“Towards homeland's sea and islands” is now the hot topic and a sentimental
flames of the Vietnamese to a part of body of the Motherland. Many significant
activities which deeply depicted round-the-clock hardship faced by our soldiers
were invisible sentimental strings connecting to our glorious traditions about
national love and solidarity to overcome all the adversities.
Among activities toward the
homeland's sea and islands, the PPA is the leading heroic agency in the
People’s armed force. In association with the Coast Guard and the Navy force, the
PPA has held many visiting and encouraging activities for offshore soldiers.
The latest activity named “The Youth Voyage” to Con Co Island of Quang Tri
province with the participation of the PPA’s Youth Union, the Coast Gủad's
Youth Union, Viettel Group, Ha Dong District's Youth Union (Ha Noi), Vu A Dinh
Scholarship Fund, Con Co functional units and Trieu Phong District's Youth
Union (Quang Tri),…It took place successfully from July 10th to July
12th 2015. The activity aimed to partly share and encourage citizens
as well as soldiers on the Con Co district; simultaneously strengthen the
solidarity between the people on the mainland and islands; raising people’s
awareness of protecting national sovereignty, especially sovereignty of sea
territory of Vietnam.
On “The Youth Voyage” to
Con Co island of Quang Tri, the participants organized meaningful activities,
such as: presenting gifts for officers and soldiers of Flotilla 202 from Coast
Guard; thurifying at the Heroic Martyrs Monument of Con Co Island; visiting the
traditional houses; visiting and giving gifts for kindergartens as well as
families of Youth Volunteers on Con Co Island; exchanging in sport and in art performance
together with soldiers and officers in the evening of July 11th…
As we know, Con Co Island
(also called Hon Co, Con Cop, Hon Me…) is a small Island of the East Sea, Quang
Tri province, Central Vietnam. The island covered an area of 4 km2,
now reduced to 2,2 km2. In terms of administration, Con Co Island is
concurrently to be Con Co isle district and the landmark for the baseline of
Vietnam sea territorial border. It is about 600km from Hanoi to Quang Tri and a
two-hour ferry to Con Co Island, we could not stand hiding our touching
emotions for the beauty of the island where thanks to the construction of Con
Co officers and inhabitants.
That is a kindergarten named “Hoa phong ba”
which arouses the awareness of essential culture and knowledge that would be
necessary for the mission of making the islands beautiful .
That is the enduring lifestyles of officers,
soldiers and citizens who are overcoming all the hardship to hold on the
island. The tasks of national sovereignty defense and security issues on the
island is unfailingly done by armed forces on keeping the sovereignty of
national sea territory.
As glorious traditions of Heroic Con Co
island in particular and homeland sea and island in general , the young
generations of the PPA always feel deeply proud of and be grateful to the
previous generations who faithfully keep the National sovereignty. Also, the
youths of the PPA are always fully aware of responsibility in the mission of
following the glorious traditions; strive wholeheartedly to become the "both red and professional"
People’s Police Officers, together with offshore soldiers to protect the Country.
So
let’s unremittingly believe and construct Con Co Island in particular and
homeland sea and islands in general to be more and more stable in politics–
rich in economy – strong in national security and to defence the beauty in
culture in the time of international integration.
Translatied by Phan Bao Long (B10D41)