Vietnam is in a state of heightened awareness over the poor quality of restoration works performed in many of the country’s ancient and historical sites. This feature from Viet Nam News visits some of these poorly-restored sites and explores the problems encountered.
Careless restoration destroys relics
Viet Nam News, 24 May 2009
Restoration projects have swept across Viet Nam, targeting old temples, pagodas and communal houses, but many of them actually strip the relics of their historic value. Trung Hieu explores the sites.
The restoration of old pagodas, temples and communal houses is usually embraced by the local community, but cases recently caught in the media spotlight have sparked public concern that actually many of these projects are doing more harm than good.
More than a dozen cases are spread all over the North and Centre: from the capital and nearby Son Tay town and Bac Ninh Province, to central Nghe An and Binh Dinh provinces.
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