Jan 20, 2013- The soldiers of Vietnam People's Army ready to fight to protect the Spratly Islands
Sand Cay or Son Ca Island (Vietnamese: Đảo Sơn Ca) is an island in Spratly Islands of South China Sea. With an area of 7 hectares, it is the ninth largest island and the fourth largest Vietnamese-occupied island in the Spratly Islands. It lies 6 miles (10 km) to the east of Itu Aba Island occupied by the Republic of China (Taiwan).
Between Sandy Cay and Itu Aba Island is Ban Than Reef, a sandy shoal which is commonly confused with Sandy Cay. The island is covered with trees and bushes, and fringing reef is partly above water at low tide. It is part of Tizard Banks. The island is occupied by Vietnam (since 1974, first by the Republic of Vietnam, then by the Socialist Republic of Vietnam after 1975), but also claimed by the People's Republic of China, Republic of China (Taiwan) and Philippines (Wikipedia).
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