The "Emperor's Treasure" at the Nam Hong Royal Museum (Dinh Bang Ward, Tu Son City, Bac Ninh) has just been proposed to review the dossier and submit it to the Prime Minister for recognition as a national treasure in the 13th batch, in 2024.
On August 30, 1945, when announcing his abdication, King Bao Dai chose the most beautiful and precious seal, the symbol of the Nguyen Dynasty monarchy, the Kim Bao "Hoang De Chi Bao" and the precious sword that his father, King Khai Dinh (1916 - 1925), gave him, to hand over to the revolutionary government.
Mr. Tran Huy Lieu, representing the revolutionary government, received this symbolic set of seals and swords and had them transferred to Hanoi right before President Ho Chi Minh, on behalf of the provisional government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, read the Declaration of Independence at Ba Dinh Square on September 2, 1945.
In 1952, these two antiques fell into the hands of the French and on March 8, 1952, the French held a ceremony to return the seal and sword to former Emperor Bao Dai as Head of State, and they were then brought to France in 1953.
Before his death (in 1997), Bao Dai left all his assets in France, including the “Hoang De Chi Bao” Kim Bao, to his wife, Frenchwoman Monique Baudot. Monique Baudot passed away in 2021, and the above assets belong to her heirs and will be auctioned in November 2022.
Besides its historical, cultural and artistic values, the “Hoang De Chi Bao” is a cultural heritage of great significance to the nation, a symbol of political power in a certain historical period in the history of Vietnam.
After more than a year of negotiations, discussions and implementation of related legal procedures, on the afternoon of November 16, 2023 (French time) at the Vietnamese Embassy in France, the ceremony of transferring the Golden Treasure "Hoang De Chi Bao" to the Vietnamese side officially took place. The necessary procedures for the Golden Treasure "Hoang De Chi Bao" to be transferred from France to Vietnam have been carried out.
After repatriation, Nam Hong Royal Museum Company Limited (Bac Ninh) is the unit responsible for preserving, displaying, and coordinating with related units to protect and promote the value of the Kim Bao at Nam Hong Royal Museum (Bac Ninh) according to the provisions of the Law on Cultural Heritage.
Source: https://baoquocte.vn/kim-bao-hoang-de-chi-bao-duoc-de-nghi-cong-nhan-la-bao-vat-quoc-gia-290136.html
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