After more than 7 months of operation, as of October 2018, the Da Nang-located Hoang Sa (Paracel) Exhibition House had welcomed about 15,000 visitors from both home and abroad to learn more about the islands and gain feelings about this integral part of the beloved country in their own way.

The front of the Hoang Sa Exhibition House, located at the corner of coastal Hoang Sa and Phan Ba Phien streets in Son Tra District

This inviting place has implemented many plans to collect and display historical documents, artifacts and images which prove Viet Nam’s legitimate sovereignty over the Hoang Sa Archipelago, in order to enhance the service quality.

On display at this house are a large number of documents and artifacts grouped according to themes: the geographical position and natural conditions of the Hoang Sa Archipelago, Hoang Sa in old Vietnamese bibliographies issued before, and during the feudal Nguyen Dynasty over the 1802 - 1945 period, evidence about Viet Nam’s sovereignty over the archipelago during the 1945 - 1974 period, and the period from 1974 until now.

The House offers visitors a deeper insight into Viet Nam’s sacred sovereignty, and helps them find out fascinating stories of the nation’s beloved islands behind valuable exhibits. In addition, the house shares the constant hope the country would get back Hoang Sa one day.

Local researchers have been pouring much time and efforts in collecting many relevant materials from both home and abroad, which assert Viet Nam’s indisputable sovereignty over the Hoang Sa Archipelago.

Besides, both domestic and foreign collectors have voluntarily donated artifacts and documents about the archipelago for display at the exhibition house.

Noticeably, in September 2018, after a long time of preparation, an exhibition, featuring a total of about 300 articles, documents, and photos about Hoang Sa, held at the exhibition house, attracted widespread public attention.

In detail, on display at the ongoing 10-day exhibition were 136 articles which were selected from a valuable collection of articles about ancient maps and historical documents, entitled ‘Hoang Sa and Truong Sa (Spratly) belong to Viet Nam’, published between 1979 and 2011.

The 1,000- page, 60cm x 40cm collection book was owned by a married couple, who are the natives of the former Quang Nam –Da Nang Province, and now live in Ho Chi Minh City.

There were also 38 articles on China’s illegal placement of the Haiyang Shiyou 981 oil rig in Viet Nam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf in 2014.

The exhibition also showed off 110 articles by reporters from the DA NANG Newspaper, the Cong An (Police) Newspaper, and the city-based representative offices of such nationally-renowned press agencies as Nhan Dan, Thanh Nien, Tuoi Tre, and Sai Gon Giai Phong.

The exhibition tells the history of Viet Nam from founding to exercising its sovereignty over the archipelago in a peaceful and continuous manner, and in line with international laws.

In the coming time, heed will be paid to continuing to collect many official documents, especially those in Han-Nom characters (Chinese characters and Chinese-transcribed Vietnamese) about the fact that the Nguyen Dynasty sent forces to patrol and protect the archipelago hundreds of years ago.