National Geographic Society asked to correct mistake
The world map published by the US
National Geographic Society is wrong with a note of ‘Paracel Is. China
’ in the Hoang Sa archipelago area of Vietnam , Vietnamese foreign
ministry spokesperson said on Mar. 13.
The world map published by the US
National Geographic Society is wrong with a note of ‘Paracel Is. China
’ in the Hoang Sa archipelago area of Vietnam , Vietnamese foreign
ministry spokesperson said on Mar. 13.
Spokeswoman Nguyen Phuong Nga made the statement in reply to a reporter’s query about Vietnam ’s reaction to the National Geographic Society’s publication of a world map in which Vietnam ’s Hoang Sa archipelago is named ‘Paracel Is. China ’.
“We request that the National Geographic correct this mistake,” Nga said.
“ Vietnam has indisputable sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes,” the spokeswoman asserted./.
Spokeswoman Nguyen Phuong Nga made the statement in reply to a reporter’s query about Vietnam ’s reaction to the National Geographic Society’s publication of a world map in which Vietnam ’s Hoang Sa archipelago is named ‘Paracel Is. China ’.
“We request that the National Geographic correct this mistake,” Nga said.
“ Vietnam has indisputable sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes,” the spokeswoman asserted./.
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