Kiwi school removes map misrepresenting  Vu Van Hiep (R) at the A defense educational institute in The map was produced in 2001 by the US National Geographic Society (NGS), which was criticized by Vietnamese government and citizens around the world for the same mistake in 2010, Capt. Vu Van Hiep, a student with the New Zealand Defence Force Command and Staff College, recently toldTuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper. Hiep said the map was hung at the college’s discussion room until he sent emails to the school’s leaders about three weeks ago, asking them to take it down because it was not right to put China under the islands’ name as its owner. In the emails, the officer, who also works for Bien Phong (border defense) newspaper of the Vietnam Border Defense Force’s High Command, cited scientific and historical evidence of the country’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa. He also attached pictures of maps produced by international “prestigious” organizations for comparison, including the World Atlas which gives “relatively objective” information about the islands by calling it in English name ( In one of his emails, Hiep included a link to NGS’s announcement of changes to its identification of Hoang Sa, after the Vietnamese citizens and The organization then announced that for future printings of its maps, it will use the conventional name of For larger-scale regional, continental, and sectional maps, it will use the conventional name - In response to Hiep’s emails, the college’s leaders took down the map, “as they respect their students’ proposals and opinions, and to avoid unnecessary arguments among students from countries related to the islands’ sovereignty,” the officer said. He said Vietnamese people need to watch out for maps with misleading information about Many maps with the same mistake as NGS’s are still being used at various locations worldwide, he said. Even for NGS, which already pledged to correct its error, the inaccurate information still can be found in many maps on its website, he added.. “We, therefore, need to continue demanding and convincing them to make corrections with respect for the truth, objectiveness and the scientific spirit.” In the meantime, “ In 1974, taking advantage of the withdrawal of the American troops from the Vietnam War, " Though this has been emphatically rejected by the other claimants and independent experts, analysts warn that The The waters hold around 11 billion barrels of oil and 190 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in proven and probable reserves, Reuters reported, citing the US Energy Information Administration. Thanh Nien News |
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