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Ninh Binh ceremony to mark 50 years of UNESCO convention on cultural, natural heritage protection

The 50th anniversary of the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage will be marked with a ceremony in northern Ninh Binh province on September 6.
Ninh Binh ceremony to mark 50 years of UNESCO convention on cultural, natural heritage protection ảnh 1Boats sail for Thung Nang, a tourist site in Ninh Binh province. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The 50th anniversary ofthe Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and NaturalHeritage will be marked with a ceremony in northern Ninh Binh province onSeptember 6.

The event will be held by Ministry of Culture, Sports andTourism (MCST), the Ninh Binh provincial People’s Committee, and the VietnamNational Commission for UNESCO, on the occasion of an official visit by UNESCO Director-GeneralAudrey Azoulay from September 5 to 7, the MCST said.

Other activities will include a photo exhibition on worldcultural and natural heritage sites in Vietnam, the screening of short filmsabout heritages and preservation efforts, and an award ceremony for aheritage-themed painting contest by the UNESCO Hanoi Office.

NinhBinh, the venue of the coming ceremony, is home to the Trang An Landscape Complex– a mixed cultural and natural heritage site of the world that earned therecognition in 2014.

According to the MCST, UNESCO chose the theme “World Heritagefor Resilience and Sustainable Development” for the 50th anniversaryof the 1972 Convention amid countries’ efforts to achieve the SustainableDevelopment Goals and enhancement of their responsiveness to global challenges,especially climate change and epidemics.

Ninh Binh ceremony to mark 50 years of UNESCO convention on cultural, natural heritage protection ảnh 2Boats on Ngo Dong River in the Tam Coc - Bich Dong tourist site, part of the Trang An Landscape Complex. (Photo: VNA)
The Convention,adopted by UNESCO at its 17th session in Paris on November 16, 1972,is the only combining cultural and natural heritage protection. As many as 194 stateshave become members of this convention.

SinceVietnam ratified the deal on October 19, 1987, it has had eight cultural,natural, and mixed heritages inscribed in the world heritage list. The siteshave greatly contributed to local socio-economic development and helped popularise the country’s images to international friends, the MCST noted.

The ministry said asUNESCO has encouraged member states to mark the convention’s 50th anniversary ahead of the global celebration in Florence, Italy, this November, theceremony in Vietnam will help demonstrate the country’s role, contributions,and sense of responsibility towards this convention.

Itwill also help popularise Vietnam’s achievements in preserving and bringinginto play world heritages, affirm its stature within the UNESCO framework,create favourable conditions for the country’s candidacy for a seat in theWorld Heritage Committee for 2023 - 2027, and further strengthen the Vietnam -UNESCO cooperation in the time ahead, according to the MCST./.
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