Ha Long Bay and the game of spreading values
The whole country is entering the heart of the sprint race to vote for Ha Long Bay as one of the new natural wonders of the world, which was officially launched by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism from 11:11 on October 11 to 11:11 on November 11.
Accordingly, there are four main forms for organizations and individuals to choose from: voting on the website www.new7wonders.com; voting by phone; voting via mobile phone text message (SMS) with the syntax Halong and send to 147 (cost only 630 VND) and via the social network Facebook.
Among them, voting via SMS and via the website www.new7wonders.com is the most popular form due to its convenience. Up to now, the number of messages has reached more than 800,000.
However, during the voting process, there were also many doubts about the fact that we were mobilizing an action program that was too costly and lengthy just to achieve a "virtual title" awarded by a private organization like NewOpenWorld.
Faced with these doubts, Director of the Center for Promotion of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Tran Viet Hoan analyzed: “This New 7 Wonders project is not evaluated according to UNESCO criteria, which must be based on real values of geology, landscape... New 7 Wonders emphasizes how people have spread those natural values to the world. Therefore, the place that is most promoted and advertised, and receives the most votes, will win.”
According to Mr. Hoan, NewOpenWorld launched this election in 2000 to elect seven new natural wonders of the world to follow the seven ancient wonders. Until 2007, the New 7 Wonders project had a major announcement in Lisbon on July 7, 2007 and continued to launch the election for seven new natural wonders of the world.
“After launching this election, the New 7 Wonder organization was recognized by the United Nations as having contributed to the millennium development goals because it also plays a role in preserving and developing heritage values, raising people's awareness of preserving the world's natural heritage,” Mr. Hoan emphasized.
Some of the world's largest and most prestigious newspapers also commented on the voting race organized by New 7 Wonder: "The game itself is a wonder."
According to Vietnam+
