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From 11 to 12 September 2025, the Department of Cultural Heritage (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Viet Nam) and the UNESCO Ha Noi Office co-hosted a national training course on “Enhancing Professional Capacity in the Protection and Promotion of Cultural and Natural Heritage” in Điện Biên City that brought together more than 120 heritage officers, site managers and disaster-prevention staff from ministries and provinces nationwide. The World Heritage Institute of Training and Research for the Asia and the Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO, Shanghai Center (WHITR-AP Shanghai) served as the key technical partner, with Ms. Carolina Castellanos (Head of Research Unit) on site and Ms. Li Hong (Project Director) online.
 

Classroom sessions and an afternoon field exercise at the Mường Phăng Historic Site focused on World Heritage management systems and the 2022 Guidance and Toolkit for Impact Assessment in a World Heritage Context, both presented by WHITR-AP. Ms. Verónica Casanovas provided lectures on Post-Disaster Needs Assessment, while local case studies from Hội An and Cát Bà National Park—together with briefings on Viet Nam’s 2024 Cultural Heritage Law and Decree 208—completed the programme. Participants praised the hands-on approach and the clear link between global standards and national regulations. During the closing session WHITR-AP also invited Vietnamese partners to join its upcoming activities and the expanding HeritAP practitioner network.


Contributed by Li Hong & Yang Huaqing (Intern)
Designed by Yang Huaqing (Intern) Xu Yongxi(Intern)
Edited by Liu Zhen 
Reviewed by Shao Yong

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