An exhibition on historical materials that prove Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos in the East Vietnam Sea has opened in Ho Chi Minh City, the municipal Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism announced Friday on its website.
The expo, “Hoang Sa Va Truong Sa – Bien Dao Cua Viet Nam” (Hoang Sa and Truong Sa – Vietnam’s Seas and Islands), kicked off on October 3 and will run until February 28 at the Ho Chi Minh City Museum, 65 Ly Tu Trong Street, District 1.
On display are over 250 documents, maps, pictures, and artifacts collected from numerous sources, including local media, private companies, and other exhibitions on Vietnam’s seas and islands held in 2009 and 2013.
Among the exhibits are maps drawn by European geographers, navigators, and scholars that were published in the 16th-19th centuries. These maps indicate that Vietnam has sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa.
On view are also maps released by Chinese publishers in the 1930s, in which the southernmost territory of China is Hainan Island.
One of the event’s highlights are artifacts of soldiers from ship HQ-604, which was attacked by Chinese troops and thus sank off Truong Sa’s Gac Ma and Len Dao Islands in the East Vietnam Sea on March 14, 1988.
The exhibition is intended to introduce to the public, especially the young, historical proof to confirm Vietnamese sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa.
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