Opening of the Exhibition of Maps and Documents on Hoang Sa - Truong Sa in Nam Dan

On the morning of September 18, at the Cultural Center of Van Dien commune, Nam Dan district, the Provincial People's Committee opened the exhibition of maps and documents "Hoang Sa, Truong Sa of Vietnam - Historical and legal evidence".

Attending the exhibition were comrades: Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department; Le Ngoc Hoa - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; representatives of a number of departments and branches; district leaders and a large number of local people. In the photo: Delegates cut the ribbon to open the exhibition. Photo by Thanh Le.

The exhibition displays 154 maps, pictures, and documents related to the process of establishing and exercising Vietnam's sovereignty over its seas and islands from the 17th to the 20th century; at the same time, it affirms that Vietnam has continuously established and exercised sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos.

In particular, the exhibition also introduces research works by Vietnamese and international scholars published at home and abroad up to now, and maps affirming Vietnam's sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Ngoc Hoa delivered the opening speech at the ceremony. Photo by Thanh Le

At the ceremony, comrade Le Ngoc Hoa - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee affirmed: The exhibition of maps and documents on Hoang Sa and Truong Sa will contribute to raising awareness, affirming the spirit of solidarity and sense of responsibility of the people of the whole country in general and the people of Nghe An province in particular, especially the youth in the cause of preserving and protecting the sovereignty of the sea and islands of the Fatherland; reminding every citizen in the province to always be grateful to the generations of fathers and brothers who sacrificed to protect the sacred sovereignty of the Fatherland.

These evidences once again confirm that our ancestors have long exercised sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos, and at the same time reject historical distortions and unreasonable sovereignty claims over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos and other sea and island areas in the East Sea of ​​Vietnam.

The Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also hopes that, from this exhibition, each sector, each level, each citizen, student in Nam Dan district will be active propagandists on Vietnam's sovereignty over borders, seas and islands.

The exhibition is an opportunity for students from schools in Nam Dan district to organize extracurricular activities in History. Photo by Thanh Le

This is the 7th time Nghe An has organized an exhibition of maps and documents on Hoang Sa and Truong Sa in the province. This activity contributes to providing historical and legal evidence affirming Vietnam's undeniable sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos.