Alliance Push to Achieve World Heritage Status for Ha Long Bay-Cat Ba Alliance
The localities have also been requested to provide a suitable explanatory report, which will then be sent to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for consideration. According to a document issued on July 3 by the Government Office regarding the recommendations of IUCN regarding the nomination dossier, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is required to closely collaborate with the Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO to instruct the authorities to finalize the explanatory reports, and complete the nomination dossier in accordance with regulations, and promptly submit them to IUNC for the World Heritage Committee’s assessment. The ministry will also be responsible for coordinating with ministries and relevant agencies to provide guidance to the localities on proposing, making, and evaluating projects within the heritage areas in the future, in order to ensure that there is no risk of affecting the outstanding global value of the UNESCO-recognized world heritage sites...