Similar to the previous story, a Vietnamese scholar donated his collection of royal chronicles in the hope they will shed light to Vietnamese claims over the disputed islands in the South China Sea.
Scholar gives rare East Sea records to State
Viet Nam News, 15 June 2015
Researcher Ho Tan Phan has presented copies of rare Vietnamese royal chronicles to the National Boundary Committee under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Phan believes the books could serve as evidence of Viet Nam’s sovereignty over the Truong Sa (Spratly) and Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelagoes.
The Hue-based researcher said Dai Nam Thuc Luc (Great South Real Record) was a trusted collection of documents that justified Viet Nam’s sovereignty over the two archipelagoes.
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Research on Vietnamese history is still a demand. There are a lot of researchers, that is true, but there is also still a lot to be done. When we think of Vietnamese history we usually only come up with Vietnam War. That is sad, because the Vietnamese history is actually quite rich in events.