Exhibition on Hoang Sa and Truong Sa in Quang Nam province
Wednesday, 20/05/2015 17:07 (GMT+7)
On May 19th, Quang Nam provincial Department of Information and Communications coordinated with Thang Binh district People’s Committee to organize a mobile exhibition of the maps and documents proving Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos.
Accordingly, replicas of old Vietnamese documents on the country’s establishment and enforcement of its sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos, along with royal documents from Vietnam’s Nguyen Dynasty and western maps showing the country’s possession of the two archipelagos, are on display. There are also maps of China without the islands issued by western countries and China itself, documents on the archipelagos before and after 1975, as well as related research by Vietnamese and foreign experts.
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Visitors to the exhibition. (Source: CPV) |
According to Director of the Quang Nam provincial Department of Information and Communications Pham Hong Quang, in 2015, the department will organize mobile exhibitions on maps and documents on Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos in three localities, including Thang Binh, Tien Phuoc and Dien Ban District. Quang Nam is the first province nationwide to organize such exhibitions at district level. Thang Binh is the first district to organize the exhibition.
The exhibition helps testify to Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa and raise public awareness of the purpose of protecting national sovereignty. It will run at the Centre for Culture and Sports of Thang Binh district until May 22nd./.