The National Museum of Vietnamese History will display a map of all Chinese provinces at an exhibition entitled “Vietnam's marine cutural heritage” from August 1 to November 30. This old Chinese map, published in 1904 during the Qing dynasty, indicates that the most southerly point of China is Hainan Island. It does not include the Paracel and Spratly Archipelagoes. The map was collected by Dr. Mai Ngoc Hong, former head of the Han-Nom Institute’s Library and Documentation Department and Director of the Vietnam Family Annals Scientific Application and Research Centre, who presented it to the National Museum of Vietnamese History at the end of July. The map is historical evidence of Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Paracel and Spratly Archipelagoes.