via Vietnam News, 22 March 2024: UNESCO has favorably reviewed Vietnam’s extensive dossier for the Yên Tử – Vĩnh Nghiêm – Côn Sơn, Kiếp Bạc Monuments and Landscapes Complex, acknowledging its compliance with World Heritage Convention requirements. This comprehensive submission, a first of its kind in Vietnam, encompasses a rich tapestry of historical, cultural, and architectural significance across three northern provinces, spotlighting the potential of this complex as a world heritage site, notably as the cradle of Vietnamese Zen Buddhism.
UNESCO has responded to the dossier seeking its recognition of the Yên Tử – Vĩnh Nghiêm – Côn Sơn, Kiếp Bạc Monuments and Landscapes Complex as a world heritage site, according to the Cultural Heritage Department under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
UNESCO said the dossier meets all technical requirements outlined in the World Heritage Convention.
The dossier comprises 2,139 pages of original Vietnamese and their English translations, along with 101 diagrams and maps, 196 architectural drawings, 260 archaeological drawings, and 1,141 photographs, representing the historical, cultural, architectural, intangible, and tangible heritage values; and an overall management plan across the three northern provinces of Quảng Ninh, Hải Dương, and Bắc Giang.
Source: UNESCO approves dossier seeking recognition of monuments and landscapes complex
