Vietnam’s sovereignty over Paracel Archipelago on Ly Son Island
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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.
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| The Museum of Ly Son Island
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| Articles and maps of Vietnam published by the Saigon regime in 1954-1975, which confirmed Vietnam’s sovereignty over Paracel islands.
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| Notes about Vietnam’s Paracel Islands in old books, “Đại Nam Thực Lực Chính Biên” in 1848 and “Quảng Ngãi Tỉnh Chí” in 1933.
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| Ancient documents.
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| Kitchen tools used by soldiers of the Nguyen Dynasty on Paracel Islands.
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| Vietnam’s sovereignty stele on Paracel Islands in 1930.
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| A map printed in London in 1956, which defined Paracel Islands as Vietnam’s territory.
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| A map printed by the Nguyen Dynasty in the 19th century, with Paracel Islands and Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands as parts of Vietnam.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| Da Lat Island in Spratly Archipelago, managed by Khanh Hoa province.
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| Vietnam’s lighthouse on Spratly Islands before 1945.
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| Vietnam’s administrative office on Paracel Islands before 1945.
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| Nguyen Giao, a Vietnamese meteorologist worked at a hydro-meteorological station on Paracel Island (before 1974).
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| Funeral oration document for soldiers on Paracel Islands in 1967.
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| Votive tablets of soldiers who sacrificed on Paracel Islands.
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| A model boat of the Hoang Sa Flotilla.
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