Sandra Scagliotti (middle) (Source: VNA) Rome (VNA) – Director of the Centre forVietnam Studies in Turin of Italy Sandra Scagliotti debuted herItalian-language book entitled “Il Banco Di Sabbia Dorata. Il Vietnam e Gliarcipelaghi del Mare Orientale” (Golden sands, Vietnam and archipelagoes in theEast Sea) on September 19.
Published by Epics Edizioni, the book features a richcollection of articles by prestigious Vietnamese and foreign scholars about thehistory, geo-politics, strategy, anthropology, legality of the East Sea issue. Navigationcontrol strategy and exploitation of resources at sea were also mentioned.
In addition, the book contains highly persuasive evidencesuch as photos of the Nguyen Dynasty’s royal records and maps that show HoangSa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes belong to Vietnam.
Talking to Vietnam News Agency reporters, Sandra said thefirst message that she wants to convey to the Italian public via the book is thatHoang Sa and Truong Sa belong to Vietnam”. The second message is that Turin isseeking and collecting historic evidence affirming Vietnam’s sovereignty overthe two archipelagoes.
She said many documents relating to Vietnam have been foundin Turin, particularly those at the Capuccini Church’s library where she foundan ancient book “System of Universal Geography” by geographer Adriano Balbi. Itwas first published in 1818 and republished many times, in which Hoang Sa and Truong Sa were mentioned asarchipelagos of Vietnam.
Sandra, who is also Honorary Consul of Vietnam in Turin,used to teach sociology about developing countries and contemporary Asianhistory at the University of Turin as an expert about Vietnamese studies. Shealso gave lectures in universities in Vietnam, France and Canada.
She also authored many books about Vietnamese history andculture.-VNA
Published by Epics Edizioni, the book features a richcollection of articles by prestigious Vietnamese and foreign scholars about thehistory, geo-politics, strategy, anthropology, legality of the East Sea issue. Navigationcontrol strategy and exploitation of resources at sea were also mentioned.
In addition, the book contains highly persuasive evidencesuch as photos of the Nguyen Dynasty’s royal records and maps that show HoangSa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes belong to Vietnam.
Talking to Vietnam News Agency reporters, Sandra said thefirst message that she wants to convey to the Italian public via the book is thatHoang Sa and Truong Sa belong to Vietnam”. The second message is that Turin isseeking and collecting historic evidence affirming Vietnam’s sovereignty overthe two archipelagoes.
She said many documents relating to Vietnam have been foundin Turin, particularly those at the Capuccini Church’s library where she foundan ancient book “System of Universal Geography” by geographer Adriano Balbi. Itwas first published in 1818 and republished many times, in which Hoang Sa and Truong Sa were mentioned asarchipelagos of Vietnam.
Sandra, who is also Honorary Consul of Vietnam in Turin,used to teach sociology about developing countries and contemporary Asianhistory at the University of Turin as an expert about Vietnamese studies. Shealso gave lectures in universities in Vietnam, France and Canada.
She also authored many books about Vietnamese history andculture.-VNA
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