World heritage in Vietnam

The world heritage in Vietnam (as of 2016) includes eight UNESCO world heritage sites , including five world cultural heritage sites, two world natural heritage sites and a mixed cultural and natural heritage site. Vietnam joined the World Heritage Convention in 1987, and the first World Heritage Site was added to the World Heritage List in 1993. The last World Heritage Site in Vietnam to date was registered in 2014.

World heritage sites

The following table lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Vietnam in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion on the World Heritage List (K - cultural heritage, N - natural heritage, K / N - mixed, (R) - on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger ).

 Map with all coordinates of World Heritage Sites: OSM

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
	Imperial city of Huế ( location )	1993	K	678
	Ha-Long Bay ( location )	1994	N	672
(more pictures)	Hoi An ( location )	1999	K	948
	Temple city Mỹ Sơn ( location )	1999	K	949
	Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park ( location )	2003	N	951	(Expanded in 2015)
	Central area of ​​the Imperial Citadel Thang Long in Hanoi ( location )	2010	K	1328	Citadel in Hanoi
	Citadel of the Hồ Dynasty ( Lage )	2011	K	1358
	Landscape complex Tràng An ( location )	2014	K / N	1438	Landscape complex of numerous karst mountains and valleys in a water landscape with partially flooded caves in which traces of human settlement from a continuous period of more than 30,000 years have been found.

Tentative list

The sites that are intended for nomination for inclusion in the World Heritage List are entered in the tentative list .

Current World Heritage candidates

Currently (2017) eight sites are entered in the tentative list of Vietnam, the last entry was made in 2017. The following table lists the sites in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion in the tentative list.

 Map with all coordinates of current World Heritage candidates: OSM

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
	Huong Son Complex of Natural Beauty and Historical Monuments	1991	K / N	960
	Ba-Be-Na Hang natural heritage area ( location )	1997	N	957
	Area of ​​ancient rock carvings in Sa Pa	1997	K / N	959	Rock carving areas in the Sa Pa area
	Cát Tiên National Park ( location )	2006	N	5070
	Hang Con Moong Cave	2006	K	5072
	Landscape complex and monuments of Yen Tu	2014	K / N	5940	These include "Historic Site and Beautiful Landscape of Yen Tu (Uong Bi city, Quang Ninh Province)", "The Historic Site of the Tran Dynasty in Dong Trieu (Dong Trieu District, Quang Ninh Province)" and "The Hereditary Site and Beautiful Landscape of West Yen Tu (Yen Dung, Luc Nam, Luc Ngan and Son Dong District, Bac Giang Province) "
	Ha Long Bay - Cat Ba Archipelago ( Location )	2017	N	6177	planned expansion of the world heritage site "Bay of Ha-Long", was already listed since 2011 as a separate suggestion "Cat-Ba Archipelago"

Former World Heritage candidates

These sites were previously on the tentative list, but were withdrawn or rejected by UNESCO. Sites that are included in other entries on the tentative list or that are part of world heritage sites are not taken into account here.

 Map with all coordinates of former World Heritage candidates: OSM

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
	Cúc Phương National Park ( location )	1993-1993	N		Rejected in 1993 because it did not meet the criteria

Web links

Commons : World Heritage Sites in Vietnam  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Vietnam on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Vietnam. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 16, 2017 . 
2. ^ Tentative list of Vietnam. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 16, 2017 . 
3. ^ Former Tentative Sites of Vietnam. In: World Heritage Site. Retrieved June 16, 2017 . 

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