Attending the opening ceremony were Mayor of the ancient town of Provins Olivier Lavenka; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to France Dinh Toan Thang; Ambassador, Head of the Permanent Delegation of Vietnam to UNESCO Nguyen Thi Van Anh; Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Cultural Diplomacy (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Le Thi Hong Van.
Images presented at the Exhibition Space
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Director of the Thang Long-Hanoi Heritage Conservation Center Nguyen Thanh Quang said: We introduce images of the Co Loa Special National Relic Site, a heritage site with many similarities to the ancient town of Provins and with great potential to become a world cultural heritage.
Co Loa, a legendary land with the largest earthen citadel in Vietnam and Southeast Asia in ancient times, with unique cultural spaces and festivals, interwoven between legend and reality.
"We hope that this additional promotional space will be a bridge for more and more French and international tourists to know the heritages of Hanoi and Vietnam. At the same time, it is the next step in developing cooperation between the two units in the new period, according to the agreement signed on October 1, 2024" - Mr. Nguyen Thanh Quang emphasized.
Opening of the Space for promoting the heritage of Thang Long Imperial Citadel and Co Loa Relic Site at the World Heritage Site of Provins Ancient Town
The Hanoi People's Committee and the Ile-de-France Regional Council officially established relations in 1989. Over the past 35 years, the Hanoi - Ile-de-France cooperative relationship has been continuously strengthened and developed in many fields. become a model of local cooperation between Vietnam and the French Republic.
The Hanoi - Ile-de-France cooperative relationship not only has a long history but also creates many extremely effective cooperation activities, programs and projects, spanning many fields: environment and sustainable development, urban planning, economic development, innovation and research, culture, heritage and tourism.
According to the cooperation agreement between the two cities, in recent times, the Thang Long - Hanoi Heritage Conservation Center has had many effective cooperation activities with heritage and tourism management agencies of the Ile de France Region such as: exchanging experiences and developing activities and projects on heritage conservation, tourism development, restoration of French architectural works at Thang Long Imperial Citadel; exchanging interns, training staff; organizing cross-exhibitions between the two heritages, etc.
Based on the results of the cooperation agreement for the period 2019 - 2022, on October 1, 2024, the Thang Long - Hanoi Heritage Conservation Center continued to sign a cooperation agreement with Provins Ancient Town in the next phase, focusing on the following activities: Exhibition display, image promotion; tourism promotion; internship, experience exchange; organization of international scientific seminars and conferences; technical support to promote the value of the special national relic Co Loa...
French tourists visit Space
This space to promote the image of the Co Loa Relic Site at Provins is the opening activity for a new phase of cooperation between the two units. Based on the space to promote the Thang Long Imperial Citadel established and displayed since 2022, the Center has updated and supplemented content, images, and video clips introducing the Co Loa Special National Relic Site with the theme: Co Loa, a legendary land.
Including 3 standees, introducing historical values, unique relics and artifacts in Co Loa; Intangible cultural values of Co Loa (festivals, cuisine, customs and practices); Dragon image at Co Loa relic site. The display content is supported by video clips and QR CODES, communication products and gifts.
The exhibition will run from July 2025 to December 2026 at the Saint-Ayoul Cathedral, Provins, France.
The space to promote the heritage of Thang Long Imperial Citadel and Co Loa Relic Site in Provins is the clearest result of the sustainable cooperation between the Thang Long-Hanoi Heritage Conservation Center and Provins Ancient Town, opening a new stage of development full of promise and practicality between the two units, for the goal of preserving and promoting the common heritage of humanity.
Promotional space for the Thang Long Imperial Citadel and Co Loa relic site in Provins Ancient Town
In parallel with the implementation of the Space for promoting the heritage of Thang Long Imperial Citadel and Co Loa Relic Site in Provins Ancient Town, the two sides also launched a cooperation plan in heritage promotion and introduction communication: Coordinate in compiling, editing, posting and sharing articles (posts), images about Provins Ancient Town on Fanpages of Thang Long Imperial Citadel (such as Facebook, website, Youtube) and vice versa.
At the same time, enhance the effectiveness of communication in the cooperation program between the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long Heritage (Vietnam) and the ancient town of Provin (France) through linking the official websites of the two sides; Printing bilingual (Vietnamese-French) leaflets and brochures, introducing typical images of the heritages of the two sides.
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