Rights and obligations of organizations and individuals over cultural heritages of Vietnam

Anh Tu

09:25, 12/11/2002

The Law on Cultural Heritage 2001 of Vietnam was promulgated on June 29, 2001. One of the basic contents of this Law is the rights and obligations of organizations and individuals over cultural heritages.

Specifically, according to Article 14 of the Law on Cultural Heritage 2001 of Vietnam, organizations and individuals shall have the following rights and obligations:

1. To lawfully own cultural heritages;

2. To visit and study cultural heritages;

3. To respect, protect and promote the values of cultural heritages;

4. To promptly notify places where vestiges, antiques, national precious objects, historical-cultural relics, famous landscapes and beauty spots are discovered; and hand over vestiges, antiques, national precious objects found by themselves to the nearest competent State agencies;

5. To prevent or request the competent State bodies to prevent or promptly handle acts of undermining, appropriating or illegally using cultural heritages.

View more details at the Law on Cultural Heritage 2001 of Vietnam, effective from January 01, 2002.

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