Vistors to the exhibition (Source: baonghean.vn)Nghe An (VNA) - An exhibition displaying maps anddocuments on Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagosopened in Anh Son district, the central province of Nghe An, on July 26.
On display are 154 documents issued by Vietnamese feudaldynasties from the 17th to the early 20th century, ancient maps published byVietnam, western countries and China relating to Vietnam’s sovereignty over thetwo archipelagos as well as the country’s exercise of the sovereignty before1975.
Of note, the exhibition introduced official documents of theNguyen Dynasty (1802-1945) regardingVietnam’s exploitation, management, establishment and exercise of itssovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa.
Apart from documents and publications compiled by westerncountries in the 18th and 19th centuriescertifying that Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos belong to Vietnam, theexhibition features four atlas published by China’s Qing Dynasty and theChinese government from 1908 to 1933 defining Hainan island as China’ssouthernmost point.
Anh Son district is the resting place of more than 12,000Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives inbattlefields in Laos.
The three-day exhibition aims to contribute to raisingawareness of officials, soldiers and people about national construction anddefence. –VNA
On display are 154 documents issued by Vietnamese feudaldynasties from the 17th to the early 20th century, ancient maps published byVietnam, western countries and China relating to Vietnam’s sovereignty over thetwo archipelagos as well as the country’s exercise of the sovereignty before1975.
Of note, the exhibition introduced official documents of theNguyen Dynasty (1802-1945) regardingVietnam’s exploitation, management, establishment and exercise of itssovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa.
Apart from documents and publications compiled by westerncountries in the 18th and 19th centuriescertifying that Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos belong to Vietnam, theexhibition features four atlas published by China’s Qing Dynasty and theChinese government from 1908 to 1933 defining Hainan island as China’ssouthernmost point.
Anh Son district is the resting place of more than 12,000Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives inbattlefields in Laos.
The three-day exhibition aims to contribute to raisingawareness of officials, soldiers and people about national construction anddefence. –VNA
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