VIETNAM'S SOVEREIGNTY OVER THE HOANG SA AND TRUONG SA ARCHIPELAGOES

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• Publication Date: August 7, 1979
• Content Type: REPORT

VIETNAM'S SOVEREIGNTY
OVER THE HOANG SA
AND TRUONG. SA
ARCHIPELAGOES
INFORMATION AND PRESS DEPARTMENT
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
HANOI -. 1979
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CONTENTS
1. Foreword
11. Some documents proving Viet Nam's sovereignty over the Hoang Sa
and Truong So archipelagoes.
111. Significant Events relating to Vietnamese sovereignty over the
Iloang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagoes.
IV. Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Socialist
Republic of Viet Nam, on August 7, 1979, on the Hoang Sa and
Truong Se archipelagoes.
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THE HOANG SA AND TRUONG SA
ARCHIPELAGOES
PART OF VIET NAM'S TERRITORY
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Ifoang Sit and Truong Sa are two archipelagoes consisting mainly
of coral islands and submerged floors east of Viet Nam. The archi-
pelagoes were once called by a common name of Hoang Sa or Dai
Truong Sa or Van Ly Truong Sa. They comprise islands which,
though small in size, are of great strategic value and economic
importance.
The Hoang Sa archipelago lies off the Gulf of Bac Bo (Tonkin).
about 120 nautical miles from Da Nang.
Westerners call it Paracels.
The Truong Sn archipelago lies scattered in the South of the
Eastern Sea, 250 nautical miles from Cam Ranh Bay.
Westerners call it Spratly.
Both IIoang Sit and Truong Sn have, from time immemorial,
been part of Viet Nam's territory. The Vietnamese feudal state was
the first in history to occupy, claim ownership of, exercise sover-
eignty over and exploit, in the name of the State, these two archi-
pelagoes which had never before come under the administration
of any country. This ownership is effective and in conformity with
international law and practice. Successive administrations have
organized these Islands into administrative units belonging to
mainland provinces of Viet Nam.
Viet Nam's sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa
archipelagoes is indisputable. The Vietnamese people have enough
evidence and historical documents to prove their sovereignty. Several
western navigators, geographers and missionaries in the past cen-
turies have confirmed this fact.
In spite of this, the Peking authorities have brazenly claimed
that these two archipelagoes, `which they call Xisha and Nanshu;
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belong to the Chinese People's Republic. On January 19, 1974, using
a large naval and air force, and with U.S. acquiescence, they seized
the Hoang Sa archipelago then under the administration of the
Nguyen Van Thicu regime.
This is a fragrant act of aggression of the Peking authorities,
crudely violating the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Viet
Nam and trampling upon the U.N. Charter principles, international
law and practice. This act is part of Peking's scheme to gradually
establish its control over the Eastern Sea, weaken and subjugate Viet
'Nam, Laos, and Kampuchea so as to secure a spring-board for
expansion to South-East Asia. To whitewash their act of aggression,
the Peking authorities have been fabricating and distorting facts in
an attempt to justify their claim on the I-Ioang Sa and Truong Sa
archipelagoes.
With the materials presented in this booklet. we are convinced
that the peace-and-justice loving people in the world will know the
truth: the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagoes are part of the
territory of Viet Nam.
No deceptive. manoeuvres of the Peking expansionists can cover
up or distort this truth, or justify their acts of aggression and
betrayal against the Vietnamese people in the Eastern Sea.
SOME DOCUMENTS
PROVING VIET NAM'S SOVEREIGNTY
OVER THE HOANG SA AND
TRUONG SA ARCHIPELAGOES
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maps of Viet Nam compiled in the 17th century by Do Ila. In the.
footnote, the exploitation of Dal Cut Vang(t) by the Nguyen prin-
ces(2) is clearly mentioned in the following terms :
"... An elongated sandbank, called Bai Cat Vang, 400 dam long
and 20 dam wide, lies in the middle of the sea facing the coastline
between the Dai Chiem port(') to Sa Vinh port (1). Every time the
South-Western wind arose, foreign trade ships sailing near the coast
were flown off course and ran aground on this sandbank. so were
those sailing on the high sea from the North when there was a
North-Eastern wind. Men on board the ships all starved to death
and goods were amassed there. Every year, in the last month of
winter, the Nguyen princes sent 18 ships there to recuperate the
goods consisting mostly of gold, silver, currencies, arms and ammu-
nition. It takes one day and a half, from the Dai Chiem port. to go
there ; and only a day if one embarks at Sa Ky... ?
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(2) Nguyen princes (1558-1775), of a noble family ruling the region
(later called Cochinchina) which is the Southern part Of., Viet Nam.
(3) Dal Chiem port is now Cua Dal port of Quang Nam - Da Nang
province.
(4) Sa Vinh port is now Sa Huynh port, in Nghla Dinh province.
