(BLC) - Truong Sa Dong Island impresses visitors with a path lined with trees leading to the center of the island. On each tree trunk is a sign with the name of the tree and a number like a citizen's ID card. This shows how precious the trees on the island are.
Truong Sa Dong Island is located in the southern island cluster of Truong Sa archipelago, which is considered to hold an important strategic position, with the task of observing and monitoring foreign ships operating from Truong Sa archipelago to the southern sea... Truong Sa Dong Island is a coral reef about 260 nautical miles from Cam Ranh (Khanh Hoa province). The island is a submerged coral reef, the coral surface is not flat, so it is dangerous for ships entering and leaving. The island is about 200m long, the widest place is about 60m.
Major Nguyen Hong Tien - Political Commissar of Truong Sa Dong Island said: After more than 40 years of construction and protection, the officers, soldiers and professional soldiers of Truong Sa Dong Island have always been united, overcoming all difficulties and hardships, excellently completing the task of protecting sovereignty, building the island stronger and more progressive in all aspects. Combat plans, defense plans, training programs, requirements for ensuring logistics and technology, material and spiritual needs for enjoying culture, art, entertainment, medical examination and treatment, physical education and sports activities, and increasing production have always been completed excellently and effectively by officers and soldiers.
Walking around the island, everywhere we saw the green of trees and vegetable beds that were carefully tended and lush. The unit's campus was always bright, green, clean and beautiful. Major Nguyen Hong Tien added: The unit always attaches importance to building the landscape and environment. The number of trees on the island has been expanded by officers and soldiers by grafting, breeding and planting new trees. Up to now, the island has basically been covered in green from shade trees and fruit trees.
In addition, to improve the spiritual life of officers and soldiers, the unit also focuses on organizing cultural and artistic festivals, wall newspaper competitions, reading books and newspapers, listening to the radio, watching TV, etc., contributing to making the atmosphere on the island more vibrant, reducing boredom, homesickness, and missing loved ones.
Deeply aware that maintaining sovereignty is the central political task of the island, officers and soldiers of Truong Sa Dong island day and night raise the spirit of vigilance, readiness to fight, patrol, guard, on duty, train; ensure technical logistics. Along with military tasks, the island constantly improves the quality of island construction and protection activities such as: consolidating and perfecting the command organization, party organization, and union. Improving the comprehensive leadership capacity and fighting strength of party organizations is the basis for improving the overall quality, fighting strength, and building a strong island in all aspects.
Soldier Nguyen Le Quoc Nghia (from Binh Duong) confided: It is an honor and pride to devote our youth to protecting the Fatherland at the forefront. Fully aware of our responsibility for the task of protecting the sacred sovereignty of the sea and islands of the Fatherland, we will try our best to fulfill all assigned tasks.
With efforts and endeavors, Truong Sa Dong island always excellently completes the task of maintaining island sovereignty, contributing to protecting the sacred sea and island sovereignty of the Fatherland.
Some images were recorded by Lai Chau Newspaper reporters during a visit to Truong Sa Dong island in early May 2023:
Officers and soldiers of Truong Sa Dong island welcomed the working delegation.
A corner of Truong Sa Dong island.
Delegates visited and worked on Truong Sa Dong island.
Soldiers exchange cultural performances with delegates.
In addition to training and guarding hours, officers and soldiers also have their own entertainment corners.
Soldiers on Truong Sa Dong island take care of vegetable gardens.
Delegates take souvenir photos at the Truong Sa Dong landmark.
Soldiers of Truong Sa Dong island take souvenir photos with members of the working group.
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