Paracel Islands
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The Paracel Islands, also known as the Xisha Islands and the Hoàng Sa Archipelago, are an archipelago in the South China Sea, under the control of the People's Republic of China, but its sovereignty i
Aerial photo of the Crescent group
Money Island
Pattle Island
Robert Island
Spratly Islands
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The Spratly Islands are a disputed archipelago in the South China Sea. Composed of islands, islets, cays, and more than 100 reefs, sometimes grouped in submerged old atolls, the archipelago lies off t
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…considered as part of the Hoàng Sa. It was not until the reign of Emperor Minh Mạng (1820–1841) that the Spratlys were distinctly designated as Vạn Lý Trường Sa (萬里長沙, lit. Ten-Thousand-Mile Long Sands). China has historically had a presence in the islands and, as of 2016, was engaged in major infrastructure…
Territorial monument of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) on Southwest Cay, Spratly Islands, defining the cay as part of Vietnamese territory (Phước Tuy Province). Used from 22 August 1956 until 1975, when replaced by another one from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (successor state after the Fall of Saigon)
An ancient Heliotropium foertherianum on Spratly Island
Young Vietnamese residents of Spratly Island
A military cemetery for Vietnamese soldiers on Central London Reef