20 years ago, Nguyen Van Hau joined 31 other volunteers on a quest to reclaim Bach Long Vy Island, which lies 110 kilometers off the coast, making it the most remote island in the Gulf of Tonkin. The boat trip to the island took Hau and his team 24 hours. Although they had prepared themselves for what they would see, the island of three square kilometers still took them by surprise. When they got to the island, they saw nothing but just a few houses lying in the middle of wild grass, which was where soldiers had once lived.

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