Exhibition of maps and documents about Hoang Sa and Truong Sa
On the morning of August 22, at the Thong Nhat Hall in Ho Chi Minh City, the Ministry of Information and Communications and the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee officially opened the exhibition Hoang Sa and Truong Sa of Vietnam - Historical evidence.
The exhibition was held for the first time in the South and provided the latest documents on Vietnam's undeniable sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos.
A copy of the Complete Map of Dai Nam Nhat Thong from the Nguyen Dynasty, drawn around 1834-1840, stating "Hoang Sa - Van Ly Truong Sa" as belonging to Vietnamese territory.
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Nearly 200 maps and documents introduced in the exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City are only a small part of the historical and legal evidence. Just counting the maps of the periods published by Vietnam, Western countries and China throughout history, the number has reached nearly 300 maps.
However, with the systematic display method, it is easy to compare, supplement and verify to confirm: Truong Sa archipelago, Hoang Sa archipelago belongs to Vietnam. Therefore, although this is the third exhibition held after Ha Tinh and Hanoi in June and July 2013, the exhibition has brought new evidence, the first time widely introduced to the public such as the 1917 Atlas of China.
All valuable documents in the exhibition will be handed over by the Ministry of Information and Communications to Ho Chi Minh City to continue introducing not only to people in remote areas but also to localities in the South. In particular, these documents will be the theme of the Spring Book Street of the Year of the Horse 2014, in Ho Chi Minh City.
According to VTV - TH
