Hoàng Sa special zone

The Hoàng Sa administrative unit covers an area of {{convert|305|km2|abbr=on}} of the Paracel Islands, including these main features : Pattle Island, North Reef, Robert Island, Discovery Reef, Passu Keah, Triton Island, Tree Island, North Island, Middle Island, South Island, Woody Island, Lincoln Island, Duncan Island, Bombay Reef, Observation Bank, West Sand, Vuladdore Reef and Pyramid Rock.{{in lang|vi}}{{cite web|url=http://www.danangcity.gov.vn/portal/page/portal/danang/chinhquyen/gioi_thieu/don_vi_hanh_chinh?p_pers_id=&p_folder_id=6904276&p_main_news_id=8981394&p_year_sel=|publisher=Da Nang City|title=Huyện đảo Hoàng Sa [Hoang Sa District]|access-date=2012-08-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904011606/http://www.danangcity.gov.vn/portal/page/portal/danang/chinhquyen/gioi_thieu/don_vi_hanh_chinh?p_pers_id=&p_folder_id=6904276&p_main_news_id=8981394&p_year_sel=|archive-date=4 September 2015|url-status=dead}}

In 2009, Vietnam appointed an official, Đặng Công Ngữ, to be the first{{in lang|vi}}{{cite web|url=http://vnexpress.net/tin-tuc/thoi-su/da-nang-co-tan-chu-tich-huyen-dao-hoang-sa-2986291.html|publisher=VnExpress|title=Đà Nẵng có tân chủ tịch huyện đảo Hoàng Sa [Danang has new chairman of Hoang Sa District]|date=2014-05-05|access-date=2014-07-14}} chairman of Hoàng Sa District.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cmLP3UXJyvoC&q=the+establishment+of+%22hoang+sa+district%22&pg=PA189|author=Zhiqun Zhu|title=China's New Diplomacy: Rationale, Strategies and Significance|year=2010|page=189|isbn=9781409401674|access-date=2012-08-28}}{{cite web|url=http://www.monre.gov.vn/v35/default.aspx?tabid=675&CateID=80&ID=63594&Code=LUYVP63594|title=Hoang Sa Island district to have new chairman|publisher=Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam|access-date=2012-08-28|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121224225913/http://www.monre.gov.vn/v35/default.aspx?tabid=675&CateID=80&ID=63594&Code=LUYVP63594|archive-date=24 December 2012}} The incumbent is Võ Công Chánh, who was appointed on 5 May 2014. Vietnam does not control any of the islands it claims and the entire Paracel Islands is under the administration of the People's Republic of China after the Battle of the Paracel Islands in 1974 with the defeat of the Republic of Vietnam Military Forces.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-25709833|title=Shift as Vietnam marks South China Sea battle|publisher=BBC News|author=Nga Pham|date = 2014-01-15 |access-date = 2023-05-09}}{{in lang|vi}} {{cite news|url=https://thanhnien.vn/chinh-tri-xa-hoi/hai-chien-hoang-sa/hai-chien-hoang-sa-40-nam-nhin-lai-6168.html|author=Châu Minh Linh|title=Hải chiến Hoàng Sa - 40 năm nhìn lại|publisher=Thanh Niên|access-date = 2023-05-09}}

In July 2012, China declared the Paracel Islands to be under the administration of Sansha prefecture in Hainan province.

Government of Vietnam established Hoàng Sa district in 1982 as part of Quảng Nam-Da Nang province.{{cite web|url=http://www.vietnam.vn/the-hoang-sa-paracel-and-truong-sa-spratly-archipelagoes-and-international-law-1988-c1070n20120102121508750.htm |title=The Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes and international law 1988 |publisher=Authority of Foreign Information Service of Vietnam |access-date=2012-08-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313233455/http://www.vietnam.vn/the-hoang-sa-paracel-and-truong-sa-spratly-archipelagoes-and-international-law-1988-c1070n20120102121508750.htm |archive-date=13 March 2013}} Since Quảng Nam and Da Nang were split in November 1996, the island district has belonged to Da Nang.

• Battle of the Paracel Islands

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