In the latest satellite image from Google Maps, the roof of the main hall building on Spratly Island appears white, and the image of the Vietnamese flag made from ceramic pieces on the roof is not clearly visible.

Mr. Do said that Google confirmed that it did not blur or change the satellite images supplied by a third party, explaining that the issue is due to low image quality. Google pledged to take necessary steps to replace them with images having better quality, he said, adding his authority requested Google to promptly fix the problem.

Vietnamese internet users earlier reported that they found that the Vietnamese flag made from ceramic pieces on the roof of the meeting hall on Spratly island disappeared on Google Maps and Google Earth, and raised questions whether Google deliberately deleted the image of the flag.