A road in Dong Anh district, Ha Noi, named after Truong Sa (Spratly). (Photo: thitruongbiz.vn)
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Six streets in Gia Lam district of Hanoi capital city will be named after islands of Truong Sa (Spratly) insouth-central Khanh Hoa province.
This is part of the capital city’s plan to rename and adjust thelength of several streets this year.
Fifty-eight streets in 15 urban and sub-urban districts will begiven new names. Six of them will be named after six islands, namely An Bang,Song Tu Tay, Nam Yet, Son Ca, Phan Vinh and Tien Nu.
The six roads cover a length of about 1-2km each, stretching fromLy Thanh Tong street to Hanoi-Hai Phong Expressway Intersection, around thearea of Da Ton and Kieu Ky communes.
Hanoi’s authorities also plan to extend the length of Ha Ke Tan streetin Hoang Mai district (by 470m) and Duong Duc Hien road (by 2.2km) in Gia Lam district.
A 6.2km road, stretching from the crossroad of Giai Phong-HoangLiet street to the intersection next to lane 95, Nam Du street and Thanh Tri bridge,will be named after late Party General Secretary Do Muoi.
The street name proposal will be submitted to the meeting of the HanoiPeople’s Council in early July./.
More than 200 streets and landmarks in Vietnam and France that carry imprints of history of the relations between the two countries have been spotlighted in a book titled “Dau an Phap-Viet qua ten nhung con duong (French-Vietnamese imprints through the names of roads) by overseas Vietnamese writer Tran Thu Dung.
Former Deputy Foreign Minister, Ambassador Nguyen Thanh Son, who is also former head of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs, has highlighted the significance of visits by overseas Vietnamese (OVs) to people and soldiers in Truong Sa island district and DK1 platform across the past 11 years.
Phu Tho province's authorities have handed over 20,000 trees and 85 tonnes of fertilisers to the Naval Region 4 High Command as a gift to help build a greener Truong Sa island district in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa.
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A road in Dong Anh district, Ha Noi, named after Truong Sa (Spratly). (Photo: thitruongbiz.vn) 
