A view of part of the Ly Son – Sa Huynh Geopark in Quang Ngai province (Photo: VNA)Quang Ngai (VNA) – The central province of QuangNgai is completing a dossier seeking the recognition of its Ly Son – Sa HuynhGeopark as a member of the UNESCO Global Geoparks Network (GGN).
At an international conference on June 18,Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Le Viet Chu said Quang Ngai hasbeen working on a plan to build the Ly Son – Sa Huynh Geopark for many years.Thanks to the support of the GGN, the Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO,along with domestic and foreign experts, research activities have basicallybeen completed, specifying areas with geological and cultural values.
The park covers about 2,000sq.km of land,equivalent to 39 percent of Quang Ngai’s area, and 2,600sq.km of sea surfacealong the province’s 130km-long coastline.
He expressed his hope that the Ly Son – Sa HuynhGeopark will become a GGN member in the near future.
The official added four tours of some 90valuable geological sites in this park will be opened soon.
Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung, who isalso Chairman of the Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO, said the parkfeatures the Ly Son – Binh Chau submarine volcano cluster and adjacent areasformed millions of years ago, creating the diversity of unique geologicalheritage.
It also boasts the combination of tangible andintangible cultural heritages from different eras such as the old and new stoneages, the Sa Huynh Culture, the Champa Culture and the Dai Viet (Great Viet)Culture dating back thousands of years, he noted.
Vietnam is currently home to two GGN members,namely Dong Van Karst Plateau Geopark in the northernmost province of Ha Giangand Non Nuoc Cao Bang Geopark in the northern province of Cao Bang.-VNA
