Amending Law on Cultural Heritages 2009: Regulations on national precious objects of Vietnam

13:46, 21/12/2010

The Amending Law on Cultural Heritages 2009 of Vietnam was promulgated on June 18, 2009, of which one of the typical contents is the supplements and amendments to regulations on national precious objects specified in the Law on Cultural Heritages 2001 of Vietnam.

Specifically, according to Clause 21 Article 1 of the Amending Law on Cultural Heritages 2009 supplementing Article 41a to the Law on Cultural Heritages 2001 of Vietnam, regulations on national precious objects include:

- A national precious object must satisfy the following criteria:

+ Being the unique original object;

+ Being an object with a special form;

+ Being an object of special value related to a great national event or to the career of a national hero or typical personality; or being a famous artistic work of ideological, humane or aesthetic value typical of a trend, style or era; or being a typical invented or created product of high practical value with the effect of promoting social development in a certain historical period; or being a natural specimen evidencing different formation and development periods of the earth's history and nature's history.

- National precious objects shall be registered with competent state agencies in charge of culture, sports and tourism. Owners of registered national precious objects have the rights defined in Clause 3 Article 42 of the Law on Cultural Heritages 2001 of Vietnam.

When transferring the ownership of national precious objects, their owners shall notify competent state agencies in charge of culture, sports and tourism of new owners of these objects within 15 days after the transfer.

- National precious objects shall be protected and preserved under a special regime.

- The State shall earmark adequate budgets for purchasing national precious objects.

- The Prime Minister shall decide to recognize national precious objects after obtaining evaluation opinions of the National Council for Cultural Heritages.

- The Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism shall specify the order of and procedures for recognizing national precious objects.

View more details at the Amending Law on Cultural Heritages 2009 of Vietnam, effective from January 01, 2010.

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