Exhibition on Vietnam’s sovereignty of Hoang Sa and Truong Sa in Vinh city

Photos, documents, objects and nearly 100 maps affirming Vietnam’s sovereignty over Truong Sa (Spratly) and Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelagos are on display at an exhibition which opened in Vinh city, the central province of Nghe An on May 26^th.

The exhibits were discovered earlier by both domestic and international researchers. The displayed materials are in Han (classical Chinese used in Vietnam), Nom (Vietnamese ideographic script), Vietnamese and French languages issued from the 17^th to the outset of the 20^th centuries by the Vietnamese feudal states and the French government in Indochina (on behalf of the then Vietnamese state). They recorded the process of establishing, exercising and defending Vietnam’s sovereignty over the two archipelagoes.

Cutting ribbon to open the exhibition

Visitors to the exhibition

Historical documents on display (Photo source: laodong.com.vn)

The exhibition aims to raise awareness of Vietnamese, overseas Vietnamese, especially young people in protecting and affirming Vietnam’s sovereignty over the two archipelagos through public historical documents.

The exhibition will run until May 30^th./.