Vietnam holds 55th annual archaeology conference

via Viet Nam Plus, 01 October 2020: Hai Phong city hosts the country’s 55th annual national archaeology conference, with over 300 papers presented.

Vietnamese archaeology has continued to record significant discoveries and diverse valuable achievements in the past year, as announced at the 55th national archaeological conference that has taken place in northern Hai Phong city.

The event was jointly held by the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) and Institute of Archaeology in cooperation with the People’s Committee of Hai Phong city.

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According to the professor, some significant discoveries of this year include new discoveries at archaeological sites in An Khe, the central highlands province of Gia Lai, which help to confirm the values of the relic to the appearance of primitive humans in Vietnam 80,000 years ago, as well as the discoveries of the relics associated with human evolution and prehistoric cultures in Lang Son, Thai Nguyen, Yen Bai and Ha Giang provinces.

Source: Conference highlights archaeological results in past year | Culture – Sports | Vietnam+ (VietnamPlus)