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Exhibition on Hoang Sa, Truong Sa comes to Long An

An exhibition titled “Hoang Sa, Truong Sa of Vietnam: Historical and legal evidence” opened at a high school of the Mekong Delta province of Long An on September 9.
Exhibition on Hoang Sa, Truong Sa comes to Long An ảnh 1Students of the school at the exhibition (Photo: VNA)
Long An (VNA) – An exhibitiontitled “Hoang Sa, Truong Sa of Vietnam: Historical and legal evidence” openedat a high school of the Mekong Delta province of Long An on September 9.

The exhibition, co-organised by theMinistry of Information and Communications (MIC) and local agencies, featuresevidence affirming Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa(Spratly) archipelagos.

Documents, maps, images and items madepublic by Vietnamese and international scholars are being presented in 3Dformat.

Addressing the event, Tran Thi Quoc Hienfrom the MIC underlined that sea and islands are inseparable parts of Vietnam.

The exhibition is part of the activities toraise awareness and responsibility of students and staff of the school in thesafeguard of the country’s sea and islands sovereignty, she added.

On the day, teachers and students of theschool also joined a talk with a former official from the General PoliticalDepartment of the Vietnam People’s Army on the country’s sea and islands,especially Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos./.
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