Dong Trieu preserves and promotes the value of its heritage.

Việt Nam•19/02/2025

Over the past period, Dong Trieu City has focused on implementing policies and laws on preserving and promoting cultural heritage values, yielding effective results and making positive contributions to tourism development in the area.

The An Sinh commune police in Dong Trieu city deployed forces to inspect and control security and order in the Am Ngoa Van area. Photo: Minh Duc

Currently, the city has 132 historical sites and scenic spots, including 30 classified sites (1 special national site, 7 national sites, and 22 provincial sites); 102 sites have been inventoried, classified, and included in the management catalog; and over 40 traditional festivals are held annually. The city has 6 types of intangible cultural heritage. Folk performing arts reflecting the unique identities of the ethnic groups in the city are maintained and developed, such as Cheo singing; Then singing, Dan Tinh dance and Soong Co dance; and customs such as wedding traditions and the Thanh Minh festival.

To strengthen the management of cultural heritage in the area, the city has recently issued documents to direct the implementation of state management work associated with the preservation and promotion of the value of historical and cultural relics and scenic spots in conjunction with tourism development. It has directed departments, agencies, units, and the People's Committees of communes and wards to strictly implement relevant legal documents on the management of historical and cultural relics and scenic spots. At the same time, it has directed agencies and units to annually review and strengthen the Management Board of Historical Relics and issue internal regulations and operating procedures. As a result, security at historical and cultural relics in the area is strictly managed and protected, with no incidents of theft. Fire prevention, security, order, and environmental sanitation at the relics are ensured.

Local authorities are stepping up the dissemination and education of laws in the state management of cultural heritage to enhance legal knowledge and understanding among officials and the public, contributing to preventing and limiting acts of damage and negative impacts on cultural heritage.

Bringing water to the Royal Ancestral Temple during the Tran Dynasty's Royal Ancestral Temple Festival. Photo: Huynh Dang. — Bringing water to the Royal Ancestral Temple during the Tran Dynasty's Royal Ancestral Temple Festival. *Photo: Huynh Dang.*

The city regularly directs the maintenance, restoration, and preservation of historical relics; assigning specialized agencies to coordinate with qualified and certified consulting units to guide investors in developing plans and projects for the restoration of relics in accordance with regulations. During the period 2018-2024, the city had 34 historical relics that received investment in planning and restoration projects; investment in transportation systems, lighting, and value enhancement from state budget and socialized capital sources with a total cost of over 2,100 billion VND; including notable projects such as the construction of the cable car line and service area of Ngoa Van Pagoda - Ho Thien Pagoda (over 885.8 billion VND); the restoration project of Quynh Lam Pagoda (over 163.54 billion VND); the restoration project of Thai Mieu (100.1 billion VND)...

In addition, the city directs relevant agencies to inspect and supervise the preservation and promotion of heritage values based on their assigned tasks, such as: the implementation of restoration and renovation projects; the acceptance and use of artifacts and religious objects at historical sites; the organization of festivals; and regularly inspecting, monitoring progress, and strictly handling acts of land encroachment and damage to historical sites. From 2018 to 2024, the city organized 15 inspections of restoration and renovation work, the placement of artifacts at historical sites, and over 280 inspections of management and festival activities. Ten inspections of management and festival activities were conducted during the 2025 spring festival. Through inspections and guidance, the management and organization of festivals have been carried out promptly, improving the effectiveness of state management in preserving cultural heritage, contributing to the management and exploitation of valuable heritage to meet the cultural needs of the people.

From the beginning of the year until now, Dong Trieu City has welcomed over 393,000 visitors to its tourist attractions and historical sites, including nearly 169,000 visitors to the Tran Dynasty historical site alone; and over 55,000 visitors to other historical sites.

With numerous efforts in implementing policies and laws on preserving and promoting cultural heritage values in the area, the city is gradually moving in line with the spirit of the Resolution of the 13th National Congress of the Party, which is to promote the transformation of cultural values into development values, maximizing the development value of cultural products in the context of a socialist-oriented market economy and international integration.

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