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The Prime Minister has allowed the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to submit a dossier on Trang An tourism complex in the northern province of Ninh Binh to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to seek its recognition as a world heritage site.
The Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to work with the Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO to finalize necessary procedures for the dossier.
Earlier, on September 27, 2011, the Government permitted the drafting of the profile for UNESCO recognition regarding the 7th and 8th criteria (describing the outstanding geographical, geomorphologic and aesthetic values of the ecological site).
Trang An was part of Hoa Lu, the country's capital more than ten centuries ago.
Dubbed "Ha Long Bay on land", the site covers 10,000ha, including the three areas of the Trang An Ecological Site, Tam Coc-Bich Dong Site and former Hoa Lu Capital Area. It is scattered with karst topography features such as limestone mountains, caves and lakes. It is also home to diverse fauna and flora, with 500 kinds of flora, 73 kinds of birds, 41 kinds of other animals. Scientists also found traces of prehistoric human settlement, dating back 5,000-30,000 years, in the nearby Boi and Trong caves./.
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