The Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (COVA) granted citizenshipcertificates to Ly Xuong Can, the 31 st generation descendant of KingLy Thai To and the 26 th generation descendant of Prince Ly Tong Tuongat a ceremony in Hanoi on June 26.

On theoccasion, the National Political Publishing House announced the reprintof by a Korea author on Prince Ly Long Tuong, who moved to theRepublic of Korea in the 13 th century as a publication to mark the1,000 th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.

According to documentations in Vietnam and the Republic of Korea ,where the prince’s descendants are living today, Prince Ly Long Tuong,born in 1174, was the seventh son of King Ly Anh Tong who reigned from1138-1175, the brother of King Ly Cao Tong and the uncle of King Ly HueTong.

He grew up when the Ly dynasty was comingto an end. As the Ly was replaced with the Tran dynasty in 1226, PrinceLy Long Tuong fled on boat with several hundreds of his followersnorthwards to the RoK.

The Prince became a generalunder the Korean King and helped the king successfully defeat twoMongol invasions.

Based on these documentations,RoK author Kang Moo Hak wrote the 500-page “Prince Ly Long Tuong” novel,featuring a volatile period of the Vietnamese history as well as thelife full of ups and downs of a historical figure whose name has not yetrecorded in the country’s history – Prince Ly Long Tuong.

The 23-chapter book was translated into Vietnamese and firstpublished by the National Political Publishing House in 1996./.