VietNamNet Bridge – The Museum of Ly Son Island in the central province of Quang Ngai preserves a lot of old documents and maps dated back to the 16th and 19th centuries--that prove Vietnam’s sovereignty at Hoang Sa or Paracel Islands.


 

The Museum of Ly Son Island


 

Articles and maps of Vietnam published by the Saigon regime in 1954-1975, which confirmed Vietnam’s sovereignty over Paracel islands.


 

Notes about Vietnam’s Paracel Islands in old books, “Đại Nam Thực Lực Chính Biên” in 1848 and “Quảng Ngãi Tỉnh Chí” in 1933.


 

Ancient documents.


 

Kitchen tools used by soldiers of the Nguyen Dynasty on Paracel Islands.


 

Vietnam’s sovereignty stele on Paracel Islands in 1930.


A map printed in London in 1956, which defined Paracel Islands as Vietnam’s territory.


A map printed by the Nguyen Dynasty in the 19th century, with Paracel Islands and Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands as parts of Vietnam.


 

A document compiled in 1939 by a mandarin of the Nguyen Dynasty asking reward for a French captain named M.Fontan, who led a group of soldiers in Paracel Islands.


A map of Vietnam, drawn by a Dutch man in 1994, which is preserved in Amsterdam, described Paracel and Spratly Islands as Vietnam’s territory.


Da Lat Island in Spratly Archipelago, managed by Khanh Hoa province.


Vietnam’s lighthouse on Spratly Islands before 1945.


Vietnam’s administrative office on Paracel Islands before 1945.


Nguyen Giao, a Vietnamese meteorologist worked at a hydro-meteorological station on Paracel Island (before 1974).


 

Funeral oration document for soldiers on Paracel Islands in 1967.


 

Votive tablets of soldiers who sacrificed on Paracel Islands.


A model boat of the Hoang Sa Flotilla.




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