(VOVworld) – More than 1,000 youth union members of Bac Lieu province on Saturday formed Vietnam’s map with the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagoes to show their love for the homeland.

This was part of activities to launch the Young Volunteer Summer Campaign and to respond to World Environment Day and Vietnam’s Sea and Island Week 2014. Secretary of the Provincial Youth Union, Truong Hong Trang, said the activity was also aimed at protesting China’s illegal placement of oilrig Haiyang 981 in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf.