PM envisages Spratly Islands as marine socioeconomic hub

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at a meeting with leaders of Khanh Hoa Province, March 13, 2022. Photo courtesy of Vietnam Government Portal

Vietnam should pay special attention to transforming the Truong Sa (Spratly) islands in central Khanh Hoa Province into a marine socioeconomic and cultural hub, says Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

Chinh emphasized the vision during a meeting with Khanh Hoa leaders Sunday morning, a day after paying tribute to 64 Vietnamese soldiers who died defending reefs in the Spratly Archipelago against China on March 14, 1988, and lost Gac Ma (Johnson South) Reef in the islands.

He said the islands were a strong bulwark, protecting the country's sovereignty at sea, adding that it "needs to be done as soon as possible."

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