A corner of Trang An grotto – Illustration photo

The PM has assigned the MCST to work with the Viet Nam National Commission for UNESCO to finalize necessary procedures for the dossier.

Earlier, the Government on September 27, 2011 permitted the drafting of the profile for UNESCO recognition regarding the criteria 7th and 8th (describing outstanding geographical, geomorphologic and aesthetic values of the ecological site).

Trang An complex consists of three preventive regions including Hoa Lu Ancient Town which was recognized on May 10, 2012 as a special national historical site; the national place of scenic beauty Trang An – Tam Coc – Bich Dong, and Hoa Lu forest.

The site has the total land acreage of 4,000 hectares and is surrounded by a buffer zone of 8,000 hectares, mainly paddy fields.  

The 250 million-year-old complex has experienced changes in earth and climate patterns, and marine transgression and degradation, which have created hundreds of valleys and caves./.

By Khanh Phuong