Scientific conference to complete the nomination dossier of Oc Eo - Ba The archaeological site as a world heritage site

On the morning of November 24, in Hanoi, the People's Committee of An Giang province coordinated with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the National Cultural Heritage Council to organize a scientific conference on "Completing the nomination dossier for the Oc Eo - Ba The archaeological site, An Giang province before submitting it to UNESCO for consideration and recognition as a world heritage site".

Conference scene.

Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Dao Cuong (right) and Vice Chairman of An Giang Provincial People's Committee Le Trung Ho co -chaired the conference.

Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Dao Cuong and Vice Chairman of An Giang Provincial People's Committee Le Trung Ho co-chaired the conference. Attending the conference were representatives of central ministries and branches, scientists , experts, and representatives of leaders of departments and branches of An Giang province.

Vice Chairman of An Giang Provincial People's Committee Le Trung Ho delivered a welcome speech at the conference.

Speaking at the conference, Vice Chairman of An Giang Provincial People's Committee Le Trung Ho emphasized that the scientific conference is extremely important for management agencies, scientists and experts to discuss, analyze and evaluate, thereby clearly determining the direction to complete the dossier, ensuring the highest scientific, convincing and feasible quality before submitting to UNESCO in the coming time.

With a high sense of responsibility and determination, An Giang province commits to continue to closely coordinate with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO and specialized units to supplement, edit and complete the nomination dossier, ensuring that it fully, honestly and most prominently reflects the global value of the heritage.

At the same time, the province strengthens the work of preserving, embellishing and promoting the value of the Oc Eo - Ba The relic, associated with the development of cultural - ecological tourism, thereby making the heritage an important resource for the sustainable development of the locality and contributing to promoting the image of "An Giang - land of heritage, land of culture" to domestic and international friends.

Dr. Pham Quoc Quan, former Director of the Vietnam Revolutionary Museum, spoke at the conference.

At the conference, scientists, archaeologists and cultural experts presented many in-depth papers, evaluated and analyzed the archaeological value of the relic complex, updated new discoveries at Oc Eo - Ba The and proposed solutions to complete the dossier structure according to UNESCO standards. Many opinions also mentioned the requirement of regional linkage and heritage management associated with local socio-economic development.

Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Dao Cuong delivered a concluding speech at the conference.

Concluding the conference, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Dao Cuong requested relevant units and the People's Committee of An Giang province to focus on reviewing and supplementing the dossier in a scientific, complete and unified manner, ensuring that it meets UNESCO's evaluation criteria to send to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism before December 10.

The Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism requested to complete the overall and logical dossier, ensuring the highest persuasiveness, aiming to make the Oc Eo - Ba The archaeological site in An Giang province, Vietnam, a world heritage site in the near future.

According to the plan, after completing the dossier, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will appraise and submit it to the Government for approval before sending it to UNESCO according to international procedures. If recognized, Oc Eo - Ba The will become the first world heritage site in the Southwest region, contributing to raising the cultural and tourism status of An Giang province and Vietnam.

News and photos: THIEN THANH

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