Construction of the national flagpole on Tho Chu Island began
On the morning of May 17, at the top of Tay hill, Tho Chau commune, Tho Chu island, Phu Quoc district, Kien Giang, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Student Association held a groundbreaking ceremony for the national flagpole project with a total value of more than 1 billion VND.
Tho Chu Island flagpole is 25m high, the flag area is 28m², nearly 175m above sea level. This is the second national flagpole project initiated and built by the Vietnam Student Association, after the national flagpole at Thoi Loi mountain, Ly Son island district (Quang Ngai).
Mr. Nguyen Minh Triet, Director of the Vietnam Student Development Center, said: Currently, the issue of sovereignty over seas and islands is very hot, building the national flagpole is a meaningful and necessary task that the Vietnam Student Association needs to do. It is proof that the generation of Vietnamese students not only know how to study, research, and create but also always have a heart towards the country's sovereignty.
On the same day, the delegation attending the Student with the Fatherland's Sea and Islands Program visited and presented gifts to the people on Tho Chu Island, awarded 50 scholarships to students (VND 500,000/scholarship), examined and distributed medicine to the elderly; and presented life jackets and national flags to fishermen on the island.
Tho Chu is the southwesternmost island of the country, bordering the international coastline with countries in the region such as Thailand, Cambodia, and Malaysia. Tho Chu Island has more than 600 households with more than 1,700 people, living mainly by fishing and trading on the island.
On the same day, at the beach on Phu Quoc Island, 600 excellent students representing universities and colleges across the country formed the six-word shape “Pride of Vietnam’s seas and islands”.
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