VietNamNet Bridge – A collection of four books on Viet Nam's sea and island life by Tre (Youth) Publishing House officially hit the bookstores yesterday, Nov 21.

The collection includes various historic and legal basis proving that the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos belong to Viet Nam, pieces of writing on the Ho Chi Minh sea lane by various researchers like Tran Nam Tien, Tran Ngoc Toan and Nguyen Ngoc.

The publishing house intends to publish more works on the topic.

* Commune in Thanh Hoa Province preserves 28 old sac phong documents

Administrators said they are preserving 28 old sac phong, or royal edicts, in Yen Dinh District's Yen Trung Commune in the central province of Thanh Hoa.

Trinh Dang Nghi, chairman of the commune People's Committee, said that the edicts were conferred to national heroes by kings in the Later Le and Nguyen dynasties. The papers, all written in Han-Nom script, describe their service to the country.

* Archaeologists excavate mountain site to research ancient citadel

Archaeologists are excavating a 300sq.m quarry on An Ton mountain in Vinh Loc District's Vinh Yen Commune to conduct research and suggest ways to preserve the World Heritage Ho Dynasty Citadel.

The excavation is being carried out by the citadel management board in co-operation with the Viet Nam Institute of Archaeology and the Viet Nam Academy of Social Sciences.

In August, archaeologists unearthed 21 stone slabs which are believed to be similar to those used to build the citadel 610 years ago.

* Multi-lingual Dac Lac Museum features 1,000 years of culture, history

Dac Lac Museum, the largest of its kind in the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands) region, was inaugurated yesterday in Dac Lac Province with a display of 1,000 cultural and historical objects.

The museum's 9ha site has been under construction since 2008. Traditional buildings feature in the design of the complex, including a meeting house of the E De people, the largest ethnic group in the province.

The museum's exhibit space, which received technical assistance from French experts, is divided into three sections focused on regional bio-diversity, culture and history.

This is the first museum in Viet Nam to use four languages in its exhibits: Vietnamese, French, English and the E De language.

Dac Lac Museum is expected to attract tourists who seek to learn more about the different ethnic groups in the Central Highlands.

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