(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of February 1, 2015, at Cua Hoi fishing port (Cua Lo town, Nghe An province), the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, in coordination with the Construction Corporation of Transport Works 4 (Cienco4), organized a ceremony to launch the construction of a national sovereignty flagpole on Mat Island.
Attending the groundbreaking ceremony were members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam: Nguyen The Trung - Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee for Mass Mobilization; Dinh La Thang, Minister of Transport; Nguyen Dac Vinh - Alternate Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Youth Union; Nguyen Hong Truong - Deputy Minister of Transport; Khuat Viet Hung - Vice Chairman of the National Traffic Safety Committee; Colonel Tran Khac Bang, Deputy Chief of Staff, 4th Military Region Command. On the Nghe An province side were Huynh Thanh Dien - Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghe An province; Colonel Luong Hong Phong - Political Commissar of the Nghe An Provincial Military Command; representatives from provincial departments and agencies; leaders of the Nghe An Provincial Youth Union; Cienco 4; and a large number of youth union members and young soldiers from the Nghe An Provincial Military Command.
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| Central and local leaders attended the groundbreaking ceremony. |
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| Delegates attend the ceremony to launch the construction of the national flag pole on Mat Island. |
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| A large number of young officers and soldiers, youth union members, and Cienco4 staff attended the ceremony. |
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| Overview of the ceremony |
The construction of the national flag pole on Mat Island aims to affirm the sovereignty of the nation's maritime territories and islands, while also educating the younger generation about participating in the preservation of the homeland's seas and islands. This activity is part of the "Homeland on the Edge of the Waves" program and is also the first project in a series of flag pole constructions on five frontier islands between the Central Youth Union and Cienco4, including: Mat Island (Nghe An); Son Duong Island (Ha Tinh); Hon Me (Thanh Hoa), Cu Lao Cham Island (Quang Nam), and Son Cha Island (Thua Thien Hue).
The national flag pole on Mat Island is built on a 30m2 plot, with a height of 22.66m. The base of the pole is clad in granite, and the flag measures 4x6m, facing the sea. The total investment is 1.25 billion VND, of which youth union members in Nghe An province contributed 250 million VND, and CienCo4 provided 1 billion VND. The project is expected to be completed during Youth Month and the 84th anniversary of the founding of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union on March 26, 2015.
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| Leaders of Cienco4 presented a symbolic check representing the donation for the construction of the flagpole to the Nghe An Provincial Youth Union. |
On this occasion, leaders of the Ministry of Transport and the Central Youth Union presented a symbolic flag to the representative of the Nghe An Provincial Youth Union and gave gifts to encourage the local youth volunteer teams; VTC Media Corporation also donated and directly installed 18 VTC digital receivers (with one year of free service) for officers and soldiers on Mat Island.
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| Leaders of VTC Multimedia Company presented a symbolic gift of digital equipment to the Military Command of Nghe An province. |
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| Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang, provincial leaders, and the Central Youth Union presented gifts to encourage local youth volunteer teams. |
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| Comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Youth Union, presented the flag to the Nghe An Provincial Youth Union at the launching ceremony. |
Khanh Ly
