Thursday, 08/02/2018 21:31 (GMT+7)
Each year, when the lunar New Year festival approaches, the navy forces send delegations to visit and give presents to soldiers on duty protecting the sea and island sovereignty.
The following pictures illustrate the preparation for Tet on DK1 frame-house belonging to the Spratly islands.
Tet presents from leaders of the Party, State and the Ministry of National Defence, agencies and unions prepare to come to the frame-house.
A young navy soldier’s smile as he goes to the frame-house on Tet duty.
Essential Tet goods transported to the frame-house
Caring for apricot tree to transport to the frame-house
An on board ceremony is held to commemorate martyrs at sea and the nation’s southern continental shelf.
Colonel Nguyen Quoc Van, Deputy Political Commissar of the Navy Zone 2 High Command, presents Tet gifts from the State President to the soldiers.
Soldiers receive Tet congratulations from the mainland through letters.
A soldier at work on the frame-house
Art performance exchange
Worshipping altar prepared to welcome Tet
Making traditional sticky rice cakes on the frame-house
Apricot tree is decorated.
BTA (Photos: VGP)