Departing the port on December 29, 2019, the ship KN 261 carries necessities and Tet gifts from mainlanders to officers and soldiers on duty during Tet holiday 2020

Soldiers carry on board an ornamental kumquat tree, a gift from Van Giang district of the northern province of Hung Yen

On December 29, 2019, the ship KN 263 embarked on the journey to bring Tet gifts to platforms in Phuc Nguyen (Prince Consort Bank), Tu Chinh (Vanguard Bank), Ca Mau Bank, and Con Dao Island District

At the end of the year, the DK1 platform is battered by harsh weather with strong winds and 3-5m high waves

A ceremony commemorates martyrs who died in southern Vietnam's continental shelf

Bringing visitors to the Platform is a difficult task although the ship is close

Naval Region2's Deputy Commander Colonel Dinh Van Thang delivers his Tet greetings to officers and soldiers stationed on the Platform via radio

Tet gifts are tied on a string to be delivered onto the Platform

Tet gifts are stored in specialized bags

The kumquat tree is carefully attached to a float

Lieutenant colonel Nguyen Van Lam, Head of the DK1/20, who returned from the mainland on the KN261, had to swim from the vessel to the Platform

Visitors are transported to the Platform by a crane

Corporal Le Van Gioi is decorating the apricot tree

Officials and journalists wrap Chung cakes with officers and soldiers on DK1/16 Platform

Despite strong wind and scorching sun, vegetables grow on the Platform

The visitors wave and say goodbye to the guards of Vietnam's waters.