30 years ago, Vietnam began building ‘ocean fortresses’ to fence off intruders

Friday, July 05, 2019, 15:08 GMT+7

One of the DK1 rigs off Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago in the East Vietnam Sea is being installed in this file photo.

Vietnam launched an unprecedented project 30 years ago to plant about two dozen steel structures the Vietnamese call “ocean fortresses” in the East Vietnam Sea that serve as service stations for Vietnamese naval soldiers who exercise the country’s sovereignty at sea.

The DK1 platforms, formally the “economic, scientific and technological service stations,” were established under an executive order issued on July 5, 1989 by Do Muoi, then-sitting Chairman of the Council of Ministers, the country’s premier.

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