36 years after the battle to protect Truong Sa (March 14, 1988 - March 14, 2024), the sacrifice of 64 Vietnamese naval soldiers in the Gac Ma battle is forever remembered, history will never forget...
Soldiers of An Bang island guarded the island day and night in 1984. (Photo: Hong Thu/VNA) 
Soldiers of Battery 13, HI2, Company 3, Sinh Ton Island, raise their vigilance and are ready to fight, 1984. (Photo: Hong Thu/VNA)
Ship HQ-604 left the mainland for Truong Sa to carry out its mission, just 3 days before the battle to protect sovereignty and was sunk by enemy ships at Gac Ma, March 14, 1988. (Photo: Document/VNA)
Soldiers of Sinh Ton Island guard and protect the island. (Photo: VNA)
Soldiers on Chim Island, Truong Sa archipelago, guarding the island. (Photo: VNA)
General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong visited and presented gifts to teachers and students of Truong Sa Kindergarten in 2016. (Photo: Tri Dung/VNA)
Buddhists contribute to the "Hoang Sa-Truong Sa Love" Program at the Peace Prayer Ceremony for the East Sea, 2014. (Photo: Ho Cau/VNA)
Paper cranes were folded by the Youth Journey for a Green Truong Sa and released into the sea to commemorate the martyrs who sacrificed their lives on the southern continental shelf of the Fatherland in 2016. (Photo: Pham Kien/VNA)
On the 28th anniversary of the battle to protect Gac Ma (March 14, 1988 - March 14, 2016), nearly 400 veterans who fought in Truong Sa met emotionally in Hoa Dong commune, Tay Hoa district, Phu Yen province. (Photo: Xuan Trieu/VNA)
Comrades and relatives of martyrs burn incense to commemorate the officers and soldiers who sacrificed their lives at Gac Ma on March 14, 1988, at a memorial ceremony at Nai Nam communal house, Hoa Cuong Bac ward, Hai Chau district, Da Nang, March 13, 2022. (Photo: Tran Le Lam/VNA)
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his delegation offer incense at the Gac Ma Soldiers Memorial Site in Cam Hai Dong Commune, Cam Lam District, Khanh Hoa Province. (Photo: Duong Giang/VNA)
Representatives of Dong A University visited and presented gifts to the families of the martyrs at the 35th anniversary of the day 64 Vietnamese People's Navy soldiers died at Gac Ma Island, 2023. (Photo: Tran Le Lam/VNA)
The delegation from the Naval Region 4 Command and the Central Youth Union offered incense at the memorial for soldiers who died on Gac Ma Island before leaving to visit Truong Sa archipelago. (Photo: Vu Sinh/VNA)
Delegation No. 4, consisting of 47 overseas Vietnamese from 22 countries and nearly 200 delegates, offered incense and dropped flowers into the sea to commemorate the officers and soldiers who sacrificed their lives in Truong Sa archipelago. (Photo: Thu Phuong/VNA)
Working Group No. 4/2023 held a ceremony to commemorate the heroic martyrs who sacrificed their lives on Truong Sa archipelago. (Photo: Hong Son/VNA)
Soldiers on Nam Yet Island practice martial arts. (Photo: Duong Giang/VNA)
The Gac Ma battle awakened the Vietnamese people's hearts to the sacred duty of protecting the sovereignty of the sea and islands of the Fatherland. (Photo: Tran Viet/VNA)
Soldiers on Len Dao Island train to improve their health, physical strength, and enhance the unit's fighting power. (Photo: Thanh Dat/VNA)
Patrolling, guarding and protecting Truong Sa island in Truong Sa archipelago. (Photo: Vu Sinh/VNA)
Soldiers patrol the waters of the Truong Sa archipelago. (Photo: Duong Giang/VNA)
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