What other places are there besides Ha Long?

On the first day of voting, the new heritage sites included notable names. CNN, the American news outlet, listed the special names recognized on the first day of voting on Saturday, including a Vietnamese heritage site. The report stated that Vietnam's existing World Heritage site – Ha Long Bay – has been expanded to include the Cat Ba archipelago, the country's largest limestone archipelago. It is now inscribed as a single site: Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago. Ha Long Bay was first recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1994.

The scenery of Cat Ba archipelago is captured from above.

Discussions and voting began on Saturday to consider 50 nominated sites for the list of world heritage sites.

The Odzala-Kokoua forest in Congo, along with the Pelée and Pitons volcanoes and forests on the French island of Martinique, were selected for inclusion on the World Heritage list on the first day.

The Odzala-Kokoua forest in Congo was recognized on Saturday. It is one of the oldest natural parks in Africa and also one of the largest tropical rainforests in the world.

In addition, Madagascar's Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park, comprising five protected areas, has also been expanded to include the Andrefana dry forest, found only on this Indian Ocean island.

Over the next few days, the committee will consider the remaining nominations, including a Viking-era amphitheater in Denmark and a 2,000-year-old earthworks structure in Ohio. The list of 50 nominees also includes Si Thep Ancient Town in Thailand, the ruins of an ancient city that once developed into a powerful nation, and Gaya Tumuli, composed of seven burial mounds of the ancient Gaya confederacy in Korea…

According to UNESCO, sites must possess "outstanding universal value" to be added to the World Heritage list. To qualify, a site must meet at least one of the specific criteria, which are "regularly revised by the committee to reflect the evolution of the World Heritage concept itself."

To date, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee has recognized approximately 1,157 sites in 167 different countries as World Heritage sites.

The ancient temple in Nimes, France, is also being considered for World Heritage status in the 2023 selection round.

In addition, UNESCO also publishes a list of World Heritage sites in danger, including those threatened by armed conflicts, natural disasters, pollution, and other factors.

Sites in Ukraine such as St. Sophia Cathedral and the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery complex, both located in the capital Kyiv and the historic center of Lviv in western Ukraine, were deemed "at risk" during this period.

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