via Vietnam Plus, 20 October 2021: Stages of this nomination has been mentioned before; Oc Eo will be nominated for World Heritage and one of the first steps is to first put it in the tentative list.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has assigned the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism to submit a brief report on the Oc Eo – Ba The relic site to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, proposing putting the site on the Tentative List.
He assigned the People’s Committee of the Mekong Delta province of An Giang, where the relic site is located, to chair the process of building a dossier for the site.
The special national relic site of the ancient Oc Eo civilisation covers 433.2ha of land in Oc Eo township of Thoai Son district.
