Copies of four old maps testifying to Vietnam’s sovereignty overHoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes in the EastSea were on display at many public places in the central coastalprovince of Khanh Hoa on February 2.
The mapsincluded “Dai Nam thong nhat toan do” (the Complete Map of Unified DaiNam) published under the Minh Mang reign in 1834, on which it waswritten that Hoang Sa and Van Ly Truong Sa belong to Vietnam’sterritory); “An Nam dai quoc hoa do” (the Map of the Great Country of AnNam) drawn by Jean Louis Taberd of France in 1838, which depicts thearchipelago of “Paracel seu Cat Vang” - Hoang Sa island as withinVietnam’s waters territory.
There was also the“Hoang trieu truc tinh dia du toan do” (a Chinese administrative map ofprovincial boundaries) published under the Qing dynasty in 1904, whichshows that the southernmost point of China at that time ended at Hainanisland only, without mentioning Hoang Sa and Truong Sa of Vietnam.The fourth one was a map of Indochinese weather stations in 1940, whichdepicted the weather stations in Pattle-Hoang Sa and Itu Aba-Truong Saas the two most important in Indochina.
The mapswere displayed at the provincial Cultural Centre, the Cau Da tourismport, Nha Trang Oceanology Institute, Nha Trang Station and Cam RanhInternational Airport, as well as main streets of districts, towns andcities in the province, attracting the attention of many visitors.-VNA
The mapsincluded “Dai Nam thong nhat toan do” (the Complete Map of Unified DaiNam) published under the Minh Mang reign in 1834, on which it waswritten that Hoang Sa and Van Ly Truong Sa belong to Vietnam’sterritory); “An Nam dai quoc hoa do” (the Map of the Great Country of AnNam) drawn by Jean Louis Taberd of France in 1838, which depicts thearchipelago of “Paracel seu Cat Vang” - Hoang Sa island as withinVietnam’s waters territory.
There was also the“Hoang trieu truc tinh dia du toan do” (a Chinese administrative map ofprovincial boundaries) published under the Qing dynasty in 1904, whichshows that the southernmost point of China at that time ended at Hainanisland only, without mentioning Hoang Sa and Truong Sa of Vietnam.The fourth one was a map of Indochinese weather stations in 1940, whichdepicted the weather stations in Pattle-Hoang Sa and Itu Aba-Truong Saas the two most important in Indochina.
The mapswere displayed at the provincial Cultural Centre, the Cau Da tourismport, Nha Trang Oceanology Institute, Nha Trang Station and Cam RanhInternational Airport, as well as main streets of districts, towns andcities in the province, attracting the attention of many visitors.-VNA
