An exhibit featuring paintings, photos, maps and evidence of Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos will take place in Tien Giang Province in southern Vietnam from now until Friday.

The exhibit, “Chung Tay Giu Gin Bien Dao Viet Nam” (Let’s Safeguard Vietnam’s Seas and Islands), running at the province’s Culture and Information Center (27 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Street, Ward 4, My Tho City), displays 93 maps, including researcher Nguyen Dinh Dau’s collection, which reiterate Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa since 1940.

Also on exhibit are 60 archival photos spanning different periods, 57 books on Vietnam’s sovereignty, 100 photos depicting the daily lives of soldiers stationed in Hoang Sa and Truong Sa, along with several documentaries which affirm the country’s ownership of the archipelagos.  The display, which is attended by hundreds of police and army officers, youths and locals, also features music performances.

In a similar vein, a photo exhibition on Vietnam’s fishing boat rammed and sunk by a Chinese vessel in late May is also running in the country’s central province of Da Nang until the end of this month.

Over 20 photos of the DNa 90152 fishing boat, which was slammed into and submerged on May 26 by a Chinese vessel near an illegal Chinese-run oil rig placed in Vietnamese waters, are on display at the Da Nang City Museum from June 15 to 30.

The exhibit highlights the process of towing and lifting the Vietnamese boat as well as the cruelty of the Chinese watercrafts.

Beijing has illegally put the Haiyang Shiyou 981 drilling rig in the Vietnamese waters of the East Vietnam Sea since May 1 in spite of vehement opposition from Hanoi and support for Vietnam from other countries.

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