At the regular press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the afternoon of April 20, the reporter asked to tell us about Vietnam's reaction to information about the auction of some objects believed to be plagiarism, possibly original artifacts. from Vietnam.
Deputy spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Doan Khac Viet said that following the direction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, after discussing with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as well as the People's Committee of Phu Tho province, the Consulate General of Vietnam in Shanghai. contacted and worked with the authorities of the city of Shanghai to propose to suspend the auction of these ordinations. The diplomatic mission also requested the Shanghai side to provide information related to the ordinations.
“On April 19, a representative of the Shanghai Culture and Tourism Bureau decided to suspend this auction and is ready to coordinate with the Vietnamese side to provide relevant information. In the coming time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will continue to coordinate with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, relevant localities and Vietnamese representative agencies to closely monitor this incident and discuss measures to take. for further handling," said Deputy Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Doan Khac Viet.
Previously, on April 12, the website of Shanghai Yangming Auction Co., Ltd. posted information about the antique auction "Prosperous old paper - Cultural history and diplomas" hundred years color".
This auction is expected to auction 672 antiques (from serial number 2001 to number 2672), most of which are made of paper. 12 Vietnamese ordinations dating from the Le and Nguyen dynasties, with ordinal numbers 2243 to 2254, will be auctioned at this session. Among the 12 ordinations, there are ordination titles of Canh Hung, Thieu Tri, Tu Duc, Dong Khanh, Thanh Thai, Duy Tan, Khai Dinh...
Shanghai Yangming Auction Company announced that the auction of the above antiques will start at 9:30 am on April 22, 4 at Shanghai Majesty Plaza Hotel, Auction symbol is S2023.
Soon after, the Cultural Heritage Department, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, asked 5 localities to verify the above information. The localities of Phu Tho, Bac Ninh, Hanoi, Ha Nam and Hai Duong confirmed that the ordinations for sale were stolen property managed by the locality.
