(VOVworld) – The Feast and Commemoration of Hoang Sa (Paracel) soldiers took place in An Vinh village’s communal house, Ly Son district, Quang Ngai province, on Wednesday. After a traditional ritual, a boat racing was held. Nguyen Dang Vu, Director of Quang Ngai provincial Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, said: “This is a unique festival. Our province has many historical and cultural relic sites and figures that associated with the protection of Vietnam’s sovereignty in the East Sea.” The Feast and Commemoration of Hoang Sa (Paracel) soldiers pay tribute to soldiers and sailors of the Hoang Sa Fleet under the Nguyen Dynasty, who obeyed the imperial order to travel to Hoang Sa (Paracel) islands every year to exercise national sovereignty over Vietnam’s sea and islands. … [Read more...] about Feast and Commemoration of Hoang Sa soldiers in An Vinh village
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Bản in : Hoang Sa head slams ‘muscled aggression’
The chairmen of the Hoang Sa Islands district and the central city of Da Nang's Fishery Association have described the Chinese attacks on Vietnamese trawlers as "muscled aggression". On May 26, Chinese ship coded 11209 rammed and sank Vietnamese trawler DNa 90152 from Da Nang city. The 10 crewmen were left floundering in the water and had to be rescued by other Vietnamese trawlers. Chairman of the Hoang Sa district, Vo Cong Chanh, strongly condemned the aggressive attacks by the Chinese vessel. The district comes under the control of the central Vietnamese city of Da Nang. Chanh said the actions threatened lives and blocked the traditional occupation of Vietnamese fishermen in Vietnam's sea. "We ask China to stop violations of Vietnam's sovereignty," he said. The chairman also requested all fishermen in the city and along the whole Vietnamese coast to keep fishing in Vietnam's waters and to join in the protection of the country's sea and islands. Chairman of the city's fishery … [Read more...] about Bản in : Hoang Sa head slams ‘muscled aggression’
Festival to commemorate Hoang Sa troops organized in Ly Son
(VOVworld)- Quang Ngai province organized a festival on Sunday in An Hai commune, Ly Son district, to pay gratitude to Hoang Sa troops who established Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa islands under the Nguyen dynasty hundreds of years ago. Mr. Le Hoai An, Chairman of the An Hai Communal People’s Committee, said: "In the second lunar month, clans in An Hai commune organize a festival to pay gratitude to Hoang Sa soldiers who obeyed the royal court’s order to establish Vietnam’s border in Hoang Sa and Truong Sa and exploit fisheries. The islanders now continue to stay on the islands to affirm and defend nation sovereignty.” … [Read more...] about Festival to commemorate Hoang Sa troops organized in Ly Son
Bản in : Seminar affirms Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa, Truong Sa
Legal and historical evidence proving Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos were introduced at an international seminar in the central province of Quang Ngai on April 27 and 28. Participants, including domestic and foreign scholars and researchers from various countries including the US, Russia, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, India, the Republic of Korea and the Philippines, shared the view that Vietnam has established and exercised its sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos in a peaceful and continuous manner in line with international law. China’s use of force to occupy Hoang Sa archipelago in 1974 and several shoals on Truong Sa archipelago in 1988 were an absolute violation of international law, they said. They also slammed China’s irrational claim over a nine-dash line in the East Sea. According to them, China’s strengthened efforts to claim the line are behind the growing tensions in the East … [Read more...] about Bản in : Seminar affirms Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa, Truong Sa
Bản in : Historical documents on Vietnam’s Hoang Sa displayed
An exhibition displaying historical documents affirming Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago opened in central Da Nang city on April 29. On display are documents, maps and scientific research relating to Hoang Sa archipelago, affirming Vietnam ’s indisputable sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos. They include maps published in England, Germany, Australia, Canada, the US and Hong Kong (China) in the 1626-1980 period, which were presented to the Hoang Sa district People’s Committee by Tran Thang, an overseas Vietnamese in the US. In addition, maps indicating that China ’s southernmost territory is Hainan Island while Hoang Sa, Truong Sa archipelagos are in Vietnam ’s territorial waters are on display. Three atlases, published by China in 1908, 1919 and 1933, are being exhibited to show that Hoang Sa and Truong Sa did not historically belong to China . All the historical documents and maps exhibited will be … [Read more...] about Bản in : Historical documents on Vietnam’s Hoang Sa displayed