VietNamNet Bridge – A fund will be established to improve life for people in the Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago and to appreciate the district's importance for national construction and defence.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung okayed the fund which is expected to assist spiritual and material life for soldiers, State officials and local residents living in the archipelago.

The fund also aims to raise public awareness on the role of these islands in national development.

All organisations and individuals, both domestic and foreign, are encouraged to contribute to the fund.

Dung assigned the Ministry of Defence to set up a steering committee to operate the fund with the minister as head.

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