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At the exhibition. Photo: Dai Doan Ket (Great Unity) Newspaper. The event was jointly held by the Ministry of Information and Communications and the Quang Nam Department of Information and Communications with the participation of more than 1,000 students and teachers from Tran Cao Van High School. Upon addressing the exhibition, Deputy Director of the Quang Nam Department of Information and Communications Vo Van Tho noted that the historical and legal evidence of Vietnam's sovereignty over the islands will serve to boost the people’s love for their homeland and raise their awareness and responsibility about the cause of national construction and defense. It is hoped that through the occasion, both teachers and students will be introduced to historical documents, and legal evidence on the country’s sovereignty over the islands and seas, in addition to showcasing an array of Vietnam's beautiful images and its citizens through the latest 3-D virtual reality technologies. … [Read more...] about Quang Nam hosts exhibition on Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos

Fishing boats on the waters off the coast of Cat Ba township of Hai Phong city (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) are two big archipelagos with key strategic locations among Vietnam’s islands, and the country’s sovereignty over them is clearly reflected through historical documents. The East Sea borders Vietnam in the east and the south. Vietnamese people have long called this body of water the “East Sea” because it is east of the country. Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos are at the centre of this sea, one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. Vietnamese history records repeatedly mentioned these chains of islands as indispensable parts of the country’s territory and territorial sea such as “Phu bien tap luc” (Miscellaneous chronicles of the pacified frontier) by Le Quy Don in 1776, “Thien Nam tu chi lo do thu” (Collection of the South’s Road Map) by Do Ba in the … [Read more...] about History records prove Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa, Truong Sa

To set up landmarks and maintain sovereignty over 33 military posts in the Truong Sa islands (Spratly), blood, sweat and tears of many generations have been sacrificed. Far from home Note of wounds by Colonel Pham Cong Phan Colonel Pham Cong Phan can never forget the days of landmarking and developing over Truong Sa (known internationally as the Spratly Islands) from 1978 to 1985. At that time, he undertook the task of overseeing landmarking and building a series of islands from Sinh Ton Dong to Truong Sa Dong, An Bang, Phan Vinh ... Although having to endure long hard times, he considers this to be a necessary part of military life. He always kept an optimistic outlook to raise the morale of fellow soldiers. Colonel Phan recalled that other than local mangroves, the island did not have any edible plants, which made him crave vegetables like a fish craves water. Seafood is abundant but inedible because of the lack of fibre, which makes their proteins difficult to digest. Because … [Read more...] about Those who never grew old, who lie in Truong Sa

Hung finished the men's 100km ultra marathon in a time of 14:33.45. He broke his own record from the previous year (14:45.44) and became the first runner to win two consecutive VMM races. The second and third places went to Nguyen Si Hieu and Nguyen Duc Quang, respectively. Meanwhile, Chaimaime Thompson of Australia won the women's 100km in a time of 19:18.23, followed by Coline Drain-Martin of France and Tian Qi Ong of Malaysia. In the men's 70km, Mads Louring from Denmark too the first place, while Do Nhon Trong and Tran The Anh from Vietnam came in second and third. In the women's 70km, Joy Ho from China's Hong Kong came first in a total time of 10:37.48. Vietnamese Nguyen Thi Duong was in second place. The annual event was co-hosted by the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Topas Travel Company under the auspices of the Danish Embassy in Vietnam. It attracted over 4,000 athletes from 46 countries and territories who competed in 10km, 15km, 21km, 42km, 70km and … [Read more...] about Tien Hung wins Vietnam’s biggest mountain race in Sa Pa

Hoang Sa Exhibition House (Photo: Grigory Trofimchuk) Moscow (VNA) – Vietnam owns convincing evidence of its sovereignty in the East Sea, Russian expert Grigory Trofimchuk, Chairman of the Expert Council of the Eurasian Foundation for Support of Scientific Research has said. Trofimchuk made the statement in an article published on Realtribune on October 11, following his Vietnam trip during which he visited the Hoang Sa Exhibition House in the central city of Da Nang. The expert expressed his strong impression on the displayed historical objects featuring Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago in the East Sea, saying the house’s theme is a key one to security in Southeast Asia and the world at large. The exhibits clearly and specifically prove Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa for centuries, he stressed. Trofimchuk suggested further promoting these proofs to foreigners, especially researchers … [Read more...] about Vietnam owns convincing evidence of sovereignty in East Sea