The Office of Da Nang municipal People's Committee said on October 22 that the city leaders have sent a request to the municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Hoang Sa District People’s Committee asking them to intensify the protection of national treasures, artifacts and documents on Viet Nam’s sovereignty over its waters and islands.

Rear Admiral Le Ke Lam said the ‘game of chess’ in the East Sea is turning, putting a big responsibility on ASEAN countries to ensure peace and stability in this area

In an interview with The Gioi & Viet Nam (World & Viet Nam) newspaper on the occasion of the 67th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic service, Deputy Foreign Minsiter Ho Xuan Son said that over the past time, Viet Nam’s diplomatic service has made contributions to protecting territorial sovereignty and national border. The following is the content of the interview.

To defend territorial sovereignty by peaceful means, it is vitally important to maintain political stability in the country. We have to always bear in mind the guideline of “national independence in close combination with socialism” set by our Party and Uncle Ho. Only when the socialism regime is firmly protected can independence and sovereignty be maintained,” Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh told Quan Doi Nhan Dan (Army) newspaper in an interview.

Over hundreds of years, from dynasty to dynasty, Viet Nam has controlled Hoang Sa and ruong Sa Archipelagoes, continuously and peacefully. This is according to the authors of the book, ‘Continental Shelf in International Law,’ recently published by the Information and Communications Publishing House.

Viet Nam ’s National Assembly praised the practical agenda of the 33rd General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA), especially discussions on how to promote its role in seeking solutions to challenges to the region’s common security, including the East Sea issue.

An old map of China currently on display at Viet Nam’s National History Museum in recent days has attracted thousands of people to see with their own eyes the undisputable evidence of the nation’s sacred sovereignty, to state one more time: Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagoes belong to Viet Nam.

Hundreds of notebooks recording the weather on a daily basis at the Hoang Sa island Meteorological Station, part of Viet Nam Meteorological Agency since the 50s of the last century have been made public. They are currently being kept at the Hydro-meteorological Data Centre of the National Hydro-meteorological Centre