VOV.VN - As the Lunar New Year (Tet) approaches, vessels of Coast Guard Region 1 once again take turns heading offshore to carry out assigned duties at sea and around designated islands.

The liaison board of the “For Vietnam’s Seas and Islands” network in Europe on June 29 held an award ceremony in Berlin for the “For the Homeland’s Seas and Islands” writing and painting contest.

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh visited the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (Vietnam MRCC) on February 8, stressing the need for improving the search, rescue, and sovereignty safeguarding capacity.

Some of the islands in the Truong Sa archipelago have been equipped with special shelter areas considered “common homes” at sea for fishermen to stay safe amid storms and access fishery logistics services, and which also help safeguard Vietnam’s maritime sovereignty.

Whenever March comes, people across Vietnam turn their hearts to Gac Ma Reef of Truong Sa archipelago, a sacred territorial part of the Fatherland, to pay tribute to officers and soldiers who heroically fought until their last breath for the country’s maritime sovereignty.