Ha Giang holds exhibition on Truong Sa, Hoang Sa archipelagoes

PANO – The Ministry of Information and Communications and the Ha Giang provincial People’s Committee opened an exhibition, themed “The Hoang Sa (Paracel), Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos belonging to Vietnam – Historical and legal evidence” on July 26^th at the provincial museum.

Troops of the provincial border guard command visiting the exhibition

At the exhibition, a number of documents, objects and maps, collected by scholars and researchers at home and abroad are on display. Especially, many documents are written in Han-Nom scripts (old written Chinese and Vietnamese), in Vietnamese and French, which were published by Vietnamese feudal dynasties and the French administration in Indochina from the 17^th century to the early 20^th century, affirming Vietnam’s sovereignty over the two archipelagos.

The exhibits also include 65 maps, issued by Vietnam and Western countries from the 17^th century; images and items about Vietnam’s activities of determining, enforcing and maintaining its sovereignty over the two archipelagoes, and socio-economic, cultural development activities on Truong Sa island district in the national industrialization and modernization process.

The exhibition will run until July 30^th.

Earlier, the Ministry and the provincial People’s Committee also held a training course on July 25^th on sea and islands information dissemination for local leaders and press agencies.