Khanh Son ancient village (Nam Dan) is a heritage that needs to be preserved.

Continuing to promote the achievements in implementing the project of diversifying livelihoods based on heritage tourism in Nghe An agricultural and fishing villages in the period of 2015 - 2018, from March 10 - 11, the Japanese delegation led by Professor Tomoda Hiromichi - Director of the Japan International Cultural Research Institute and associate members had a working trip to Nghe An.

The working group has a program to re-survey cultural heritage sites in Nam Dan district and have a working session and share with the local authorities of Khanh Son commune - where hundreds of years old ancient houses with cultural values ​​left by our ancestors are still preserved.

The priceless ancient house of translator Mr. Van Tung is truly a priceless “museum” in his hometown of Nam Dan. Photo courtesy

On this occasion, the delegation also had a working session with the leaders of the two Departments of Culture and Sports; Department of Tourism and the People's Committee of Nam Dan district. At the meeting, the delegation assessed that Khanh Son ancient village will be one of the places that can be built and developed similarly to: Phuoc Tich ancient village - Thua Thien Hue, Duong Lam - Hanoi, Cai Be - Tien Giang province, Hoi An ancient town... supported by the Japan International Institute for Vietnam.

The Japanese delegation recommended that the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism soon coordinate with Nam Dan district and relevant departments and branches to immediately prepare a dossier to submit to the Provincial People's Committee to propose recognizing Khanh Son Ancient Village as a provincial-level relic in 2019 and carry out the following contents.

The delegation had a working session with comrade Ho Mau Thanh - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Director of the Department of Culture and Sports; leaders of the Department of Tourism and the People's Committee of Nam Dan district. Photo: Duc Chung

To promote the values ​​of relics, including Khanh Son ancient village, the Department commits to actively advise and prepare relevant documents to submit to the Provincial People's Committee to recognize Khanh Son ancient village as a provincial relic as soon as possible.

A hook to hang ao dai in the ancient house of Mrs. Nguyen Thi Phuong's family in hamlet 4, Khanh Son 2, Khanh Son commune. Photo courtesy

In parallel with the preparation of documents, the 2 Departments will direct the locality to soon develop a draft of operating regulations, consult with people in Khanh Son ancient village, organize training to welcome tourists, develop a propaganda plan, develop local products as gifts, promote tourists to the ancient village; continue to request the province to invest in infrastructure to help tourists and travel businesses easily access Khanh Son ancient village according to the route that has been built by the project in the past time.

In recent times, the Japanese government, specifically the JICA Office in Vietnam, has had many policies to support and assist Nghe An in developing heritage tourism agricultural projects. Initially, the projects have brought about outstanding results in creating agricultural products, gifts for tourists and developing community homestay tourism in the western districts of Nghe An.