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Injured soldier flown from Truong Sa Island to mainland

A soldier based on Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago needed to be airlifted to HCM City Military after a serious fall.

 

Nearly 90 officials embezzle money of veterans

Up to 89 officers in the mountainous district of Son Ha in the central province of Quang Ngai have been detected of committing embezzlement of over VND4.7 billion of the welfares for veterans and war invalids who are ethnic minority people.

No more wandering souls

In late July, more than 100 handwritten letters, dozens of sketches, watercolors, poetry pages, certificates of merit ... of Vietnamese soldiers who went missing after the battles with Australian and New Zealand forces were returned to Vietnam.

Army car turns over, 20 soldiers in distress

It rained, a car carrying 20 soldiers of the 330 Infantry Division (Military Zone 9) overturned, slid down and crashed into a concrete fence of a house, killing one and seriously injuring  others.

200-year-old houses on Ly Son Island

More than 20 ancient wooden houses of 150-200 years old have been preserved very well on the island of Ly Son. These are miniature museums and "eyewitnesses" of Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagoes.

Military memories of Truong Sa Dong island

Tran Van Xuat has not been back to Truong Sa Dong Island in the Truong Sa Archipelago since he completed his military service 29 years ago, but memories of the island still appear in his dreams.

The special “soldiers” in Truong Sa Archipelago

VietNamNet Bridge – Coming from the mainland, dogs in Truong Sa Archipelago (Spratly Islands) are considered as "soldiers," because they are good friends with naval soldiers and help them guard the waters of the country.

Life in the 'papaya kingdom' in the sea

VietNamNet Bridge - Located to the north of the Truong Sa (Spratly) island district (Khanh Hoa province), Nam Yet Island is the home to papaya and coconut, which are planted by soldiers.

Killing langurs: Three people sent to jail

VietNamNet Bridge – The three people who caught and brutally slaughtered three shanked langurs have been sentenced to 12-28 months in prison by the Sa Thay District People's Court in Kon Tum province.

Ly Son, a front - post island

VietNamNet Bridge - Ly Son is not only a front-post island of the country but also the homeland of the sailor-soldiers of the Hoang Sa Flotilla who went out to the East Sea to defend the sovereignty of the country.