The experts of the World Heritage Centre (WHC) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) have completed their Reactive Monitoring Mission, assessing the conservation efforts and the promotion of the Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago in the northern province of Quang Ninh and the neighbouring city of Hai Phong.

Following a field mission, the Reactive Monitoring Team from the World Heritage Centre and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) have issued several recommendations for managing Vietnam’s first trans-provincial World Heritage site.

Chairman of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee (WHC) Vishal V. Sharma on July 24 approved a decision to officially give consent to Vietnam’s proposals on the orientation and vision for researching, preserving, and developing the Central Sector of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long.

Secretary of the Hanoi Party’s Committee Dinh Tien Dung on March 24 asked for continued support from the UNESCO World Heritage Centre (WHC) for a project to restore Kinh Thien Palace in the Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi, which was recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2010.