Vietnam begins airport construction on Spratlys: report

Vietnam begins airport construction on Spratlys: report

HANOI, Vietnam - Photo taken recently shows a small airport that Vietnam has begun to construct on the disputed Spratly Islands in South China Sea. A Vietnamese tourism official said the airport, with a runway of 600 meters on Truong Sa Lon (Large Spratly), is expected to be completed by the end of 2004. The islands are claimed all or in part by Brunei, China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam. (Kyodo)

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