Trang An to be honored as World Cultural and Natural Heritage

A ceremony will be held from January 22-24 to celebrate Trang An Landscape Complex as a World Cultural and Natural Heritage. According to a press conference on January 5, the ceremony to receive the UNESCO’s recognition certificate will be organized at Ba Dinh Pagoda Conference Centre, in Hoa Lu and Gia Vien districts and Ninh Binh city in the northern province of Ninh Binh.

Earlier on June 25th, 2014, at the 38th session of the World Heritage Committee in Qatar, Trang An Landscapes Complex was recognized as a world heritage, becoming the first complex in Viet Nam and Southeast Asia receiving the status.