Vietnam is about to have another 'great landscape' as a UNESCO world heritage site

The UNESCO World Heritage Committee is considering nominations from both 2022 and 2023, and will then hold a session in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to recognize which of the 50 candidates is a world heritage site.

This year's meeting comes 45 years after UNESCO first designated World Heritage sites. To become World Heritage sites, sites must have "outstanding universal value".

Tourists admire Ha Long Bay from Trong Cave.

To qualify, a site must meet at least one of a series of specific criteria, which are "regularly revised to reflect the evolution of the world heritage concept itself," according to CNN.

The nomination process can last for years and if it is ignored for a year, the heritage can be reconsidered when the next UNESCO conference takes place.

Once a site is recognized by UNESCO as a world heritage site, the country that owns the site can receive financial support as well as expert advice from UNESCO to help with conservation.

To date, the World Heritage Committee has inscribed some 1,157 sites in 167 different countries on the World Heritage List.

This year, Vietnam's application to UNESCO is "very special" because it is a combination of two different heritages. Last July, the Government Office issued Document No. 4877/VPCP-KGVX conveying Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha's opinion on the recommendation of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) for the application "Ha Long Bay - Cat Ba archipelago" to UNESCO for world heritage recognition.

The Deputy Prime Minister requested the People's Committee of Hai Phong City to preside over and coordinate with the People's Committee of Quang Ninh Province to study the recommendations of IUCN to review and update the heritage nomination dossier and have a suitable explanatory report, send it to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for synthesis.

Cat Ba archipelago in Hai Phong city has 367 islands, ranked as a special national scenic spot in 2013. Meanwhile, in 2000, Ha Long Bay was recognized by UNESCO as a world natural heritage. These are two adjacent areas with quite similar natural landscapes.

Fishing village in Cat Ba archipelago

In 2013, Hai Phong City People's Committee prepared a dossier to nominate Cat Ba archipelago as a world natural heritage site based on biodiversity criteria. However, UNESCO recommended extending Cat Ba archipelago with Ha Long Bay to form a heritage complex.

Vietnam currently has the following UNESCO heritages: Hue Monuments Complex, Ha Long Bay, Hoi An Ancient Town, My Son Sanctuary, Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park, Thang Long Imperial Citadel - Hanoi, Ho Dynasty Citadel, Trang An - Ninh Binh scenic spot./.

According to thanhnien.vn

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