The article will focus on highlights and features in the political system of consolidating and establishing the maritime sovereignty of the Tay Son dynasty and specify its impact on the Nation’s protection of sacred maritime sovereignty. | HNUE JOURNAL OF SCIENCE Social Sciences 2020 Volume 64 Issue 4D pp. 34-45 This paper is available online at http THE SOVEREIGNTY CONSOLIDATION ACTIVITIES IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA OF THE TAY SON DYNASTY VIETNAM IN THE LATE EIGHTEENTH AND EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURIES Nguyen Thi My Hanh Faculty of Vietnamese Studies Hanoi National University of Education Abstract. At least since the 17th century the Vietnamese feudal government has established and exercised sovereignty in the Paracel and Spartly islands. Succeeding tradition of the previous dynasties the Tay Son dynasty including the reigns of Nguyen Nhac Quang Trung and Quang Toan was particularly interested in protecting the nation s islands sovereignty. That concern is showed in two basic aspects The first one is the policies to protect national interests and sovereignty in the South China Sea The second one is the policies that show the international responsibility of a dynasty holding sovereignty over this sea. These are the two main aspects that this article focuses on. It shows us the harmonious combination between national interests and international interests in the policies of sea of this dynasty in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The problem is on the basis of inheriting tradition of the previous dynasties what were the features of consolidating sovereignty activities in the East Sea of the Tay Son dynasty What were difficulties and advantages that affect the sea policies of the Tay Son dynasty How were the effects of this dynasty s efforts on the establishment and protection of Vietnam s maritime sovereignty at that time The article will focus on highlights and features in the political system of consolidating and establishing the maritime sovereignty of the Tay Son dynasty and specify its impact on the Nation s protection of sacred maritime sovereignty. Keywords Tay Son dynasty South China Sea Quang Trung Marine Sovereignt. 1. Introduction The Tay Son dynasty 1778-1802 .
