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' the Big Spratly (Trường Sa) Island '; simplified Chinese: 南威岛; traditional Chinese: 南威島; pinyin: Nánwēi Dǎo; Filipino: Pulo ng Lagos, lit. 'Lagos Island'), also known as Storm Island , is the fourth largest of the naturally occurring [ 1 ] Spratly Islands in the South China Sea with an area of 15 hectares (37 acres), [ 2 ...
A Vietnamese map from 1834 also combines the Spratly and Paracel Islands into one region known as "Vạn Lý Trường Sa", a feature commonly incorporated into maps of the era (萬里長沙) ‒ that is, the same as the aforementioned Chinese island name Wanli Changsha. [56]
Da Lat Island Đảo Đá Lát Ladd Reef: 15 In early November 2022, Vietnam began accreting and renovating Da Lat Island into an artificial island. 4 Truong Sa Dong Island Đảo Trường Sa Đông Central London Reef: 25 Truong Sa Dong Island is a small sand island in Central London Reef 5 Phan Vinh Island Đảo Phan Vinh Pearson Reef: 58
Commander Tran Duc Thong ordered Second Lieutenant Tran Van Phuong and two men, Nguyen Van Tu and Nguyen Van Lanh, to rush to the reef in a small boat and protect the Vietnamese flag that had been planted there the previous day. [19] The Chinese landed armed soldiers on the reef, and the PLAN frigates opened fire on the Vietnamese ships.
Trường Sa district was established on the basis of small coral islands/cays, reefs and banks of the Spratly Islands which are 248 nautical miles (459 km; 285 mi) south east of Cam Ranh.
The East Sea and Spratly Islands Campaign (Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Trường Sa và các đảo trên Biển Đông) was a naval operation which took place during the closing days of the Vietnam War in April 1975. The operation took place on Spratly Islands and other islands in the South China Sea (known in Vietnam as the East Sea).
Truong Ba's soul in butcher's body (Vietnemese original title: Hồn Trương Ba, da hàng thịt) is a 2006 romantic comedy film directed by Quang Dung Nguyen and starring Johnny Tri Nguyen and Phuoc Sang.
In 2009, Vietnam appointed an official, Đặng Công Ngữ, to be the first [1] chairman of Hoàng Sa District. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The incumbent is Võ Công Chánh, who was appointed on 5 May 2014. [ 1 ]