Regulations on ranking famous landscapes and beauty spots in Vietnam

Regulations on ranking famous landscapes and beauty spots in Vietnam (Internet image)

Regarding this issue, LawNet responded as follows:

1. What are famous landscapes and beauty spots?

According to Clause 4, Article 4 of the Law on Cultural Heritage 2001 (amended 2009), famous landscapes and beauty spots are natural sceneries or places where exists a combination of natural scenery and architectures with historical, aesthetic and/or scientific value.

2. Criteria to become famous landscapes and beauty spots in Vietnam

According to Clause 2, Article 28 of the Law on Cultural Heritage 2001 (amended 2009), famous landscapes and beauty spots in Vietnam must attain one of the following criteria:

- Natural sceneries or places where exists a combination of natural scenery and architectures with typical aesthetic value;

- Natural zones with scientific value in geology, topography, geography, biological diversity, typical ecological system or natural zones, where exist material traces of development stages of the earth.

3. Regulations on ranking famous landscapes and beauty spots in Vietnam

Specifically, in Article 29 of the Law on Cultural Heritage 2001 (amended 2009), cultural-historical relics, spots of beauty and scenic places in Vietnam (below collectively referred to as relics) shall be ranked as follows:

- Provincial-level relics are relics of typical local value, including:

+ Construction works, places marking important local historical events or milestones or associated with personalities who have positive influence on the local development in different historical periods;

+ Architectural or artistic works, architectural complexes, overall urban architecture and places of residence of local value:

+ Archaeological sites of local value;

+ Natural landscapes or places with a combination of natural landscape and architectural or artistic works of local value.

- National relics are relics of typical national value, including:

+ Construction works, places marking important national historical events or milestones or associated with national heroes, personalities or famous political, cultural, artistic or scientific activists, who have important influence on the nation's history;

+ Architectural or artistic works, architectural complexes, overall urban architecture and places of residence of typical value in Vietnam's architectural and artistic development periods;

+ Archaeological sites of outstanding value marking different development periods of the archaeological culture;

+ Beautiful natural landscapes or places with a combination of natural landscapes and architectural or artistic works or natural zones of scientific value in terms of geology, geomorphology, geography, biodiversity or specific eco-systems.

- Special national relics are relics of particularly typical national value, including:

+ Construction works and places associated with events marking specially important developments of the nation's history or with national heroes or typical personalities who have great influence on the nation's history;

+ Architectural or artistic works, architectural complexes, overall urban architecture and places of residence of special value marking Vietnam's different architectural and artistic development periods;

+ Archaeological sites of outstanding value marking Vietnam's and world's important deve­lopment periods of the archaeological culture;

+ Famous natural landscapes or places with a combination of national natural landscapes and architectural or artistic works of special value, or Vietnam's and world's natural zones of value in terms of geology, geomorphology. Geography, biodiversity or famous specific eco-systems.

Thanh Rin

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