(VOVworld) – The Hoang Sa District People’s Committee has 91 original foreign maps proving Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos. The maps, donated by Vietnamese-American Tran Thang, were published in several Western countries between the 16^th and 19^th century. The committee also received a magazine of the British Royal Geographical Society, a Chinese mineral magazine published in the US, and three atlases which identify the archipelagos as belonging to Vietnam.

Postal Atlas of China published in 1933 shows China's territory stretching as far as Hainan island (Photo: danangcity.gov.vn)

The evidence will be preserved by the Da Nang museum and put on display at Da Nang, Thua Thien-Hue, Ho Chi Minh city, and Khanh Hoa province during the ‘Sea and Islands Week' to be held next year.