The document stated that after receiving Official Dispatch No. 31/UBND-VX dated January 3, 2025 of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee on completing the Summary Report of Cu Chi Tunnels to submit to UNESCO for inclusion in the List of proposed World Heritage dossiers, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism sent a document requesting relevant agencies to comment on the Summary Report. Basically, the opinions of relevant agencies were in agreement with the content of the Summary Report of Cu Chi Tunnels.

Previously, the National Cultural Heritage Council assessed the contents of the summary report as reasonable and practical.

Regarding the selection criteria, the proposed criteria agreed by the National Cultural Heritage Council are appropriate, exploiting and promoting the core values ​​of the Cu Chi tunnels relic, which previously, domestic and foreign documents were limited and not properly evaluated. The dossier has clarified and more fully demonstrated the depth and rich values ​​of the Cu Chi tunnels.

The National Cultural Heritage Council recommends that the Report emphasize a number of contents, including: This is a systematic and large-scale underground defense structure. This structure was built by human power with locally available tools. Therefore, it is necessary to clearly present the knowledge system, understanding of the natural world, geographical location, geological structure, and stratigraphy of the tunnel area...

In particular, the dossier must describe the function of each sub-layer and the entire system, the method of long-term survival underground, the ability to adapt to difficult living conditions and the fierce nature of war. Thereby, proving the resilient will and creativity of the Vietnamese people in general and Cu Chi people in particular, to create the persuasiveness of a cultural and scientific heritage dossier.

In order to have a basis to submit to the Prime Minister for consideration and decision, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism requests the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee to continue reviewing and completing the Cu Chi Tunnels Summary Report according to the comments of the National Cultural Heritage Council.

Accordingly, it is necessary to have effective measures to protect the heritages that are currently being managed and exploited to serve the public, and at the same time urgently carry out research programs, collect documents... to fully prepare data, complete scientific content and material evidence, effectively serving the work of building the Nomination Profile and Management Plan of the Cu Chi Tunnels Historical Site to submit to UNESCO for recognition as a World Heritage Site.

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