Lý Sơn-Sa Huỳnh listed in UNESCO’s candidature dossiers The Lý Sơn-Sa Huỳnh Geo-Park has been listed in the dossier for UNESCO recognition, and the organisation can send an evaluation mission in 2020, general secretary of the Global Geoparks Network and chairperson of the UNESCO Global Geoparks Council, Guy Martini, confirmed in an email on Tuesday.

Achieving UNESCO recognition is hard but keeping it is even harder

Associate Professor Trần Tân Văn, director of the Vietnam Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources, has been preparing dossiers for many of Việt Nam’s natural heritages to seek UNESCO recognition.

Non Nước Cao Bằng Geopark, a wonderland on Earth

Non Nước Cao Bằng UNESCO Global Geopark is an exceptional area in which it is possible to explore the history of planet Earth for more than 500 million years. It’s also a land of tangible and intangible cultural heritage sites. Bùi Quỳnh Hoa explores.

Cỏ village offers a taste of the old Việt Nam1

Since last month Phổ Thạnh Commune has hosted tourists visiting the core zone of Sa Huỳnh Culture and Chăm culture in Lý Sơn-Sa Huỳnh Geopark.

Central province meets criteria for Global Geopark

The central province of Phú Yên has sufficient conditions to set up a Global Geopark, Guy Martini, Chairman of the UNESCO Global Geoparks Council, said after a field trip to the site earlier this week.

Festival held to promote Bản Giốc Waterfall

The second Bản Giốc Waterfall Tourism Festival took place last weekend in the northern province of Cao Bằng with a range of activities to promote local culture and tourism as well as the hospitability of local residents.

Cao Bằng promotes UNESCO-recognised geopark

The northern mountainous province of Cao Bằng has fulfilled half of the requirements for infrastructure construction at the Non Nước Cao Bằng Global Geopark to meet the standards of the United Nations Organisation for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO), experts have said. 

Non Nước Cao Bằng named second global geopark in Việt Nam

Non Nước Cao Bằng Geopark in the northern border province of Cao Bằng was recognised as a global geopark by the UNESCO Global Geoparks Council in Paris yesterday.

Hà Giang set to greet the world

Hà Giang Province has been advised to continue pursuing sustainable development, with a focus on tourism, one of the biggest potentials of the northernmost region.

Central VN islands eye geopark status

Lý Sơn and Bình Châu islands and the vicinity in this central province might become global geoparks.