New book on Preah Vihear's history to be published
The Vice-President of the Royal Academy of Cambodia will soon publish a book detailing to ancient and recent history 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.
How Hue went from endangered to sustainable
In this the fifteenth year since the Vietnamese city of Hue was inscribed as a World Heritage City, Unesco's representative ...
World Heritage inscription posted at Angkor Wat
Cambodia's Angkor Wat gets an iconic sign to commemorate its inscription into the World Heritage list in 1992. photo credit: ...
New book presents latest on the archaeology of the My Son Sanctuary
A new book on the Champa sacred site of My Son in Vietnam has been published, featuring the latest research ...
Malacca seeks 'divorce' from Georgetown
The Chief Minister of Malacca has threatened to seek a 'divorce' from Penang's Georgetown under their joint World Heritage listing, ...
Vietnam hopes for World Heritage status in time for millenium anniversary
Heritage authorities in Vietnam express hope that their bid to include the Thang Long Citadel as a World Heritage Site ...
The challenges of maintaining a World Heritage Site
The prestige bestowed by the World Heritage Status sometimes overshadows the responsibilities attached to it, like in the recent case ...
Development plans endanger Georgetown's World Heritage Status
To build or not to build? Development projects in the World Heritage Site of Georgetown, Penang may conflict with the ...
Angkor Wat and Preah Vihear to get world heritage inscriptions
An ostentatious display of national pride and ownership? Starting next year, stone incscriptions will be set up at the Cambodian ...
Ancient Vietnamese capital to be proposed for UNESCO listing
The ancient capital of Hoa Lu in the Ninh Binh province, once the base of power for the Dinh dysnasty ...
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