The Imperial Citadel in the Complex of Hue Monuments. (Photo: VNA) Tran Dinh Thanh, Deputy Director ofthe Cultural Heritage Department at the Ministry of Culture, Sports andTourism, said the centre is considered a role model in relic conservation andrestoration in Vietnam, and that Hue city of central Thua Thien-Hue province, a destination with five heritages, is a brand of Vietnamese tourism and alsoa top choice of domestic and foreign visitors.
He asked the centre to continuediversifying services at the Complex of Hue Monuments, rehabilitating relics,and applying digital technology to popularise the complex so that the site willbecome a magnet for tourists.
Director of the centre Hoang VietTrung said the Hue cultural heritages have escaped from the status of being in need of urgent safeguarding and are gradually having their original lookrestored.
Atpresent, Hue is home to five UNESCO-recognised world cultural heritages, namelythe Complex of Hue Monuments (a world heritagesite), “Nha nhac” or Vietnamese courtmusic (Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity), thewoodblocks of the Nguyen Dynasty (part of the Memory of the WorldProgramme), the imperial archives of the Nguyen Dynasty (part of the Memory ofthe World Programme), and the Literature on Hue Royal Architecture (partof Documentary Heritage in the Memory of the World Programme).
Over the last four decades, thecentre has preserved and rehabilitated hundreds of relics in the complex,including Ngo Mon (Noon Gate), Hien Lam Pavilion, The Mieu Temple, Duyet ThiDuong Theatre, and Dien Tho, Thai Hoa, and Kien Trung palaces. It has alsorecovered some of the most important royal festivals of the Nguyen Dynasty (1802- 1945).
The centre now has cooperative tieswith over 30 international organisations and tens of institutes, universities,and sectors of Vietnam to carry out studies, heritage conservation, andcultural exchange./.
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