According to information from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, in Plan No. 3198/KH-BVHTTDL on organizing the 50th Anniversary of the Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (1972 Convention), commemorative activities will be held on the occasion of the official visit to Vietnam of UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay (from September 5 to 7). The activities will be jointly organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the People's Committee of Ninh Binh province, and the Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO.
The celebration will take place on September 6 at the Ninh Binh Provincial Convention Center with the guest of honor being Ms. Audrey Azoulay - Director General of UNESCO.
Supporting activities within the framework of the celebration include a photo exhibition on world heritage with the content of introducing beautiful photos of world cultural and natural heritage sites in Vietnam, contributing to promoting tourism, introducing the country and people of Vietnam to international friends, domestic and foreign tourists; screening short films introducing heritage sites, experiences, and good examples in the work of preserving and promoting world heritage in Vietnam; awarding prizes for painting about heritage.
UNESCO chose Ninh Binh for the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Convention.
The photo exhibition on world heritage took place on September 6 at the Ninh Binh Provincial Convention Center and then at the Exhibition held at Trang An Eco-tourism Area serving visitors from September 7 to 18.
50th Anniversary of the Convention, towards the Global Celebration in Florence, Italy in November 2022, the 50th Anniversary of the Convention for the Protection of World Heritage and Nature in 2022 in Vietnam is expected to open a series of world activities to celebrate the 1972 Convention, and also mark 35 years of the Convention's implementation in Vietnam.
Therefore, organizing the 50th Anniversary of the 1972 Convention demonstrates Vietnam's role, contribution and responsibility, together with the international community, to honor and further promote the value of this particularly important Convention, widely promote Vietnam's achievements in preserving and promoting world heritage to UNESCO member countries and the international community, affirm Vietnam's position within the framework of the UNESCO mechanism, concretize measures to implement the Memorandum of Understanding on Vietnam-UNESCO cooperation for the period 2021-2025, create favorable conditions for Vietnam to run for membership of the World Heritage Committee for the term 2023-2027, and further strengthen Vietnam-UNESCO cooperation in the coming time.
