Remembering a special moment A time to be remembered in Việt Nam is the day forces protected the Trường Sa islands from being invaded.

We will never forget their heroic sacrifice

A Việt Nam News reporter attends two ceremonies commemorating naval soldiers who fell while defending Việt Nam’s maritime sovereignty and continental shelf.

Gạc Ma ‘Inmortal circle’ lives on

Former soldiers of the Navy Engineering Regiment No 83 who fought to protect the Gạc Ma (Johnson South) Reef, part of the Trường Sa (Spratly) Archipelago, from Chinese invaders in 1988 hosted a memorial service for 64 of their comrades on Thursday.

Sacred commemoration in homage to fallen Trường Sa soldiers

Yesterday on the Cô Lin Reef (Collins Reef) in the Trường Sa (Spratly) Archipelago, officers and leaders of Naval Brigade 146, under Navy Zone 4 High Command, held a commemoration to honour the heroic martyrs who have paid the ultimate sacrifice for the noble cause of protecting national sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Display shows Viet Nam's right over islands Viet Nam's right to rule over its land and sea areas is something people are speaking about a lot. So much so that there is now a display at a museum on the topic. The displays shows all sorts of proof that from long ago in history, Viet Nam has had the right to be the country that it is  today. This has been a hot topic recently, especially since China began to do all sorts of things in the sea off the Hoang Sa islands.

Museum displays fight for sovereignty Adjusting his glasses, Nguyen Huu Thao peers closely at the large stained and rusty pieces of coast guard ships on display at the entrance to an exhibition hall of the Viet Nam Military History Museum (VMHM).

Island doctors are there to help Army doctors do a very important job in the East Sea. Not only do they look after soldiers who are based there; they also care for the people who live on the islands and the fishermen who take their boats out on to the sea. The fishermen appreciate the help they get from the army doctors. Like the soldiers, they also feel that being there helps everyone understand that the sea in which they fish belongs to Viet Nam and no other country.

No smooth sailing for Truong Sa doctors Amid the huge waves of the East Sea, army doctors care for the soldiers and civilians living on Viet Nam's sovereign waters every day. Despite constant challenges like equipment shortages and a lack of medicine, they persevere in saving lives.