Vietnam relies on UNESCO - a meeting for cultural heritage!

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Vietnam plant aktiven Austausch mit UNESCO zur Erhaltung des kulturellen Erbes. Fünf Reliquien-Dossiers in Arbeit.
Vietnam is planning active exchange with UNESCO to maintain the cultural heritage. Five relics in the works. (Symbolbild/ER)

Hạ Long Bay, Vietnam - On May 20, 2025, Vice Minister Hoang Dao Cuong met with Lazare Eloundou Assomo, the director of the World Heritage Center, to discuss important topics on the cultural heritage of Vietnam. In the presence of high -ranking representatives, including the directors Nguyen Phuong Hoa, Le Thi Thu Hien and Le Thi Hong van, the importance of this session for the preservation and promotion of the cultural heritage was emphasized. --> -->

Hoang Dao Cuong greetings to his second visit to Vietnam and emphasized the need to research various relics in Vietnam and prepare the associated dossiers for the UNESCO. These dossiers are crucial to recognize and protect Vietnam's existing cultural treasures internationally. The Vice Minister expressed hope that Assomo can contribute to completing the dossiers and the necessary regulations are fulfilled.

Vietnam and the cultural heritage

The relationship between Vietnam and the UNESCO is characterized by success. Vietnam is an active member who strives for sustainability to preserve its cultural values. Assomo expressed the expectation that Vietnam can also share his experience in the field of monument preservation with other countries. This would not only strengthen local culture, but also lead to an international exchange.

In terms of future development, Assomo pointed out the need for early preparations for planning, management strategies and tourism. The updated information about the developments of the World Heritage Committee is of great importance for Vietnam. In this context, the official visit to the Secretary General to Lam in the UNESCO headquarters in October 2024 was also looked at.

UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Vietnam

Vietnam has been active to recognize his cultural heritage since the signing of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention on October 19, 1987. Eight world sites are currently recognized, including five cultural, two natural and a mixed site. Vietnam thus takes second place in Southeast Asia, only behind Indonesia, which can have ten sites. -->

  • 1993: Complex of the monuments of Huế
  • 1999: old town of Hội and holy terrain of Mỹ Sơn
  • 1994: Hạ Long Bay
  • 2003: National Park Phong Nha - Kẻ Bàng
  • 2010: Central sector of the imperial citadel of Third Long
  • 2016: Complex of the picturesque landscape of Tràng (first mixed site in Southeast Asia)

Especially the Hạ long bay continues to develop; In 2023 she received a renaming to Hạ Long Bay-Cát Bà Archipelago. The enormous tourist attraction of these sites contributes significantly to Vietnam's economic growth. According to reports, Tràng visited over 6 million tourists in 2019 and generated income of 867.5 million and

In order to secure the cultural heritage of Vietnam sustainably, the country currently has seven objects on its tentative list, which are considered for future nomination. The UNESCO sites evaluate on the basis of ten criteria, of which each object has to meet at least one.

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