The image of Hoi An ancient town has retained its value after hundreds of years.

Despite having endured hundreds of years and the impacts of both nature and human activity, Hoi An Ancient Town has been preserved almost intact.

Hoi An Ancient Town has retained its original value after hundreds of years.

Hoi An, formerly known as Lam Ap town, was located next to the Thu Bon River estuary. By the mid-16th century, when the Nguyen lords took control of Dang Trong (Southern Vietnam), Hoi An, once a declining port, quickly transformed into one of the most vibrant international trading centers in the country and Southeast Asia.

Hoi An boasts 1,439 historical sites, of which Zone I (the core area), covering 30 hectares, contains 1,175 architectural and artistic relics, including civil works such as houses, bridges, wells, markets, religious buildings such as communal houses, temples, mausoleums, shrines, assembly halls, ancestral churches, and other distinctive structures.

Statistics show that Hoi An receives an average of 2,000-5,000 visitors per day, with nearly 10,000 on weekends. In 2024, the city is expected to welcome 4.4 million visitors, generating total revenue of over 5,230 billion VND for the entire tourism industry.

On December 4, 1999, the ancient town of Hoi An was recognized by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage site, meeting two criteria: Hoi An is an outstanding tangible manifestation of the fusion of cultures over different periods in an international trading port, and Hoi An is a prime example of a traditional Asian port city that has been perfectly preserved.

During the construction process, the Hoi An authorities stipulated that residents could only build low-rise houses with tiled roofs. Nearly 430 hectares of Hoi An's rice paddies were preserved to act as a buffer for the ancient town, serving as a resource for tourism development, environmental preservation, and drainage, so the city does not experience flooding during heavy rains like some other urban areas.

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