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Document affirms Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa

The People’s Committee of central Thua Thien-Hue province has sent to the Foreign Ministry an ancient document affirming Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago.
The People’s Committee of central Thua Thien-Hue province has sent tothe Foreign Ministry an ancient document affirming Vietnam’s sovereigntyover Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago.

Written on November 6, 1759, the document was previously placed at My Loi village’s communal house in Phu Loc district.

According to Tran Van Luyen, Secretary of the Vinh My communal PartyCommittee, the document features the settlement of a dispute between AnBang precinct (now An Bang village, Vinh An commune, Phu Vang district)and My Loi village involving a boat and subsidies to crewmen stationedin Hoang Sa.

It thus shows that the Nguyen dynasty deployed troops to Hoang Sa archipelago 250 years ago, he said.

Established in 1562, My Loi village was first inhabited by fishermenmigrated from the north. It is now home to 1,400 households with6,000 people.

In 2000, My Loi became the firsttypical cultural village in Thua Thien-Hue province. Its communal housewas also recognised as a national historic, cultural and architecturalsite.

The provincial People’s Committee presented a certificate of merit to the village for keeping the Hoang Sa-related document.-VNA
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