Nghe An Monuments Management Board celebrates 20th anniversary

On the afternoon of July 14, Nghe An Monuments Management Board held a conference to summarize 20 years of activities to preserve and promote the value of monuments associated with the 20th anniversary of its establishment. In the photo: Panorama of the ceremony. Photo: Thanh Chung

Delegates attending the conference to summarize 20 years of activities to preserve and promote the value of relics associated with the 20th anniversary of the establishment of Nghe An Relics Management Board. Photo: Thanh Chung

Nghe An Monuments Management Board was established in April 2002 with the original name of Management Board.Relicsand Nghe An Scenic Spots. In 20 years of construction and development, Nghe An Monuments Management Board has played a good role in advising the Nghe An Department of Culture and Sports to implement activities to preserve, restore and promote the values.heritageculture in the province

Specifically, Nghe An Relic Management Board has performed well the task of investigating, researching, inventorying, and classifying all relics, scenic spots, and intangible cultural heritages in the area to advise the Provincial People's Committee to issue decisions on approving the inventory list of relics, scenic spots, and intangible cultural heritages; decentralizing management; issuing a number of mechanisms and policies on the conservation and promotion of intangible cultural heritage values.

Phan Boi Chau Memorial Site is one of three relic sites that Nghe An Relic Management Board is assigned to directly manage. Photo: Thanh Chung

Every year, the Nghe An Monuments Management Board conducts surveys and compiles ranking records for 10-15 monuments. To date, the province has 471 ranked monuments out of a total of 2,602 monuments that have been inventoried. The Board has gradually surveyed, collected, and researched relevant documents as a basis for coordination and guidance for localities to restore festivals while ensuring both tradition and adaptability to current circumstances and conditions.

Over time,Nghe An Monuments Management Boardhas advised, supervised, guided, inspected, and urged the restoration, embellishment, and reconstruction of hundreds of relics in the province. Since 2010 alone, the Board has urgently repaired 182 relics to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Law on Cultural Heritage.

Comrade Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee presented the Nghe An Relic Management Board with a banner bearing the words "Nghe An Relic Management Board 20 years of construction and development 2002-2022". Photo: Thanh Chung

Since 2015, the Board has applied digital technology to the management and storage of records and documents and achieved many positive results with a large number of Han-Nom documents, inventory documents, relic ranking records, etc. digitized; initially building a map of relics in Nghe An province, determining GPS coordinates, updating routes and general information about relics for 21 key relics.

On this occasion, the People's Committee of Nghe An province presented the Nghe An Relic Management Board with a banner bearing the words "Nghe An Relic Management Board 20 years of construction and development 2002-2022"; awarded the Emulation Flag of the Provincial People's Committee to the Nghe An Relic Management Board for excellently completing its tasks, leading the patriotic emulation movement in 2021.

Comrade Trinh Thi Thuy - Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism awarded a Certificate of Merit to the Management Board of Nghe An Provincial Monuments. Photo: Thanh Chung

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism also awarded Certificates of Merit to 1 collective and 2 individuals for their outstanding achievements in protecting and promoting cultural heritage values ​​during the 20 years of construction and development of the Nghe An Relic Management Board./.