Ho Chi Minh City has 547 relics
Attending the meeting were Deputy Director of the Department of Cultural Heritage (DSVH) of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (VHTT&DL) Pham Dinh Phong; Associate Professor, Dr. Dang Van Bai; Director of the Department of Culture and Sports (VH&TT) of Ho Chi Minh City Tran The Thuan and Deputy Directors of the Department; Deputy Head of the Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Commission of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Dinh Thi Thanh Thuy; leaders of departments, branches, universities, public and private museums.
Associate Professor, Dr. Dang Van Bai spoke at the conference.
Speaking at the conference, Director of the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City Tran The Thuan asked delegates to evaluate, review and update cultural heritages; museum activities, conservation work; introduce good models, good practices and point out bottlenecks and difficulties in the past due to legal factors. For example, archaeological excavations at two locations, Can Gio (old) and Da Trang area (old Ba Ria - Vung Tau), were stuck in compensation and site clearance.
In addition, there are many other factors that do not have a legal roadmap, although many museums have the potential to develop. Therefore, we hope that experts and researchers will discuss the orientation of cultural heritage conservation in the coming period as well as the requirements of the Resolution of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Congress, specifically how to make Cu Chi Tunnels a work for UNESCO to honor.
Reporting on cultural heritage activities for the period 2021-2025, and directions and tasks for the period 2026-2030, Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City Nguyen Minh Nhut said that regarding the work of compiling records to rank historical and cultural relics, Ho Chi Minh City (new) has a total of 547 relics and locations. After the merger, the city has 321 ranked relics, of which 4 are ranked as special national relics, 99 national relics and 218 city-level relics; 226 works and locations (CTĐĐ) are included in the inventory of relics.
Vietnam identifies Cu Chi Tunnels as a globally recognized heritage site
Regarding museum activities, Mr. Nguyen Minh Nhut said that currently, Ho Chi Minh City has 25 museums, including 13 public museums (9 museums under the Department of Culture and Sports; 4 museums under the management of central ministries and branches) and 12 non-public museums. Ho Chi Minh City currently preserves 23 national treasures, including 22 treasures kept in public museums and 1 national treasure of private collection. Up to now, 7/9 museums under the Department of Culture and Sports are ranked as Grade I and are members of ICOM; there are 2 museums ranked as Grade II.
Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Sports Nguyen Minh Nhut and delegates at the conference.
Also according to Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Sports Nguyen Minh Nhut, recently, the Department has coordinated with the Cu Chi Tunnels Historical Relic Site and consulting units to prepare a summary report on the tunnels. Based on the comments of UNESCO experts at the international workshop on the quality of world heritage nomination dossiers in Southeast Asia held in Manila (Philippines) in May 2025, the National Council for Cultural Heritage (HCH), the Ministry of National Defense , and the Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO have determined the outstanding global value of the Cu Chi Tunnels. Currently, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has sent a document requesting the National Council for Cultural Heritage and the Ministry of National Defense to comment on the summary report of Cu Chi Tunnels to be included in the list of proposed world heritage dossiers.
In addition to the achievements, the Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Sports also pointed out the limitations such as the slow completion of the dossier for UNESCO to include Cu Chi Tunnels in the list of world heritage; the Fund for preserving and promoting the value of historical and cultural relics has not been established; archaeological relics have been damaged; the management team's expertise is not high...
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