Nearly 11 million USD for UNESCO-honoured ancient town conservation
Authorities of the central province of Quang Nam recently approved to earmark 253 billion VND (about 10.91 million USD) for a Hoi An ancient town conservation project in the 2020-2025, with orientation to 2030.
The old town area of Hoi An, lit with glowing lanterns (Source: CNN)
Hanoi (VNA) – Authorities of thecentral province of Quang Nam recently approved to earmark 253 billion VND(about 10.91 million USD) for a Hoi An ancient town conservation project in the2020-2025, with orientation to 2030.
With its values, Hoi An has been recognisedby the UNESCO as a world’s cultural legacy and honoured by many famous travelmagazines. It is also the first tourist site in Vietnam honoured by GoogleDoodles.
The sum will be allocated to protect theheritage’s integrity, authentication and global outstanding values. Of which,200 billion VND will be spent on the reparation of constructions, especially specialrelic sites, religious establishments, ancient houses and public places.
Hoi An has been known internationally withvarious names like Lam Ap, Faifo and Hoai Pho. The only Southeast Asianport-market in Vietnam and very rare in the world, Hoi An keeps almost intact1,360 architectural relics like streets, houses, assembly halls, communalhouses, pagodas, shrines, clan houses, ancient wells and tombs. They bear boththe Vietnamese traditional art characteristics and the convergence of easternand western cultures.
Through centuries, yet customs andpractices, rites, cultural and belief activities as well as traditional foodsof Hoi An are still kept and preserved along with generations of ancient streetdwellers.
Hoi An also boasts a natural environmentwhich is healthy and peaceful with small suburban villages engaged in craftslike carpentry and pottery.
Thecultural and economic exchanges that ran from the 16th to the 19th centurieshave left in Hoi An ancient town most of the forms of Vietnam’s ancientarchitectures, grouping traditional national arts enriched with sketches offoreign arts./
Experiencing the changes of space and time, yet Hoi An ancient streets still keep their old beauty, and relic complexes are maintained intact along with a huge intangible cultural base.
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The old town area of Hoi An, lit with glowing lanterns (Source: CNN) 
