The sea and islands in the heart of a journalist.

Amidst the turbulent waves, the offshore platforms and remote small islands are guarded day and night, with the bright red national flag flying high. For writers like us, love for these islands surges in our hearts and veins.

Quynh Uyen - a reporter for Lam Dong Newspaper, Radio and Television, on the transfer boat.

For many years, journalists in general, and those from Lam Dong province in particular, have always longed to participate in trips to the sea and islands. Throughout their journalistic careers, those who have had the opportunity to visit offshore platforms and islands such as Truong Sa Lon, Sinh Ton, Son Ca, and Da Lat... have experienced profound emotions, and their love for the sea and islands of their homeland has multiplied many times over. The encounters with the local people and the soldiers who guard the sea and sky day and night will forever remain beautiful memories in their hearts.

It's impossible to list all the journalists from Lam Dong who risked their lives by clinging to cables to reach offshore platforms, picking the square-leaved mangrove fruit on Sinh Ton Island, or listening to the temple bells on Truong Sa Lon Island... In the hearts of those fortunate journalists from Lam Dong who made those trips, the memories of those sea voyages remain vivid. How can they forget the times they were seasick and dizzy during rough seas and high waves, bobbing on the boat to the island, the feeling of anticipation when taking their first steps on that sacred island...

Those who have experienced long sea voyages vividly remember the familiar wake-up call: "Wake-up call to the whole ship, wake-up call to the whole ship," the hot bowl of porridge the cook gave them on a night of seasickness, the dizzying, unsteady feeling when stepping onto the island, a kind of seasickness that the island soldiers call "land sickness."

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Each trip to Truong Sa (Spratly Islands) usually lasts from a few weeks to a month, carrying the affection of the mainland to the soldiers and civilians on the islands. In particular, we journalists often travel to Truong Sa on ships during the Lunar New Year season, carrying the heartfelt sentiments of the mainland to the islands with New Year's gifts. From sticky rice, banana leaves, and sweets to peach blossoms and kumquat trees, all bring the flavors of the mainland's New Year to the soldiers and civilians on the islands. For us journalists, this is not just an ordinary reporting trip, but also a journey of firsthand experience to understand and spread love for our homeland.

There are moments that seem ordinary but are deeply sacred, etched in our memories: listening to young soldiers confide their longing for home and their mothers. Even on the remote island, there's still enough sticky rice, pork, mung beans, and banana leaves to wrap banh chung (traditional Vietnamese rice cakes), and then we sit by the fire watching the cakes cook. In the sound of waves lapping against the shore, we gaze at the square-leaved banyan tree blooming with clusters of purple flowers. We watch innocent children playing on the sand. Looking at the simple portrait of President Ho Chi Minh in the island's classroom feels so sacred. Then, the peaceful sound of temple bells echoing over the waves... These peaceful moments evoke so many cherished emotions in us. Everyone falls silent as we fold paper cranes and scatter thousands of flower branches into the deep sea, remembering the heroic martyrs who sacrificed their lives to protect our maritime sovereignty and islands years ago.

On sea voyages, journalists are always racing against time to capture every precious moment. A tear of longing for a mother, a smile on a sun-tanned face, a sprig of herbs cherished by a soldier through storms, a puppy – a close friend of the island's soldiers, a silent bow of the head before the sea of ​​their homeland.

Journalists working on a voyage to the Truong Sa Islands.

We captured every single memory in those simple moments and images.

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The voyages to the offshore platforms and the Truong Sa Islands undertaken by reporters, editors, and cameramen from Lam Dong Newspaper and Radio and Television have brought readers and viewers authentic and vivid images of the frontline sea and islands. For those journalists fortunate enough to have experienced these voyages, the memories remain vivid, and their love for their homeland grows ever stronger.

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