Conference scene.
About 50 delegates, including domestic and international experts, managers, scientists , central agencies and An Giang province attended.
According to Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Dao Cuong, the international workshop is of great significance to the process of building a dossier to nominate the Oc Eo-Ba The archaeological site to submit to the United Nations Educational , Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for inclusion in the list of World Cultural Heritage.
The Oc Eo-Ba The archaeological site is a large-scale complex of religious architectural relics, where the most unique archaeological relics in the South are concentrated; archaeological traces have outlined the appearance of a large religious center, with a very unique cultural life of the ancient urban residents of Oc Eo in history.
At the workshop, delegates and scientists clarified the basic contents of the Oc Eo-Ba The cultural heritage on 3 groups of issues including: Evaluating the level of existing documents, adding research results to the nomination dossier; proposing criteria that the dossier is expected to meet, unifying the core story that creates the value of the nominated heritage site; clearly identifying the global value of the Oc Eo-Ba The archaeological site to submit to UNESCO for inclusion in the list of world cultural heritage, as a basis for preserving and promoting values associated with sustainable economic and tourism development in the locality.
Domestic and international experts and scientists attended the workshop.
Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of An Giang Province Le Trung Ho said that An Giang Province is focusing on implementing the final steps of the procedures to prepare the nomination dossier for the Oc Eo-Ba The Archaeological Site and the heritage management plan, striving to submit the draft nomination dossier before September 30, 2025; and to submit the official nomination dossier to the World Heritage Center before February 1, 2026.
Oc Eo-Ba The archaeological site (in Oc Eo commune, An Giang province) is ranked as a special national monument.
In 2021, the Prime Minister approved the Plan for preservation, restoration and rehabilitation of the Oc Eo-Ba The special national relic.
In 2022, the World Heritage Center included this relic site in the Tentative List of World Cultural Heritage Profiles. To date, phase 1 of the profile has been completed and An Giang province is striving to complete the Profile of Nominating the Oc Eo-Ba The Archaeological Site for UNESCO to recognize as a World Cultural Heritage in 2027.
Oc Eo culture is an ancient culture formed and developed in the Southern region (Vietnam), from the 1st to the 7th century AD. Named in 1944 by French scholar Louis Malleret. His name was given to an archaeological site first excavated by L. Malleret in the field east of Ba The mountain. This is a major culture in the history of Vietnam, closely associated with the country and people in the lower Mekong Delta and closely related to the history of ancient Southeast Asia.
From the research results and found relics, it shows that the Oc Eo culture is a huge value chain, in which the Oc Eo-Ba The archaeological site is the most important, due to its scale, dense concentration of relics, outstanding global value, integrity and authenticity, and sufficient conditions to establish a dossier to propose World Cultural Heritage listing.
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