnam’s Truong Sa archipelago in 1988, is scheduled for completion in March.
More than 1,000 youths in the central province of Khanh Hoa joined the “youths towards national seas and islands” festival held in Da Bac fishing port, Cam Ranh city on April 26.
The Korea Times of the Republic of Korea has recently run an article citing regulations stipulated in international law to prove that the U-shaped line claimed by China in the East Sea is not China’s
A requiem for Vietnamese soldiers, who died during a battle to defend Gac Ma Island in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago in March 1988, was held at Khuong Viet Pagoda in France on March 13.
Memorial services for 64 Vietnamese soldiers who fought to protect Gac Ma Island (Johnson South Reef), part of the Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago, on March 14, 1988 were held in many localities.
The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha held a memorial service in Ho Chi Minh City
on July 22 for soldiers and civilians who sacrificed their lives
safeguarding the nation’s sovereignty at sea.
State President Truong Tan Sang toured central coastal Khanh Hoa
province on July 11 to examine impacts of water shortages in the
locality over the past few months.
A Buddhist monk recently offered 400 million VND (about 18,600 USD) for a
painting recalling the bloody naval battle in Vietnam’s Gac Ma Island,
the highest bid for the picture so far.
A requiem for Vietnamese soldiers, who died during a battle to defend
Gac Ma Island in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago 27 years ago,
was organised in the Truc Lam Zen Monastery on the outskirts of Paris
on March 15.
A ceremony was held on March 13 in the central coastal province of
Khanh Hoa to launch construction on a memorial park dedicated to 64
naval soldiers killed during a battle to defend Gac Ma Island in
Vietnam ’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago 27 years ago.
The three best designs for a memorial dedicated to naval officers
and soldiers who perished in a battle to defend national sovereignty
over Gac Ma island in the country’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago are
being exhibited in Ho Chi Minh City from December 21 to 31.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s important speech on security challenges
in Asia, especially in the East Sea, delivered in Berlin, Germany on
October 17, has attracted the special attention of the German press and
academics.
Nearly 200 exhibits confirming Vietnam’s sovereignty on the East Sea and
over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes are on
display at a month-long exhibition that opened in the Mekong delta city
of Can Tho on August 26.
A contest was launched in Ho Chi Minh City on July 25 for the best
design for a memorial park dedicated to officers and soldiers
who perished in a battle on March 14, 1988 to defend national
sovereignty of Gac Ma island in Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago.
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XIII National Congress of Communist Party of Vietnam
