Truong Sa

Proper noun

Truong Sa

1. Synonym of Spratly Islands: the Vietnamese-derived name.
   • Early in April 1975, together with the liberation of central and south Trung Bo provinces, our army and people liberated a host of our offshore islands. On 14 April, Military Region V in coordination with the Navy Command liberated the Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands held by the Saigon puppet troops.1986, History of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Hanoi: Foreign Languages Publishing House, →OCLC, →OL, page 253
   • In response, Vietnam also announced its intention to strengthen its military presence in the South China Sea. For example, the Saigon Giai Phong, a paper run by the Communist Party in Ho Chi Minh City said on 14 June 1988 that 150 workers would build two houses on Truong Sa Island “for combatants...1998, Bilveer Singh, “China, the South China Sea and the Security of Post-Cold War Southeast Asia”, in Frank Columbus, editor, Asian Economic and Political Issues, volume I, Commack, NY: Nova Science...

   Synonyms:

   Spratly Islands

2. A district of Khánh Hoà Province, Vietnam.
   • To assert its control, Vietnam has since established Spratly Island as a township in Truòng Sa district, organized local elections and tours in the Spratlys, and has continued to award oil exploration contracts.[2013 December, Clarence J. Bouchat, Dangerous Ground: the Spratly Islands and U.S. Interests and Approaches, U.S. Army War College, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 33
   • A fund will be raised for the construction of a great solidarity house of Vietnam’s ethnic groups in the Truong Sa island district, south central Khanh Hoa province, according to the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee.2018 March 21, “Fund raised to build great solidarity house in Truong Sa”, in VietnamPlus, archived from the original on 05 May 2021