Journey to Truong Sa in the historic days of April

After the voyage from April 17-23, working group No. 9 successfully concluded its visit to encourage the people and soldiers of Truong Sa island district and DK1 platform on the southern continental shelf of the Fatherland.

The delegation led by Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Bong, Secretary of the Party Committee and Political Commissar of the Navy, included 194 delegates from corporations, general companies, banks, units in the central enterprise sector and delegates from the provinces of Gia Lai, Kon Tum, Quang Ninh, Hai Phong and a number of other agencies and units.

Working Group No. 9 held a ceremony to commemorate the heroes and martyrs who died for the cause of protecting the sovereignty of the sea and islands on board the ship. (Photo: Trong Thiet)

Before the ship departed, the delegation leaders and delegates offered incense and flowers at the Memorial of heroes and martyrs of Gac Ma Island at the Martyrs' Monument in Cam Hai Dong Commune, Cam Lam, Khanh Hoa; and visited the 189th Submarine Brigade, 162nd Brigade, Naval Region 4.

Traveling over 1,000 nautical miles, the delegation visited 7 islands including Da Thi, Sinh Ton, Co Lin, Nui Le, Toc Tan, Da Tay, Truong Sa and DK1/19 Que Duong platform; inaugurated the multi-purpose cultural house on Toc Tan C island - a project sponsored by the Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development, worth 38 billion VND.

At the islands and DK1 Platform, after visiting, inspecting, and listening to the commander's report on the results of the implementation of tasks in 2023 and the first 4 months of 2024, Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Bong praised the military, people, and forces on Truong Sa island district, Khanh Hoa province in recent years for being united, overcoming difficulties, and standing firm at the forefront to build the island district into a solid fortress in the East Sea, firmly protecting the sacred sovereignty of the sea and islands of the Fatherland.

During the meetings, the Head of the working delegation directed and advised the military and civilians of Truong Sa and DK1 platform to focus on good training, master combat readiness plans, handle countermeasures correctly, and absolutely not be passive and surprised in any situation; focus on building a regular routine, strictly maintaining discipline, maintaining internal solidarity, solidarity between the military and civilians, playing a good role as a support for fishermen to go offshore and stick to the sea, actively propagating for fishermen to fish legally; arrange reasonable time to increase physical training and physical strength; actively research and read many books and newspapers to enrich knowledge and understanding in all aspects, especially life skills during the days in Truong Sa.

On this occasion, corporations, general companies, and banks in the central enterprise sector participated in supporting the "Greening Truong Sa" Program with a total amount of more than 2.7 billion VND; supporting 4 green vegetable gardens with an amount of 1 billion VND; cutting the ribbon to inaugurate the Multi-purpose Cultural House on Toc Tan C Island and presenting medical equipment to Truong Sa Island Medical Center worth 12.5 billion VND.

Leaders of working group No. 9 cut the ribbon to inaugurate the Multi-purpose Cultural House on Toc Tan C Island. (Photo: Le An)

In particular, the delegation visited and presented practical gifts to the military and civilians of Truong Sa island district and DKI/19 platform, contributing to improving the material and spiritual life of the military and civilians here with a total value of more than 700 million VND (6 freezers, 11 water purifiers, 100 rechargeable fans, 13 desktop computers, 5 laptops, 7 water pumps, 1 ton of yellow sticky rice, 120 liters of honey, melon seeds...).

In addition to practical and meaningful gifts, the delegates also participated in many cultural, artistic and collective exchange activities launched by the Organizing Committee of the working delegation, such as a contest to learn about the sea and islands, a literary and artistic contest with the theme "Sea, islands and Navy soldiers", a trip writing contest and an amateur photo contest, a chess competition; a fabric flower arrangement contest; a collective birthday party... thereby creating cohesion and mutual understanding among the members of the working delegation.

At the conference to summarize the working group, Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Bong thanked the delegates for their valuable material support, but more importantly, the spiritual value, the sentiment, responsibility, and sympathy of the delegates towards the people and soldiers of Truong Sa and the DK-I platform. These values ​​will be spread throughout the country, to our overseas compatriots.

According to the head of the working delegation, this is a source of great strength, the spiritual potential of our people and our country, helping Navy officers and soldiers feel warm and secure in carrying out their mission of firmly protecting the sacred sovereignty of the sea and islands of the Fatherland.

At the end of the working trip, the Navy awarded 12 "For the cause of protecting the sovereignty of the Fatherland's sea and islands" Medals and 154 "Truong Sa Soldier" Badges to the delegates; summarized the emulation movement of the raid "Solidarity, loyalty, achievements, determination to win" with many exciting and practical activities.

The result was more than 90 works by 52 authors in many genres, of which 41 works were selected to participate in the contest (21 poems, 3 songs; 27 articles of thoughts, memoirs and essays;...). The beautiful photo contest had 120 works participating, many photos had creative artistic ideas and profound content.

Members of the working delegation took photos of the Truong Sa Lon island landmark. (Photo: Le An)

Art competitions, competitions to learn about the sea and islands, chess competitions, flower arrangement competitions, etc. were organized seriously, creating a vibrant competitive atmosphere, attracting a large number of delegates, officers and soldiers to participate.

It can be seen that the visit to Truong Sa helped the delegates have vivid practical experiences, understand the difficulties, hardships and sacrifices of the Navy officers, soldiers and people at the forefront; and gain a deeper awareness of the responsibility to participate in firmly protecting the sovereignty of the sea, islands and sacred continental shelf of the Fatherland.

Below are pictures of the outstanding activities of working group No. 9:

Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Bong, Party Secretary and Political Commissar of the Navy, visits soldiers on Da Thi Island. (Photo: Le An)

Leaders of Working Group No. 9 planted a memorial tree on Sinh Ton Island. (Photo: Phuong Dien)

Artists participating in a performance troupe serving soldiers on Sinh Ton Island. (Photo: Le An)

Cultural exchange at Nui Le B Island. (Photo: Trong Thiet)

Cultural exchange activities with soldiers on Da Tay A island. (Photo: Le An)

Head of the working delegation visits soldiers at DK1 Platform. (Photo: Le An)

The delegation visited, presented gifts and encouraged fishermen at the fishing port on Truong Sa Lon island. (Photo: Phuong Dien)

The delegation had an art exchange at Truong Sa Lon Island. (Photo: Le An)

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