The Yen Tu - Vinh Nghiem - Con Son, Kiep Bac Complex of Monuments and Landscapes was inscribed as a World Heritage Site on July 12, 2025. Following the inscription, Quang Ninh, Bac Ninh and Hai Phong, the localities within the heritage area, have been actively implementing 13 recommendations and two references from the UNESCO World Heritage Committee on the management, protection and promotion of the heritage property.
Recently, Quang Ninh has assigned its Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to take the lead and coordinate with relevant agencies, units and localities in implementing nine contents under the recommendations and references, while the People’s Committees of the three provinces and city oversee the remaining three within their respective jurisdictions.
To date, Quang Ninh has completed three contents, including: updating the summary description of the heritage property in both English and French for publication on UNESCO’s website; producing a new overall map featuring the 12 component sites and clusters of the inscribed World Heritage Site; releasing an expanded buffer zone map for the western Yen Tu area.
A roadmap has been set for remaining contents. In particular, the archaeological mapping of the World Heritage Site, designed to support in-depth research and promote the dissemination of the heritage property’s characteristics in Vietnam and internationally, has now been largely completed, with a comprehensive report due in December. A number of other contents are also progressing on schedule.
Bac Ninh and Hai Phong, the two other localities within the heritage area, are implementing three contents under the recommendations. Under UNESCO’s roadmap, all implementation reports must be submitted to the World Heritage Centre before December this year.
By Ngoc Mai
