Vietnam opens primary school in Truong Sa (Spratlys)

May 20, 2015 | 09:39

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An elementary school has been inaugurated on Song Tu Tay Island, part of Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago in the East Vietnam Sea.

The inauguration ceremony was conducted on Monday with the participation of a Ho Chi Minh City delegation that visited a number of islands belonging to Truong Sa, which is a district of the south-central province of Khanh Hoa.

Also participating in the event were representatives from the High Command of Naval Zone 4, the naval force on the island, and islanders.

The school has two floors and six rooms, including a dormitory for teachers and a water tank with a capacity of 90m³.

The school was built at a cost of over VND8 billion (US$367,560), which was contributed by teachers and students in Ho Chi Minh City during a campaign titled “For the Beloved Truong Sa, for the Fatherland’s Frontline” launched by the municipal Fatherland Front Committee.

During its visit, the delegation also offered cash and gifts valued at VND10.3 billion ($473,230) as support for construction activities on the island.

Besides Song Tu Tay, the delegates also visited eight other islands of the archipelago, including Truong Sa Lon, Nam Yet, Sinh Ton Dong, and Da Tay, and marine platform DK1/14.

In a related development, a groundbreaking ceremony for the upgrade of Truong Sa Town Clinic in the Truong Sa archipelago was conducted earlier this month.

The clinic upgrade is being carried out with the coordination of Tuoi Tre(Youth) newspaper, Hospital 175 and the People’s Committee of Truong Sa Town.

Tang Huu Phong, Tuoi Tre editor-in-chief, handed to local authorities VND20 billion ($919,000), donated by his newspaper’s readers, for the upgrade at the ceremony.

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