▁the ▁country ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 5 . ▁The ▁North ▁Vietnam ese ▁objective ▁was ▁to ▁capture ▁all ▁the ▁islands ▁under ▁the ▁occupation ▁of ▁the ▁Army ▁of ▁the ▁Republic ▁of ▁Vietnam ▁( AR V N ), ▁and ▁it ▁eventually ▁ended ▁in ▁complete ▁victory ▁for ▁the ▁North ▁Vietnam ese . ▁ ▁Background ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 5 , ▁as ▁units ▁of ▁the ▁People ' s ▁Army ▁of ▁Vietnam ▁( PA V N ) ▁were ▁pushing ▁toward ▁Sa ig on ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 5 ▁Spring ▁Off ensive , ▁the ▁North ▁Vietnam ese ▁High ▁Command ▁decided ▁to ▁capture ▁all ▁South ▁Vietnam ese - occup ied ▁islands ▁located ▁on ▁the ▁sout he astern ▁coast ▁of ▁Vietnam , ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁South ▁China ▁Sea . ▁Sub sequently , ▁different ▁units ▁of ▁the ▁V PN ▁were ▁deployed ▁to ▁coordinate ▁their ▁forces ▁with ▁local ▁V iet ▁Cong ▁units ▁in ▁South ▁Vietnam ▁to ▁take ▁the ▁Spr at ly s ▁and ▁other ▁territ ories . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁the ▁Spr at ly ▁islands ▁was ▁already ▁a ▁source ▁of ▁dispute ▁for ▁many ▁countries ▁in ▁the ▁region ; ▁Malays ia , ▁the ▁People ' s ▁Republic ▁of ▁China ▁( Comm un ist ▁China ), ▁the ▁Republic ▁of ▁China ▁( T ai wan ), ▁the ▁Philippines ▁and ▁South ▁Vietnam ▁all ▁claimed ▁so vere ig nt y ▁over ▁all ▁or ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁islands . ▁In ▁early ▁ 1 9 7 5 ▁the ▁underlying ▁t ension ▁between ▁the ▁claim ants ▁came ▁to ▁the