Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien has issued a number of decisions recognizing 23 relics as national-level relic sites.

Yen Island in Phu Yen province. Photo: dangcongsan.vn

The newly-recognized relics are Pe Rang Ky Cave in Huoi So commune, Tua Chua district, Dien Bien province; historical relic complex of Lac Thien Temple and Pagoda in Quang Thien commune, Kim Son district, Ninh Binh province; Nhu Do Temple historical relic in Nhu Hoa commune, Kim Son district, Ninh Binh province; and Oc Cave archeological relic in Binh Long commune, Vo Nhai district, Thai Nguyen province.

Others include the historical relic where the ceremony to receive the first credentials of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam took place on September 1, 1954 in Tien Hoi commune, Dai Tu district, Thai Nguyen province; landscapes of Yen Island in An Hoa commune, Tuy An district, Phu Yen province; landscapes of Ta Phin Cave in Ta Phin commune, Sa Pa district, Lao Cai province; the memorial site where President Ho Chi Minh visited the Cat Tuong dyke structure in 1958 in An My commune, Binh Luc district, Ha Nam province; and so on./.

( VNF/PANO )