Visitors to an exhibition on Hoang Sa and Truong Sa (Photo: VNA)Hai Phong (VNA) – Bach Long Vi islanders of HaiPhong city is currently offered a chance to gain a better understanding ofVietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes through anexhibition that opened on March 24.
The displayed maps and documents are part ofhistorical evidence and legal foundation testifying to Vietnam’s sovereigntyover Hoang Sa and Truong Sa.
They show that throughout history, states ofVietnam have explored, established, exercised and protected the nationalsovereignty over these two archipelagoes, along with many other islands and seaareas under its territory.
It is a continuous, long-lasting and peacefulprocess that has been recorded in a number of historical documents, includingmaps and documents published since the 16th century in Vietnam and othercountries.
The exhibition features copies of documentswritten in Han (Chinese), Nom (Vietnam’s Chinese-like script), Vietnamese andFrench issued by Vietnam’s feudal dynasties and France’s administration inIndochina from the 17th to the early 20th century.
Copies of administrative documents issued by theRepublic of Vietnam’s administration in the south from 1954 to 1975 and by theSocialist Republic of Vietnam since 1975, as well as publications by somewestern countries from the 18th to the 19 century, are also on display.
Others include photos of Vietnam’s exercise andprotection of its sovereignty over the islands from 1930 to January 1974 whenChina illegally occupied Hoang Sa, 65 maps proving the two archipelagoes underVietnam’s sovereignty issued since the 17th century, and studies andpublications on the country’s Hoang Sa and Truong Sa conducted by Vietnameseand foreign scholars since 1975.
The event also showcases outstanding photos anddocuments on social, economic and cultural activities in Truong Sa islanddistrict, and stamps that feature Vietnam’s islands and seas.
The exhibition will last through March 28.-VNA
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