At the ceremony to release the book (Photo: VNA) The book was first published in Vietnamese six decades ago and first reprinted in 2001. VNA cited the sayings of Associate Prof. Dr. Do Bang, Vice President of the Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA), that the book features the construction of the former royal capital of Hue (now in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue) and citadels in localities, as well as the development of the domestic shipbuilding industry. The book, issued by the History Institute under the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS), was first published in Vietnamese six decades ago and first reprinted in 2001. (Photo: VNA) In 1803, King Gia Long (1762-1820) ordered reestablishing the Hoang Sa (Paracel) fishing boat fleet and sent naval forces to establish the country’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa, according to the book. King Minh Mang then dispatched representatives of various central office to the archipelago to exercise Vietnam’s sea and isl
Neil Darbyshire explores south and central Vietnam on a 10-day trip, beginning his voyage in Ho Chi Minh City, before travelling through Hue and outlandishly pretty Hoi An.
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