Filing Vinh Moc Tunnels as World Heritage

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has just sent a document to the People's Committee of Quang Tri province regarding the preparation of a dossier on Vinh Moc Tunnels as a World Heritage Site to submit to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for inclusion in the World Heritage List.

Life is recreated in Vinh Moc tunnels.

Accordingly, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism proposed that the People's Committee of Quang Tri province assign specialized agencies to implement some contents in phase 1 of including Vinh Moc Tunnels relic in UNESCO's Tentative List, including: preparing a summary report on Vinh Moc Tunnels relic according to Appendix 2A or 2B in the Guidelines for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention to request the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to seek appraisal opinions from the National Cultural Heritage Council.

If receiving the agreement of the National Cultural Heritage Council, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will report to the Prime Minister for consideration and allow the Ministry to coordinate with the Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO to register with the UNESCO World Heritage Center to include the Vinh Moc Tunnels relic in the List of Tentative World Heritage Profiles...

After taking the necessary steps, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will coordinate with the People's Committee of Quang Tri province to invite ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) of UNESCO to send experts to support the survey and assessment of the possibility of nominating Vinh Moc Tunnels as a World Heritage Site./.

According to Vietnamtourism