Quang Nam (VNA) – A ceremony took place at the MySon World Cultural Heritage Site in the central province of Quang Nam on March28 to celebrate the 50th founding anniversary of the Vietnam-Indiadiplomatic relations (January 7, 1972 – 2022) and review five years of the two governments’joint work to renovate the site (2017 – 2021).

Director of the Management Board of the site Phan Ho saidthe renovation project has made significant results in the conservation of the GroupK, H, and A tower-temples.

During the process, Vietnamese and Indian experts discovereda monolithic lingam-yoni, which was recognised by the Prime Minister as a nationaltreasure.

Speaking at the event, Vice Chairman of the Quang Nam People’sCommittee Tran Van Tan stressed the renovation, funded by the IndianGovernment, has contributed to tightening solidarity and friendship between thetwo countries as well as between Quang Nam, the Indian Embassy in Vietnam, and otherpartners.  

He said his province will continue working with the embassyto complete the project and implement other heritage conservation activities.The local authorities have agreed to extend the implementation of the My Sonproject by one year.

Indian Ambassador to Vietnam Pranay Verma said restoration processhas brought vitality to the Vietnam-India relationship in contribution toimparting knowledge about ancient civilisations to the young generation.

He expressed his wish to see more relic renovation projects jointly carried out by Vietnam and India, considering them an important part in thenations’ relations./.