Binh Thuan to buy back 12 ancient cannons
22 March 2007 (Viet Nam Net Bridge) - It may sound confusing: cannons are excavated from Binh Thuan province, the museum buys them in the open market and sells them back to the said province. It would seem that there is no automatic protection over archaeological discoveries - a case of finder’s keepers?
Binh Thuan to buy back 12 ancient cannons
The HCM City-based Museum of History plans to sell to the southern province of Binh Thuan 12 of the 24 cannons from the Nguyen Dynasty unearthed in Binh Thuan in 2005.
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Tags: Binh Thuan province, Cannons, Museum of History Vietnam, Nguyen Dynasty, Tran Thi Thuy Phuong, Vietnam Archaeology, weaponry
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