via Vietnam Express, 23 August 2023: The Denver Art Museum is being requested by the Department of Cultural Heritage to return stolen Vietnamese artifacts, with governments of Vietnam, Thailand, and Cambodia inquiring about artifacts held without proper export permits.
The Department of Cultural Heritage has confirmed that it wrote to the museum seeking the repatriation of the Vietnamese artifacts but said it has not received a response.
“The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said they are completing the necessary procedures, but did not provide a specific timeline for the return [of the artifacts],” an official from the Vietnamese department said.
The museum had said in March that it was working with the U.S. government to ensure the proper repatriation of the artifacts to their countries of origin.
Part of this process involves careful research to validate the authenticity and origin of each item, it added.
Source: Vietnam demands return of stolen artifacts from US museum – VnExpress International
