The People’s Committee of Khanh Hoa Province has approved a project to build a hospital in Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago in the East Vietnam Sea at a cost of VND43.5 billion (US$2.05 million), said Le Xuan Than, deputy chairman of the committee.

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