Workshop affirms Vietnam's sovereignty over Spratly, Paracel

The statement was made by Associate Professor Do Bang, chairman of Thua Thien-Hue Association of Historical Science at a recent workshop on the history of Vietnam’s sea and island sovereignty.

Bang said many maps issued in different periods between 960 and 1911 did not show islands in the East Sea, but Chinese maps from the Ming to the Qing dynasty and a map produced in 1905 and reprinted in 1910 show the southernmost point of Chinese territory as Hai Nan island.

Participants also gave presentations confirming Vietnam’s exercise of its sea and island sovereignty in different historical periods.