Obvious evidence that Hoang Sa and Truong Sa belong to Vietnam

The artifacts and documents being displayed in Truong Sa district, Khanh Hoa province, have contributed to firmly affirming the sacred sovereignty of the sea and islands of the Fatherland.

With blood, sweat and tears, generations of Vietnamese people have firmly protected the sovereignty of the sea and islands of the Fatherland, including the indisputable sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos.

Hoang Sa and Truong Sa obviously belong to Vietnam.

The Nam Yet Island Tradition Room is displaying many domestic and foreign artifacts and documents affirming Vietnam's peaceful and continuous exercise of sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos over the ages.

At the exhibition booth “The Vietnamese feudal state exercised sovereignty over the two archipelagos of Hoang Sa and Truong Sa”, there are four ancient maps drawn by Westerners. This is considered one of the objective evidences, affirming that the two archipelagos of Hoang Sa and Truong Sa belong to Vietnam.

One of them is the map "An Nam Dai Quoc Hoa Do" by Bishop Taberd, published in 1838, which clearly states: "The Hoang Sa archipelago belongs to the country of An Nam," and at the same time shows that China's territory does not include the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos.

A series of Nguyen Dynasty documents displayed right at the front door of the Nam Yet Island Traditional Room also mention the exercise of sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos by the feudal state of Vietnam.

For example, the Nguyen Dynasty's Royal Record dated November 22, the 14th year of Minh Mang (1833) stated: "Reporting that Mr. Pham Van Senh went on official duty in Hoang Sa, upon returning he declared the wrong number of people who went on official duty, so the reward had an excess amount. The excess amount of money has not been received and is too little, so the Cabinet requests to grant Mr. Senh a pardon and exempt him from punishment."

In another corner of this room is a copy of the "Birth Certificate" made by the representative of the Annamese delegation on Hoang Sa Island in the Hoang Sa archipelago, dated August 28, 1940, with the following information: "Full name of the baby: Mai Kim Quy. Gender: Female. Date and place of birth: December 7, 1939, at 3:00 p.m. on Hoang Sa Island in the Hoang Sa archipelago. Daughter of Mr. Mai Xuan Tap, a meteorologist, and Mrs. Nguyen Thi Thang, a housewife. First witness: Nguyen Tang Chuan, an Indochina doctor. Second witness: Do Duc Mai, Director of the Radio Station. Representative of the delegation signed: Chauvet."

Officials of the Nam Yet Island Traditional Affairs Department also said that the excavations in 1993-1994, 1995 and 1999 in Truong Sa conducted by the Vietnam Institute of Archaeology found many relics and artifacts from the Sa Huynh culture era, which was in the coastal area of ​​Central Vietnam about 2,000 years ago, and ceramics, porcelain and earthenware from the Tran, Le and Nguyen dynasties...

These data have proven that the history of building and defending the country of the Vietnamese people has gone through many ups and downs, but the exercise of sovereignty over the two archipelagos of Hoang Sa and Truong Sa has always been continuous and unified.

Sacred and inviolable sovereignty markers

On every ship visiting Truong Sa, everyone was moved when listening to the eulogy read at the Memorial Service for the Heroes who sacrificed their lives in Truong Sa archipelago: ... "Your bones have been connected to coral and reefs to create sacred sovereignty markers, so that the position to protect the sea and islands of the Fatherland will become stronger and more solid."

This tragic eulogy was raised from the sea of ​​Colin Island in the Truong Sa archipelago, where countless children of the Vietnamese people have forever remained in the ocean for the cause of protecting the sea and islands of the homeland.

That is the example of Lieutenant Tran Van Phuong, who before his death bravely wrapped the national flag around his body and encouraged his comrades: "Do not retreat, let your blood color the national flag and the tradition of the Navy." Or the ingenuity of Major Vu Huy Le, who commanded the HQ-505 ship to both fight and quickly rush to the Co Lin reef, so that the ship could become an inviolable fortress and sovereignty landmark.

Visitors view artifacts and documents at the exhibition “Hoang Sa Archipelago – Vietnam’s sovereignty” in Da Nang.

After lighting incense, standing at attention and saluting his fallen comrades for the cause of protecting the sea and islands of the Fatherland, Colonel Nguyen Viet Thuan, Chairman of the People's Committee of Truong Sa district, was moved to say that the pagoda in Truong Sa has just been restored to serve as a place of worship for the souls of all those who sacrificed their lives for the cause of protecting the borders and islands of the Fatherland. Today's generation always remembers those who have fallen, to enhance the responsibility of firmly protecting the sacred sovereignty of the sea and islands of the Fatherland.

In the mind of Venerable Thich Phap Dat, abbot of Truong Sa Lon Pagoda, the pagoda in Truong Sa is both a place to meet the spiritual needs of the people and a milestone affirming Vietnam's sovereignty over this archipelago.

“In their minds, wherever Vietnamese people go, they bring their culture and beliefs with them. It can be said that wherever there are Vietnamese people, there are communal houses and pagodas. In Truong Sa, pagodas have existed for a long time because, right from the time people set foot on this archipelago. They were fishermen, when they came to the island, they built pagodas to pray for peace and to overcome storms on each long sea voyage. Today, pagodas in Truong Sa have been restored to better meet the spiritual needs and preserve the cultural identity of Vietnamese people at the forefront of the wind and waves,” said Venerable Thich Phap Dat.

Following the previous generation, Truong Sa soldiers are still protecting and continuing to affirm the sovereignty of the sea and islands of the Fatherland day and night on every brick, tree, and civil works, as President Ho Chi Minh advised: "In the past, we only had night and forest. Today we have day, sky and sea. Our coastline is long and beautiful. We must know how to preserve it."

According to Vietnam+