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ACCORDING TO "PHU BIEN TAP LUC"
(Miscellaneous Records on the Pacification of the Frontiers)
This book was written by Le Quy Don (1726- 1784), a great
scholar. Le Quy Don described in details the topography, natural
resources of the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagoes and their
exploitation by the Nguyen princes.
In the book, Le Quy Don wrote :
"...In Quang Ngai district, off the coast of An Vinh village.
Binh Son sub-district there is a mountain called Cu Lao Re stretching
over ;t0 dam. The Tu Chinh settlement. as it is called, has been esta-
bli::hed here and the people there grow heans. It takes half a day
to go there by boat. Further ;till, there is the Dai Truong Sa (t)
island, with many rca pr(xlucts and wrecked cargoes which are col-
lected by the Hoang Sn (t) detachment. It takes three days and nights
to go there by boat. The island is near the area called Iiac.I-fai.
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In Binh Son sub-district, Quang Ngai district, there is the
An Vinh village on the sea. Off the coast of this village, in the
North-East lie over 130 islands. The distance between two islands'
is covered by a voyage of one day or sometimes of only a few
hours. There are fresh water springs on some islands. On an island
there is a vast and flat golden sandbank, :30 dam long, where
the spring water is crystal clear. The island swarms with swallows
and thousands of other species of birds, which are not frightened
by the sight of men. Strange animals abound on the shore. Among
them are giant snails, the shells of which can be baked into lime
for house building or used as ornaments. Several other species of
snails and other molluscs big and small, can be used for food or for
ornamental purposes. There are giant tortoises and smaller varieties
of turtles, and also sea-slugs abounding near the shore. They are
to be treated with lime, and after a clean scrubbing, cooked with
pork and shrimp.
Foreign ships hit by storms often take shelter on these islands.
Formerly. the Nguyen formed a 70-strong bang Sa detachment
made up of An Vinh villagers. It is sent on duty in the third month
every year, taking along enough food for six months, in 5 small
fishing boats and making a three-day-and-night voyage to the
islands. There, the men are free to collect things as they like. They
find shipwrecked things such as gold,. silver, brass valuables,
currency, tin, lead, arms, ivory, wax, crockery... and pick up
beautiful shells and holothurians. In August, they return to Phu
Xuan citadel where they hand over all the recuperated goods,
keeping the shells and holothurians for themselves. The quantities
of goods picked up vary from year to year. There have been times
when the men returned emptyhanded. The notebook of an officer
in charge reads : In Nham Ngo year, we collected 30 ingots of silver ;
in Giap Than year, 5,100 kan of tin; in At Dau year. 126 ingots of
silver; in each of the five years from Ky Suu to Quy Ty, merely
a, few tortoise shells, and in other years?a quantity of tin, some
ceramic bowls and two bronze cannons.
The Nguyen also formed Bac Hai team made up of people from
Tu Chinh, Binh Thuan province, or Canh Duong village. These
people were all volunteers. exempted from some taxes and travel
expenses by the State. They were sent, under the command of the
Hoang Sa detachment commander on small fishing boats to the
Northern sea, Con Lon (Poulo Condor) island and the Ha Tien isles
to, find' shipwrecked valuables, tortoise shells, sea-slugs. They got
chiefly sea products. Very few gold and silver valuables were
found".
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DOCUMENT A'P 3
ACCORDING TO 'DAI NAM THUC LUC CHINH BIEN'
(Official Chronicles of Dal Nam)
Compiled by the National Institute of Ilistor,/ of the Nguyen
Impcriat Court, the "Official Chronicles of Dal Nam" is a history
of the Nguyen. kings. The chapters of the "official chronicles" on
the reigns of Kings Gia Long, Minh Menh and Thicu Tri, record
the occupation by King Gia Long of the Hoang Sa islands in 1816,
King Minh Menh's decision to build a temple, to install so
to draw
markers and to plant trees on these islands, to survey and
maps of these islands.
Hereunder are excerpts from those chapters:
Chapter 52:
"In the year Binh Ty, the 15th year of the Gia Long reign
(1816)... on the King's order, naval units and the Hoang 'Sa detach-
ment travelled in boats to Hoang Sa to survey sea-routes".
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(Chapter 154)
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Minh Menh reign (1833)... the King instructed his Minister of
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Aim 'l ~ Ir?' over thousands of dam). The pcrimetre of the islet is 1,07U truorp.
