The chair of the Council for Appraisal of Artifacts, Historical andLegal Evidence for Vietnam’s Sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) andTruong Sa (Spratly) has said that there is much legal evidence affirmingVietnam's sovereignty over the two archipelagos, the English-languagenews website VietNamNet Bridge.
Prof. Dr. of History Nguyen QuangNgoc, one of the first members of the council, has long been completingthe tasks of assessment, decoding artifacts, compiling historical andlegal evidence and compiling them to serve as a basis for exhibitions onthe archipelagos held by the Ministry of Information andCommunications.
Ngoc said the first exhibition of this type wasorganised by Da Nang City named "Hoang Sa - Truong Sa Documents", mainlythe documents about Hoang Sa. They are part of a research project byDr. Tran Duc Anh Son and some overseas Vietnamese that includes a numberof Western maps and Western atlases about China.
When theExternal Information Department of the Ministry of Information andCommunications organised the national exhibition on Hoang Sa - TruongSa, Ngoc was invited as the chair of the document evaluation council,which consisted of many experts from the Government Boundary Committee,the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Centre for Marine andMaritime Research, the Mapping Bureau, and others.
The councildecided to choose historic Western maps collected by Dr. Tran Duc AnhSon, the Western Atlas about China that had recently been collected inthe US, and some old maps and documents of Vietnam, particularlydocuments called “Chau Ban” (administrative documents of the royalcourt) as exhibits in the national exhibition on Vietnam’s sovereigntyover Hoang Sa. The exhibition was a big success.
After eachexhibition, the organisers received opinions and materials from thepublic to enrich their objects, documents and evidence for the next.
Atthe exhibition in Thai Nguyen, the organisers added photos of historicmaps of the West, proving Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa and TruongSa. These are photos of the original maps, so the quality is very good,Ngoc said, adding these photos were taken by Son in France. Among themis a map by Taberd in 1838.
Ngoc said the amount of evidence,both historical and legal, of Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa andTruong Sa, is huge. In terms of ancient maps alone, there are severalhundred old maps of the West but the council chose only several dozen ofthe maps for exhibitions. There are also many valuable “chau ban”,particularly those of the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945).
Heemphasised that the “chau ban”, including the reports of ministries andagencies to the emperor on sending flotillas to Hoang Sa to map andcollect marine resources, are unique documents that only Vietnam has.These documents are highly praised for their legal value over Vietnam’ssovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa.-VNA
Prof. Dr. of History Nguyen QuangNgoc, one of the first members of the council, has long been completingthe tasks of assessment, decoding artifacts, compiling historical andlegal evidence and compiling them to serve as a basis for exhibitions onthe archipelagos held by the Ministry of Information andCommunications.
Ngoc said the first exhibition of this type wasorganised by Da Nang City named "Hoang Sa - Truong Sa Documents", mainlythe documents about Hoang Sa. They are part of a research project byDr. Tran Duc Anh Son and some overseas Vietnamese that includes a numberof Western maps and Western atlases about China.
When theExternal Information Department of the Ministry of Information andCommunications organised the national exhibition on Hoang Sa - TruongSa, Ngoc was invited as the chair of the document evaluation council,which consisted of many experts from the Government Boundary Committee,the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Centre for Marine andMaritime Research, the Mapping Bureau, and others.
The councildecided to choose historic Western maps collected by Dr. Tran Duc AnhSon, the Western Atlas about China that had recently been collected inthe US, and some old maps and documents of Vietnam, particularlydocuments called “Chau Ban” (administrative documents of the royalcourt) as exhibits in the national exhibition on Vietnam’s sovereigntyover Hoang Sa. The exhibition was a big success.
After eachexhibition, the organisers received opinions and materials from thepublic to enrich their objects, documents and evidence for the next.
Atthe exhibition in Thai Nguyen, the organisers added photos of historicmaps of the West, proving Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa and TruongSa. These are photos of the original maps, so the quality is very good,Ngoc said, adding these photos were taken by Son in France. Among themis a map by Taberd in 1838.
Ngoc said the amount of evidence,both historical and legal, of Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa andTruong Sa, is huge. In terms of ancient maps alone, there are severalhundred old maps of the West but the council chose only several dozen ofthe maps for exhibitions. There are also many valuable “chau ban”,particularly those of the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945).
Heemphasised that the “chau ban”, including the reports of ministries andagencies to the emperor on sending flotillas to Hoang Sa to map andcollect marine resources, are unique documents that only Vietnam has.These documents are highly praised for their legal value over Vietnam’ssovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa.-VNA
