Responding to Vietnam Sea and Islands Week 2012 (June 2-8)

Nguyen The Ky

Truong Sa Challenge

Truong Sa, tomorrow the ship will dock

We return to the beloved city

Warm arms, reunion dinner

And alone, sharing many happy and sad stories

The sea is calm but my heart is troubled

Listening to distant storms

Suddenly appeared the history of the time of opening the country

Our fathers' blood still darkens the sunset

Embrace the island soldiers love and trust many faces

The twenties are full of sea and sky

Clear eyes never dated

At night, I still call out "Mom!"

Want to hug the coral reef - the fortress

The fortresses stretching across the Bach Dang River

When Stone Pavement, Survival, Gemini

The gentle Fairy, An Bang...

Before Truong Sa, I feel so small

The sovereignty milestone is more confident

Watching the Malabar spinach, listening to the chickens clucking

The Fatherland in the middle of the ocean is born and lives forever

Senior Lieutenant Tran Xuan Vuong, Len Dao Island, is watering and taking care of a cluster of portulaca flowers, a part of the mainland, planted on the island. Photo: Tran Hai


Sleepless night in Truong Sa, windy night

Wild wind blows fiercely from Hoang Sa

Blood and bones build the shape of the Fatherland

Red Flag(*) in my heart, my eyes suddenly filled with tears

Truong Sa, night of April 28, 2012

(*) The red flag faded by the sun and wind, the army and people of Truong Sa island district

gift for the delegation from the mainland visiting the archipelago.