Exhibition of historical and legal documents on sovereignty over Truong Sa and Hoang Sa archipelagos

Delegates cut the ribbon to open the exhibition

On March 10, in Vung Tau City, Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province, the 171 Brigade, in coordination with the State Archives Department, the Navy Museum and the Command of Region 2, organized an exhibition of historical photos of Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos with the theme "Hoang Sa, Truong Sa - sacred sea and islands" and "Heroic Vietnam People's Navy - 70 years of protecting the sea".

This is the largest exhibition ever with hundreds of photos from the 19th century, historical documents, and evidence of artifacts on display. All historical documents, maps, and images have legal value and affirm that the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos belong to Vietnam's territorial sovereignty.

The guide introduces historical documents

At the exhibition, many historical documents from the 19th century to the present were published for the first time, such as the document "Chau Ban, Moc Ban of Nguyen Dynasty", recognized by UNESCO as a world document, establishing the two archipelagos of Hoang Sa and Truong Sa as belonging to Vietnam and recognizing the achievements of the Vietnam People's Navy in 70 years of fighting, winning, building and growing.

Military forces in Vung Tau City attend the exhibition

Historical documents also recorded the great victories of the Vietnam People's Navy in the struggle to maintain peace, especially the fighting and glorious feats of arms to liberate the Truong Sa archipelago in the spring of 1975, building a revolutionary, disciplined, elite, modern Vietnam People's Navy, firmly protecting the sacred sovereignty of the sea and islands of the Fatherland.

This is an opportunity for Border Guard soldiers to understand the sovereignty of the two archipelagos of Hoang Sa and Truong Sa of Vietnam

Colonel Do Hong Duyen - Deputy Political Commissar of the Naval Region 2 Command, said that this important event is awaited by a large number of officers, soldiers, professional soldiers, defense workers and civil servants in the entire Naval Region 2 in particular and military forces such as officers and soldiers of the Coast Guard, Border Guard, and Surveillance.

Hundreds of historical documents will be eloquent evidence to widely spread the territorial sovereignty of the Fatherland to officers, soldiers and local people. This is also an opportunity to affirm to the world that the two archipelagos of Hoang Sa and Truong Sa belong to the territorial sovereignty of Vietnam.

This activity also aims to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South, the reunification of the Fatherland and the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Vietnam People's Navy; at the same time, it arouses patriotism and a sense of responsibility to protect the sovereignty of the sea and islands of the Fatherland in peacetime; educate the young generation about the responsibility to fight to protect and preserve the sea and sky of the Fatherland in the new period./.

By Mai Thang - Translated by Q. Thien

Source: https://baolongan.vn/trien-lam-tu-lieu-lich-su-phap-ly-chu-quyen-truong-sa-hoang-sa-a191636.html