Hue residents refuse funding for refurbishment
Residents of ancient houses known as Nha Ruong are refusing government funding for refurbishment because of the long-term costs of ...
Tag: Unesco World Heritage
News reports and information related to Unesco World Heritage in Southeast Asia, including the Tentative List, Memory of the World and nominations to the list.
Cambodia gains permanent seat on World Heritage Committee
Cambodia, home to a number of World Heritage Sites and Properties, gains a permanent seat on the World Heritage Committee. ...
Cambodia submits Banteay Chmar for World Heritage listing
The 12th century temple of Banteay Chmar is the next temple to be proposed as a World Heritage Site, although ...
How accessible are heritage sites to locals?
It's a sad irony when even the locals cannot afford the entrance fee to their own heritage sites - but ...
Cambodian TV raises money to preserve Preah Vihear
A local television station, Bayon TV, raised US$300,000 in pledges to help with the conservation of the Preah Vihear temple. ...
George Town, Malacca and Preah Vihear celebrate anniversary of inscription
One year after their inscription, how are the two new Southeast Asian World Heritage sites faring? Cambodia is celebrating with ...
The ruins of Ayutthaya, Venice of the East
A couple of weeks ago, I visited Thailand and made a trip to the ancient city of Ayutthaya, capital of ...
Thailand "hopes" for a delay in Preah Vihear registration
IS PM Abhisit trying to pull a fast one? He announces that a delay in the official registration of the ...
Thailand prepares more sites for the world heritage list
Thailand announces ongoing fact-finding programmes to propose five new sites into Unesco's World Heritage Site list by next year. Among ...
Unesco snubs Thailand's Preah Vihear Protest
Cambodian officials at the World Heritage Committee meeting in Seville, Spain announced that the meeting refused to consider Thailand's protest ...
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