The islet used to be known as Phat Tu Son. To the east. the ~~e t
7(,~_ } J~. ' j1/fit. ~. j I 1 1? and the south of the islet ate coral stretches. To the north of this
, .~~t~? I Met is another one formed of corals with a p mcasurin3
r~r. :i40 truong and an altitude o[ 1 truong 3 ihuoc. It .iS as high as the
11 Bach Sa islet and called Ban Than Thatch. Lost year, the King intend-
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oif .because of unfavourable winds and waves. This year, the King
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%- { that would allow navigators to mark the areas and avoid ship-
! wrecks. This will be for the benefit of thousands of generations
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Chapter 165:
"In the year Binh Than, the 17th year of the Minh Menh
reign (1836). on the 1st day of the first month... the Minister of
Public Works reported :
In our territorial waters, Houng Sa occupies a strategically
important position. In the past we undertook to draw its map but.
due to its far-off location, we had only completed part of the project,
and it was not detailed enough. It is suggested that we should
carry out surveying work every year so as to be able to chart the
routes definitively. From now on. In the second half of the 1st
month yearly, we should detail some naval units and men of the
Royal Guard for a boat trip to Quang Ngai. They will have to
reach Quang Ngai by the first half of the 2nd month, and they will
ask the administrators of the provinces of Quang Ngal and Binh
Dinh to hire pilot; and four boats to take them to Hoang Sa.
Whatever place th.. y reach, be it an island, an islet or a sandbank.
they have to examine the length, the width, the height, the peri-
metre and the de, -*h of the surrounding waters, ascertain whether
there are underw-:ter rocks and reefs and whether the terrain is
difficult or not, and they will have to note all these data on their
maps. They will have to record the date, the point of departure,
the direction they take and the distance they cover. On arrival,
they will have to look back to the mainland and try to deterrnitw
the-locations of the provinces they are facing or those which are
on their right and left, note down the direction of their view and
the estimated distance to the mainland. Upon completion of their
tasks. they will have to submit a detailed report".
The King approved these measures and ordered navy Comman-
der Pham Huu Nhat to head a survey team who was given 10
wood boards, each 5 thuoc in length, 5 tac in width, I tac in
thickness, to be used as markers. On each board the following is
inscribed : "In the year Binh Than, 17th year of the reign of Minh
Menh. Navy Commander Pham Huu Nhat sent by the King to
conduct surveying for map drawing in Hoang-Sa has planted this
marker ow as to perpetuate the memory of the event".
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(From -Dai Nam Nhat Thong Toan Do"
Detailed Map of Dai Nam, early 10th century)
This is a map of Viet Nam drawn under the Nguyen dynasty,
in 1838, presenting Hoang Sa or Van Ly Truong Sa as part of
Vietnamese territory.
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ACCORDING TO GEOGRAPHICAL BOOK OF
"DAI NAM NHAT THONG CHr'
(Dai Nam Comprehensive Encyclopaedia)
"Dai Nam Nhat Thong Chi" is the official geographical book
compiled by the National. Institute of History under the Nguyen
dynasty from 1865 to 1910. Volume VIII, on Quang Ngai province,
mentions the status of the Hoang Sa archipelago as belonging to
this province and relates that the exploitation of these islands was
continuing. The management was strengthened under the reigns
of Gia Long and Minh Menh.
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. Following is an excerpt from the chapter of the book about the
Huang So archipelago :
"To the East of Quang Ngai there were sand islands (the Hoang
Sa)... In its South-Western moutain region Quang Ngai has a strong
buwark. It borders on Binh Dinh province in the South where Ben
Da Pass stands, and on Quang Nam province in the North where the
Sa Tho Reef separates the two provinces. In the early years of the
reign of King Gia Long, the formation of a Hoang Sa detachment
was planned, but the project was later dropped. King Minh Menh,
at the beginning of his reign. often sent people to Hoang Sa inboats
to explore sea routes. Once a white sand islet was found whose
circumference was about 1,070 -truong". There, vegetation was
luxuriant. In the middle of the islet there was a well. At its South-
West corner there was an old temple whose date of construction
was not given, but on a stele nearby were inscribed four words
"Van Ly Ba Binh". The sandbank was known as Phat Tu Son.
Next to the coral stretch in the North-West was another islet
whose circumference was about 340 "truonff" and whose height
1.2 "truong". This islet was called "Ban Than Thach". In the 16th
year of his reign. Minh Menh sent boats carrying bricks and pebble
for the building of a temple and a stele in the East of the islet.
He also ordered the sowing of seeds on three sides-the left,
the right and the back-of the temple. .
In laying the foundation of the temple, the recruits found bronze
and iron plates and dug out 2.000 "Kan" of them.
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APPOINTMENT OF THE HOANG SA ADMINISTRATOR (1941)
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DOCUMENT JV 15
STATEMENT OF THE VIETNAMESE DELEGATION AT THE
SAN FRANCISCO CONFERENCE (1951)
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On September 7, 1951 at the San Francisco Conference, Tran
Van Huu, Prime Minister of the Boo Dal Government reaffirmed
Vietnamese sovereignty over the Hoang So archipelago and the
Truong So archipelago : "As we must frankly profit from all the
opportunities offered to us to stifle the germs of discord, we affirm
our right to the Spratly and Paracel islands, which always belonged
to Viet Nam".
(The statement was published in the "France-Asia" magazine
.iX 66-6?, November, December, 1951).
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STATION ON IIOANG SA ISLAND
(Pattlc) in 1952
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