On display at the three-day exhibition are many documents, artefacts, publications and nearly 100 maps, which have been collected and published by domestic and international researchers and scholars.
The exhibits affirm the process of establishing, exercising and protecting Vietnam's sovereignty over the two island districts of the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos.
Visitors to the exhibition are also introduced to royal records of the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945) which regulated with the exploitation, management, establishment and enforcement of Vietnam’s sovereignty over the two archipelagos.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Deputy Director of Dak Lak provincial Department of Information and Communications Nguyen Quoc Hiep affirmed that seas and islands are a sacred part of the country’s territory; and have a particularly important position in the cause of national construction, development and defence.
The exhibition, the eighth of its kind to be hosted by the department, aims to raise public awareness and responsibility in safeguarding the country’s sovereignty over its seas and islands.
