The trip, known as the "Great Solidarity Voyage," was an annual programme organised by the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in cooperation with the Navy Command since 2012.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang on January 30 presented the Navy High Command with 1.55 billion VND (63,500 USD) donated by overseas Vietnamese (OV) to a programme on greening Truong Sa (Spratly).
The first photo exhibition on Hoang Sa (Paracels) and Truong Sa (Spratlys) in the central province of Quang Ngai opened in the central park of Quang Ngai city on August 19.
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.
More than 5.2 billion VND (219,600 USD) in cash and in kind was donated to officers and soldiers of Naval Region 5 and islanders in the southwestern seas of Vietnam on September 20.
A delegation of the High Command of the Naval Region 2 on January 19 paid a visit to officers and soldiers on duty on DK1/10 Platform on Ca Mau Shoals in the southernmost province of Ca Mau, the last stop in the delegation’s trip to DK1 platforms on the occasion of the approaching lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.
The Command of Naval Region 2 recently sent two delegations to visit and offer Tet greetings to officers and soldiers on duties at the DK1 platforms in the Vietnam’s southern continental shelf, along with the island district of Con Dao.
Brigade 171 from the High Command of Naval Zone 2 will visit and deliver New Year (Tet) gifts to officers and soldiers on the DK1 platforms, on-duty ships and officials on Con Dao island district.
Officers, soldiers and fishermen working for days at sea off the coast of the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau cast their votes to elect deputies to the 15th National Assembly (NA) and People’s Council at all levels on May 4 - earlier than scheduled.
Tet gifts from the Ministry of National Defence and the navy as well as specialties from around the country are being delivered to personnel at offshore economic, scientific, and technical service stations, known as DK1 platforms, and in Con Dao island district.
A ceremony commemorating naval soldiers who died while working on Vietnam’s southern continental shelf was held on the ship 624 in the Bai Tu Chinh (Vanguard Bank) in the East Sea.
