Ho Chi Minh city delegation visits people and soldiers on Tho Chu island
Monday, 30/09/2019 20:04 (GMT+7)
A delegation led by Mr. Tran Luu Quang, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh city Party Committee, recently paid a visit to Tho Chu island to present gifts to soldiers of 610 radar station and border post, lighthouse station and local people.
Tho Chu Island commune is about 220 km from Kien Giang province’s Rach Gia city. This is the territorial waters contiguous to international maritime routes and is a frontal island of the Southwest region of the country.
Tho Chu archipelago has an area of about 16.5 square kilometers, including 8 large and small islands with nearly 600 households earning mainly from fishing, cultivation and animal husbandry. Every week, there is only one ship, which carries necessities from the mainland to the island to serve the daily life of people on the island.
On Tho Chu island, Mr Quang offered flowers and incense to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh, heroic martyrs and more than 500 innocent people killed by Pol Pot in May 1975 at Tho Chau Temple.
The delegation offers incense to President Ho Chi Minh on the island (Photo: voh.com.vn)
The delegation takes photo at Tho Chau Temple (Photo: hcmcpv.org.vn)
The delegation visits the concentration production increasing area, which was presented
by the Ho Chi Minh city Party Committee, administration and people in 2017. (Photo: hcmcpv.org.vn)
Mr. Tran Luu Quang pays a compliment to local people on the island (Photo: voh.com.vn)
Deputy Chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh City Fatherland Font Committee Trieu Le Khanh presents gifts
to households in difficult circumstances on the island (Photo: hcmcpv.org.vn)
Mr. Huynh Thanh Nhan, Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture and Sports,
presented gifts to the poor and units on the island (Photo: voh.com.vn)
Mr Tran Luu Quang presents national flags to fishermen. (Photo: hcmcpv.org.vn)
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