More than 100 Vietnamese people from across the Netherlands gathered at a festival titled “Shape of Vietnam” in Utrecht city on May 28 as part of the activities marking the 50th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic relations.
Deputy Spokeswoman of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang has voiced the country’s objection to the China Maritime Safety Administration's placement of three light buoys on some entities in Truong Sa (Spratly) of Vietnam.
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.
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.
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.
A mobile exhibition aiming to give visitors an insight into the historical and legal evidence proving Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa opened in the northern province of Ha Nam on April 21.
The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City held a conference on April 17 to raise public awareness of seas and islands this year and launched a programme aimed to raise 76 billion VND (3.3 million USD) for a programme called "For Green Truong Sa" (Spratly).
Representatives of Vietnamese people in the Netherlands will join a delegation of overseas Vietnamese (OVs) on a visit to soldiers and residents on the island district of Truong Sa and DK1 platforms of the homeland.
The sea turtle nesting season has started at the Con Dao National Park, the first in Vietnam to have successfully carried out a turtle conservation programme.
Deputy spokeswoman of the Foreign Ministry Pham Thu Hang on April 6 affirmed Vietnam’s consistent viewpoint that activities in the East Sea must strictly comply with international law while commenting on the report that Chinese vessel Haiyang Dizhi 4 recently operated in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone.
Four military medical workers from Military Hospital 7B, based in the southern province of Dong Nai, have been deployed to Truong Sa Dong Island off the central province of Khanh Hoa.
Vietnam resolutely opposes to and demands Taiwan (China) to cancel live-fire drills in the waters around Ba Binh (Itu Aba) belonging to Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly), vice spokesperson of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang said on March 31.
The Department of Culture and Sports and the Department of Construction of south-central Khanh Hoa province, and the provincial Association of Architects launched an architectural and landscape design competition for the Truong Sa Museum.
A mobile exhibition of maps and materials testifying to Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa was opened by authorities of the central province of Quang Tri on March 22.
A club named “Love Vietnam’s seas and islands” was launched on March 19 in Paris following the movement “All for Vietnam’s seas and islands” that is spreading across Europe.
This day exactly 35 years ago, 64 soldiers of the Vietnam People’s Navy laid down their lives defending national sovereignty in Truong Sa. Thirty-five years have elapsed, and waves could have swept away all the traces, but they have surely failed to erase in the mind of the Vietnamese people the image of the brave men whose sacrifice has erected a monument of immortality with their patriotism.
A delegation from Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund and Club “For Beloved Hoang Sa and Truong Sa” and the Vietnamese Embassy in Laos on March 14 organised a ceremony to give 100 scholarships worth a total of 5,000 USD to disadvantaged oversea-Vietnamese students with outstanding study performance.
Delegations of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and the Naval Region 4 High Command on March 14 commemorated the 64 naval officers and soldiers who laid down their lives defending Gac Ma Reef in the country’s sea and island area of Truong Sa 35 years ago.
This day exactly 35 years ago (March 14, 1988), 64 soldiers of the Vietnam People’s Navy laid down their lives defending national sovereignty in Truong Sa.
Thirty five years ago, 64 naval engineers and soldiers bravely sacrificed their lives in a battle to protect the Gac Ma, Co Lin, and Len Dao Reefs in Vietnam’s Truong Sa archipelago. The soldiers and their sacrifice have remained in the hearts of Vietnamese people.
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