VN ask UNESCO to fund reservation of its ancient citadel
VGP – The PM just agreed that the project "Reservation of the cultural heritage site of Thăng Long-Hà Nội" conducted by the People’s Committee of Hà Nội will be included in the list of projects to be financed by UNESCO.
The
project will receive a non-refundable aid of US $1,124,721. The Hà Nội People’s Committee will
allocate a counterpart funding of US $93,198 from its own budget.
The Thăng Long Imperial
Citadel shown in an ancient map
The Committee is assigned
to set up, approve and sign annual work plans (AWP), implement the master plan
and cooperation projects with UN organizations which were ratified by the PM.
In early 2009, the profile
on the Thăng Long-Hà Nội Imperial Citadel was submitted to the UNESCO Committee
of World Heritages for the recognition of the site as a world culture heritage.
The Thăng Long-Hà Nội Imperial
Citadel is a ten-century historical site. The site covers 18,395 m2,
at
