Exhibition asserts Vietnamese sovereignty over Paracel, Spratly islands
VOV.VN - Exhibits affirming Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos are currently being showcased in Phu Ninh district of the central province of Quang Nam.
Addressing the opening ceremony of the exhibition held on November 1, Pham Thi Ngoc Quyen, deputy director of the provincial Department of Information and Communication, recalled that in 2015 Quang Nam became the first locality nationwide to hold mobile exhibitions of maps and materials testifying to the country’s sovereignty over the two groups of islands in the East Sea.
On display are ancient maps, bibliographies, and royal documents which include historic and legal evidence proving Vietnamese sovereignty over both Hoang Sa and Truong Sa.
The exhibition which is scheduled to last through to November 3 offers visitors an insight into solid evidence of the country’s sovereignty over seas and islands, helping to refute history distortions and groundless sovereignty claims over the islands.
To date, the Ministry of Information and Communications has organised a total of 101 exhibitions affirming national sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa in 63 provinces and cities, 11 island districts, 23 armed force units, five universities, and 61 high schools nationwide.
The Ministry also hosted three such exhibitions abroad, in Prague (Czech Republic in July, 2017), Paris (France in October, 2017); and Moscow (Russia in November, 2018).
