National Assembly delegates suggested clarifying and classifying criteria, scale, and types of repair, renovation, and construction projects in relic protection areas; or determining criteria for administrative procedures and response time for each type of project.
Continuing the program of the Conference of full-time National Assembly deputies, on the afternoon of August 27, Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Thanh chaired the discussion on the project. Law on Cultural Heritage (amended).
According to the draft Law, protection areas 1 and 2 of the relic can only be repaired, renovated, and constructed to directly serve the protection and promotion of the relic's value.
Approval of investment and construction policies can only be carried out with written opinions from the Prime Minister (for special national relics on the World Heritage List); from the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism (for special national relics, national relics); from the head of the provincial-level cultural agency for provincial-level relics.
Participating in the discussion, National Assembly delegate Nguyen Thi Thu Ha (Quang Ninh delegation) said that the draft Law needs to clearly stipulate and classify criteria, scale, and types of repair and renovation works in relic protection areas; or determine criteria for administrative procedures and response time for each type of work in relic protection areas.
Because when carrying out repairs and renovations, there are small, urgent projects to protect relics such as repairing drainage systems, installing lightning rods or broadcasting towers in the secondary protection areas of world natural heritages and special national relics that need to be assigned to the provincial People's Committee to carry out in order to promptly protect the relics.
In addition, the draft Law also stipulates that in protected area 2 of the relic, it is allowed to repair, renovate, and construct socio-economic works but must have the opinions of the Prime Minister, the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and the head of the provincial-level cultural professional agency as classified above.
According to delegate Ha, it is necessary to study specific regulations on which socio-economic projects can only be implemented after receiving written consent from the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to ensure that the Law is properly and fully implemented after its promulgation.
At the same time, it is also necessary to clearly define how investment and construction of socio-economic works in protection zone 2 of the relic specifically affect the relic to serve as a basis for regulations on obtaining consent from the Prime Minister, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and head of provincial-level cultural professional agencies.
Article 30 of the draft Law stipulates that when approving investment projects, construction projects, and individual houses located outside the relic protection area that are likely to have negative impacts on the original elements constituting the relic or the cultural landscape of the relic, there must be written appraisal opinions from the competent state agency on culture.
In case of investment projects, construction of works, and individual houses located outside the world heritage area, the buffer zone of the world heritage area must comply with the requirements of environmental protection, prevention, control, and assessment of factors affecting the world heritage according to the provisions of this Law and UNESCO regulations.
The female delegate from Quang Ninh said that the above regulation will make it difficult to implement investment projects and individual houses outside the buffer zone of the world heritage, and will not attract investment to localities with this type of heritage.
Therefore, it is necessary to clearly stipulate in the draft Law the criteria for assessing and determining the possible impact on world heritage for individual works and houses located outside the buffer zone of the heritage; consider assigning authority over works and projects located outside the buffer zone of the heritage and relics to the People's Committees at the provincial level.
Concerned about underwater cultural heritage, delegate Nguyen Thi Viet Nga (Hai Duong delegation) said that with 3,260km of coastline and over 3,000 islands and reefs, large and small, near and far from shore, with a tropical monsoon climate and many storms, located on the maritime route connecting the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, Vietnam has great potential for underwater cultural heritage, has a special position in economic and cultural exchange with other countries, and will soon participate in the maritime trade route.
Therefore, the delegate suggested that the draft Law should add a specific provision on the management and protection of underwater cultural heritage from the legalization of the provisions in Decree No. 86/2005 of the Government.
At the same time, add regulations on exploration, excavation, and salvage of sunken assets that are cultural heritage in Article 39 of the draft Law to ensure a mechanism for managing, protecting, and promoting the value of underwater cultural heritage.
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