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Hoang Sa Troop Feasting Festival

Hoang Sa Troop Feasting Festival

Friday, October 23, 2015, 09:20 (GMT+7)
Today,every year, in March lunar calendar, authority and people on Ly Son island celebrate the festival at An Vinh’s communal house in the old manner, reminding participants of the troops’ going offshore. This cultural event attracts a large crowd of local people and tourists, representing people’s wish to conquer the sea and their gratefulness to those who have devoted their lives to protect the country’s territorial sovereignty. Besides, the festival also educate present people of the patriotism as well as their responsibility to protect the country’s sea and island sovereignty.

Applying the lesson of harnessing the strength of great national unity from the August Revolution to building a strong and modern all-people national defence
More than 80 years after the victory of the August Revolution of 1945, the lesson of harnessing the strength of great national unity retains its full significance. In the new context, inheriting and creatively applying this historic lesson constitutes an objective requirement for building a strong and modern all-people national defence capable of meeting the requirements of safeguarding the Fatherland in the new situation.